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Just finished:
- The Land of Mist by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - I enjoyed this the least of all the Professor Challenger stories, mainly because of the obnoxiously anti-skeptic, anti-science message it had. Every character in this novel that is skeptical of the existence of ghosts is corrupt, beats children, is a bully, or is at the very least cynical and uncaring. With the exception of the main character, Malone, who starts out skeptical but becomes a believer halfway into the story.
It is also less a novel with a three-act structure, than a bunch of supernatural encounters followed by arguments between characters about the supernatural nature of these encounters. Conan Doyle was a fantastic writer, but he let his emotions and personal beliefs outweigh the narrative, and it became more about convincing his readers of the merits of Spiritualism than actually telling a solid story.
Currently reading:
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (60%)
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (31%)
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King (14%)
- Bossypants by Tina Fey (~14%) (audiobook)
eBooks I will be reading as soon as I finish these:
- A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
- God, No: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette
- The Nerdist Way by Chris Hardwick
- The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz
Books I'm on the waiting list for at my library:
- Plugged by Eoin Colfer (ebook)
- The Night Eternal by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (audiobook)
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