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Took me a while but I finally finished Gardens of the Moon. I was totally pleasantly surprised. I was prepared to enjoy it, but had been warned by some that because Erikson doesn't spoon feed you, it becomes a little convoluted and difficult to follow. I didn't find this at ALL. I mean, I had to pay attention, but as long as I kept my eyes open, as it were, I pretty much got what was going on. And I LOVED it. It does read very much like the author's first book, as there are some clumsy sentences, some clumsy dialogue, and, er, a bone phone, but it was thoroughly enjoyable and I'm looking forward to starting Deadhouse Gates.

Also finished Wonder Boys. I had already seen the film a couple of times, so I was pretty well aware of what was going to happen. The book added so much to my perception of the film and was in general a really good read. Although it's very over-the-top, it never feels unrealistic; the study of academia is pretty spot-on as far as I can tell.

Read The Fault in our Stars yesterday. I was prepared to be underwhelmed. I really like John Green's writing but in Looking for Alaska I found his character's totally fell flat - I'm pretty fed up with the MPDG idea in general. However, this was totally different. Pretty much all I want to say about it is it's about cancer, and the writing is gorgeous. It still lacks something in that some characterisation inconsistencies mean that the book isn't totally immersive, but it's still leaps and bounds on from LFA. I don't think I'll read anything else by him - from what I've heard, his other works pound the MPDG thing equally to LFA.

Started The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Everyone is mad.