I got behind again. I'm going to blame the new job though ;)

I read Pratchett's The Last Hero, an illlustrated Discworld book. I don't think the illustrations really added much, but the story was fun, as they always are.

The ending of Captain Corelli's Mandolin made me very sad actually. I cried a bit. The story was enjoyable overall though. He created some very quirky but believable characters. I somehow doubt that the movie does the book justice though.

Last week when I was at Powells I picked up Susie Bright's Who to Write a Dirty Story and proceeded to read it throughout the weekend. There's some very good sounding exercises that I haven't tried yet, but want to. (Writing exercises that is). A large portion of her writing advice applies to any writing though, not just sex scenes.

Last night I finished up Haruki Murakami's Hear the Wind Sing. I suspect it'll be part of the Vintage Murakami collection coming out soon, but I figured I should finally read it. It's not my favorite of his, but it was worth a read. The only one I have left to read now is After the Quake so it's time to start hoping they translate more of his stuff into English.
posted by Kristin Buxton at 8:35 AM