ericadawn16 | I went to the library again!!!

And once again, I turned into a giggly little five year old. My mom looked at the huge stack and commented, "I didn't think you'd find that many."

This time, I got...

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick -I've been wanting to read this since I first saw it when it came out, but I didn't want to pay full-price...it's over 600 pages!!!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Portal Through Time by Alice Henderson -It's Buffy AND Time Travel! I wonder if Spike's in it...especially when part of it is in Wales...

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters -However, I still haven't read the zombie one, but I did request it.

Doctor Who: The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner -DW!!!

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan -

baine recommended this and she was right about Nana and The Thirteenth Tale.

Doctor Who: The Deviant Strain by Justin Richards -DW AND Captain Jack, woo!

Primeval: The Lost Island by Paul Kearney -I loved the other Primeval book, like Jurassic Park but shorter.

Doctor Who: Ghosts of India by Mark Morris -DW AND Donna AND Gandhi, can't wait!

Torchwood: Bay of the Dead by Mark Morris -That name seems familiar, lol...Yes, my library has Torchwood novels now! I love seeing Jack grinning at me amongst the anonymous book spines...but I don't see how any book can top Almost Perfect...so awesome...

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You have to tell me about the Sea Monsters book after you finish. I heard about the zombie one and I thought "That's exactly what would have helped me get through any/every incarnation of Pride and Prejudice!"

Well...

It had the basic plotline and had the same characters get together, but I'm not sure if a teacher would accept the supernatural details that were not originally there...

For example, in Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, they made one character into a sea hag and another into a possessed creature. The problem was that I liked the character they turned into a possessed creature so that annoyed me.

Honestly, I really enjoyed the first 3/4 of the book where it remained very faithful except for a little oddness here and there for comedic sake. It was when they added pirates and sea hags and a possessed creature that it lost me as being too different...

However, I remember in the review I read when it first came out that they felt it differed more from the source material than Pride & Prejudice and Zombies which I have requested so we'll see...especially since I don't care for zombies that well...

The stolen rose is excellent.
The sea monsters one sounds ace too, maybe I should have read that for English Lit...

I did enjoy the Stolen Rose but I liked Ghosts of India the best since I prefer Donna over Rose. I would have liked The Deviant Strain better if they hadn't tried to be so ironic with Jack's lines and worrying about growing old. Also, because I had already read a set in Russia story a couple of months ago with a Primeval book...and liked it better, sadly.

I prefer the Torchwood books over the Dr Who ones.

As for Sea Monsters, it depends on how in depth your English Lit was...if you just needed to know the basics, yeah, it'll work...

The weird thing is, I believe The Deviant Strain is a book that was written before Jack was even on DW - written from the scripts. So it's possible (I'm not sure on the timelines and what was known when) that it's a complete coincidence or perhaps not as major foreshadowing as it was. Then again, they must have known he'd come back from the Daleks so...

Only Human is, IMO, a far better DW Jack book and The Stealers Of Dreams is pure emo porn for me with Jack for reasons I can't say without spoiling.

Ooh, I hope I can get ahold of them then...

They have Torchwood and Dr. Who books at your library! Wow. Almost Perfect may be my favorite so far too. Bay of the Dead is basically about zombies (as I recall). My son LOVES the Lightening Thief series.

Yeah, it's a new thing. They did just have Primeval books and a couple of the graphic novels for DW and Torchwood.

Yeah, Bay of the Dead was zombies which isn't my favorite but they did have some Janto, including the two of them delivering a baby! However, they had a sad part:

But Ianto shook his head, suddenly decisive. "No, if you're going, I'm coming with you."
"No way," Jack said. "My own stupidity I can live with. I'm not risking your life."
Now it was Ianto's turn to look determined. Drawing his gun, he said, "It's my decision, Jack. I chose to do this job. I know what the risks are."

(wibbles)

I loved The Lightning Thief, very interesting, I'm looking forward to the other three and wondering who's playing who in the film and yet I don't want to actually know at the same time, lol.

I went to the library again!!!

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