ericadawn16: (Jubilant)
ericadawn16 ([personal profile] ericadawn16) wrote2009-11-22 10:39 am

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 -[livejournal.com profile] 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...

[identity profile] mermaidstarfish.livejournal.com 2009-11-22 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
The stolen rose is excellent.
The sea monsters one sounds ace too, maybe I should have read that for English Lit...

[identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com 2009-11-27 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
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...
coneyislandbaby: (Jack Owen Shippy by bm_shipper)

[personal profile] coneyislandbaby 2009-12-04 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com 2009-12-04 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, I hope I can get ahold of them then...