Book #14 - The Eagle and the Raven

Way behind on this. I think I read it about a month ago. Spent the night at Dad's and had forgotten to bring a book. So I picked up one of his several James A. Michener books - the smallest one - and read it in one night.

The Eagle and the Raven is about the parallel lives and careers of Sam Houston and Santa Anna, apparently originally intended as a chapter in his much larger (as they tend to be) novel Texas. Historical (non-)fiction is always interesting, and this was about a time and places I don't really know much about, so I was intrigued. Probably every American (and maybe even others) has heard Texans going on about "remember the Alamo," but _damn_, I had no idea. That's hardcore. Unfortunately I can't remember enough other details to give it a proper review.

Title: The Eagle and The Raven
Author: James A. Michener
Pages: ~200

14 / 24 books. 58% done!

Book #14 - The Eagle and the Raven

Way behind on this. I think I read it about a month ago. Spent the night at Dad's and had forgotten to bring a book. So I picked up one of his several James A. Michener books - the smallest one - and read it in one night.

The Eagle and the Raven is about the parallel lives and careers of Sam Houston and Santa Anna, apparently originally intended as a chapter in his much larger (as they tend to be) novel Texas. Historical (non-)fiction is always interesting, and this was about a time and places I don't really know much about, so I was intrigued. Probably every American (and maybe even others) has heard Texans going on about "remember the Alamo," but _damn_, I had no idea. That's hardcore. Unfortunately I can't remember enough other details to give it a proper review.

Title: The Eagle and The Raven
Author: James A. Michener
Pages: ~200

14 / 24 books. 58% done!

Book #15 - Prince Caspian

This is heresy, I know, but I actually preferred the movie to the book. The book is sort of plodding and mostly concerns the Pevensies making their way through Narnia, before they even _meet_ Caspian. I can see why they made the changes they did for the film; it's much easier to follow and sticking with Caspian through most of it just makes more sense to me (not to mention that movie!Caspian is OM NOM NOM). As I was reading the book I wondered why it was even named after this character who really was just mostly background. We never even get a description of Caspian, that's how unimportant and replaceable he is. Not very impressive at all, I have to say.

Title: Prince Caspian
Author: C.S. Lewis
Pages: 238

15 / 24 books. 63% done!

Book #15 - Prince Caspian

This is heresy, I know, but I actually preferred the movie to the book. The book is sort of plodding and mostly concerns the Pevensies making their way through Narnia, before they even _meet_ Caspian. I can see why they made the changes they did for the film; it's much easier to follow and sticking with Caspian through most of it just makes more sense to me (not to mention that movie!Caspian is OM NOM NOM). As I was reading the book I wondered why it was even named after this character who really was just mostly background. We never even get a description of Caspian, that's how unimportant and replaceable he is. Not very impressive at all, I have to say.

Title: Prince Caspian
Author: C.S. Lewis
Pages: 238

15 / 24 books. 63% done!

Book #16 - The Beasts of Tarzan

Finally caught up on my reading. This is the third in the Tarzan series, and took me forever to read, though I think it's shorter than the first two. Pretty much the only time I read it was at work while documents were scanning. So, like, one or two minutes at a time. So perhaps it didn't really drag as much as it seemed to, because of all the interruptions. _But_, if it were really grabbing, I would have found more and longer periods of time to sit down and blast through it. So. Jury's still out there.

Tarzan and Jane are married, and have a son named Jack who is abducted by the villainous Rokoff we met in the last book. Tarzan, of course, goes haring off after him, and Jane goes haring off after Tarzan. The book switches back and forth between Tarzan and Jane's points of view, which probably contributed to the slow feel of the book, since the narrative kept interrupting itself. The eponymous beasts are a tribe of apes and a panther he meets after being marooned on Jungle Island by Rokoff. Tarzan of course befriends them and they travel with him to find Rokoff and save his son.

Title: The Beasts of Tarzan
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Pages: 239

16 / 24 books. 67% done!

Book #16 - The Beasts of Tarzan

Finally caught up on my reading. This is the third in the Tarzan series, and took me forever to read, though I think it's shorter than the first two. Pretty much the only time I read it was at work while documents were scanning. So, like, one or two minutes at a time. So perhaps it didn't really drag as much as it seemed to, because of all the interruptions. _But_, if it were really grabbing, I would have found more and longer periods of time to sit down and blast through it. So. Jury's still out there.

Tarzan and Jane are married, and have a son named Jack who is abducted by the villainous Rokoff we met in the last book. Tarzan, of course, goes haring off after him, and Jane goes haring off after Tarzan. The book switches back and forth between Tarzan and Jane's points of view, which probably contributed to the slow feel of the book, since the narrative kept interrupting itself. The eponymous beasts are a tribe of apes and a panther he meets after being marooned on Jungle Island by Rokoff. Tarzan of course befriends them and they travel with him to find Rokoff and save his son.

Title: The Beasts of Tarzan
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Pages: 239

16 / 24 books. 67% done!

Where's Who?

*pokes YouTube* Come on, guys, it's been eleven hours already!

Where's Who?

*pokes YouTube* Come on, guys, it's been eleven hours already!