Musing Monday

This week's Musing asks:

Have you ever read a book that, at the time, you didn’t feel a strong connection towards, but as time goes by you find yourself thinking about it a lot?

I'm actually going through this right now with Anne Rice's most recent novel, The Wolf Gift. I got about three quarters of the way through ~ something which I had to force most of the time ~ and I just felt I had to put it away for later. I felt zero connection to the characters and the story, which was depressingly disappointing as I was SO looking forward to Anne Rice getting back in the groove of paranormal writing. However, I've found the book taunting me from my bookshelf, begging to be finished if only for the sake of finding out what happens. Right now, I find it difficult to form an opinion about the story, knowing I haven't received the full picture, and I'm starting to feel that I need to complete the circle and close the book for good.

Happy Reading Everyone :)

~ Keely ~

What is evil??

What is evil? A question boasted by Anne Rice's novel, The Wolf Gift

Above is a link to an article I wrote posing a question and opinion about the meaning of what it is to be 'evil.'

Anne Rice writes, "It's blunders, people making blunders, whether it's raiding a village and killing all the inhabitants, or killing a child in a fit of rage. Mistakes. Everything is simply a matter of mistakes."

Check it out, take the poll, and let me know what you think!!!

Happy Reading Everyone :)


~ Keely ~

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Well, Monday's over, so that's a start.. I'm sick, again ~ it's becoming my normal state these days.. But on a brighter note, I'm reading Anne Rice's (the queen of paranormal) new book The Wolf Gift. I was stoked when I discovered she was coming out with something new in the genre we all fell in love with her for in the first place.

So here's a little tease from The Wolf Gift:

"Every particle of his body was defined in these waves, the skin covering his face, his head, his hands, the muscles of his arms and legs. With every particle of himself he was breathing, breathing as he'd never breathed in his life, his whole being expanding, hardening, growing stronger and stronger by the second."





Can't wait to review this one!

Happy Reading Everyone :)


~ Keely ~

Musing Monday

This weeks musing asks:

What book do you wish you were reading right now? Where would you take it to, if you could go anywhere to read for a while?

I wish I was reading The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice. Hopefully this will come in the mail today, so I won't have to wish for long :)

I would love to take this book to my own personal imaginary library I have built inside my head.. It doesn't exist (yet), but hopefully one day I'll have my own little sanctuary of a reading room.

Maybe not exactly, but you get the idea :)

Happy Reading Everyone :)


~ Keely ~

WWW Wednesday

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

What are you currently reading? I've got my nose in World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. I never thought the idea of zombies could sound realistic, but there's Max Brooks for ya.

What did you recently finish reading? I read Amanda Hocking's Hollowland (the cover on Kobo is sooo much better) and Hollowmen back to back. Another story revolving around zombies.. I swear I'm not doing this on purpose (not really), these books just seem to be surrounding me!

What do you think you'll read next? Hmm, decisions, decisions.... I've got a few choices here.. I could go with a little Cassie Clare and the second novel in her Mortal Instruments, or I was looking at Anne Rice's new book, The Wolf Gift. Time will tell ;)










What are the rest of you readers up to???

Happy Reading Everyone :)


~ Keely ~