Haunted, Kelley Armstrong (Book 5 of Women of the Underworld) - finished Monday 20th. Borrowed from Marion.
The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde - finished Tuesday 21st (actually started on Thursday 16th). Own copy.
The Invisible Ring, Anne Bishop - finished Wednesday 22nd. Borrowed from Marion, first read.
Past Mortem, Ben Elton - finished Thursday 23rd. Library book, first read.
Ongoing total for 2006: 37 + 2 re-reads
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The Guardian does a List of the Day; today’s is misnomers:
1. Arabic numerals (originated in India)
2. Peanut (a legume, not a nut)
3. Tin can, tin foil (made of aluminium, not tin)
4. Madison Square Garden (not square; not a garden)
5. Danish pastries (invented in Austria) [and known as Vienna bread in Denmark]
6. Dry cleaning (uses a fluid called naphtha)
7. Pencil lead (pencils use graphite, not lead)
8. Koala bear (a marsupial, not a bear)
9. Panama hat (from Ecuador, not Panama)
10. Asteroid (means ’star-like’; they are small planets)
11. Turkey (native to America; named for its resemblance to a bird native to Africa)
“Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren’t distracted by the total lack of content in your writing.”
– Randy K Milholland of Something Positive
[Quote supplied by the Quotations Page; I read Something Positive as one of my regular web comics.]
Dragon Blood, Patricia Briggs - finished Sunday 12th. Borrowed from Marion, first read.
Stolen, Kelley Armstrong (Book 2 of Women of the Underworld) - finished Tuesday 13th. Borrowed from Marion.
Dime Store Magic, Kelley Armstrong (Book 3 of Women of the Underworld) - finished Friday 15th. Borrowed from Marion.
Industrial Magic, Kelley Armstrong (Book 4 of Women of the Underworld) - finished Saturday 16th. Borrowed from Marion.
Ongoing total for 2006: 33 + 2 re-reads
Back to school for red-faced council - how ‘grammar’ was spelt incorrectly on a road sign outside a school.
[Still hitting the YA stuff this week. What can I say? Sometimes I just want an easy hour's read.]
Chill Factor, Rachel Caine (Book 3 of the Weather Wardens) - finished Sunday 5th. Borrowed from Marion, first read.
Prince of Fire and Ashes, Katya Reimann (Book 3 of the Tielmaran Chronicles) - finished Sunday 5th. Borrowed from Marion, first read.
Lioness Rampant, Tamora Pierce (Book 4 of the Song of the Lioness) - finished Sunday 5th. Own copy.
[Yep, I didn't do much but read on Sunday, although to be fair I started Chill Factor on Saturday night and only had about another 80 pages to read on Sunday morning.]
First Truth, Hidden Truth and Forgotten Truth, Dawn Cook - read between Monday 6th and Wednesday 8th. Borrowed from Marion, first read.
The Pedant’s Revolt: Why Most Things You Think Are Right Are Wrong, Andrea Barham - finished Thursday 9th. Own copy, first read (at last!).
Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman - read it in bits on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th. Own copy.
Dragon Bones, Patricia Briggs - finished Saturday 11th. Borrowed from Marion [I've read it before although I didn't remember it from the first time].
Ongoing total for 2006: 29 + 2 re-reads
