Books - My Journal and Queue

Choosing a diet can start to feel like your picking a new religion or joining a cult. This books is not an exception.

I would recommend the book to anyone curious about a 'whole foods' diet. It also has quite a lot of information about the other diets out there from the American Standard diet to vegetarian to high protein diets.

I'm picking my way through the book and for me it is fairly light reading as I'm already familiar with some of the medical information and some of the philosophies regarding food.

So, far I think the book has more encouraged me to slowly switch to a "Fortified Natural Foods Diet". I am actually trying to gain weight and being overly concerned about what 'not to eat' is sort of counter productive to my personal life goals.

So, I really enjoyed the book. I found the 'war against god' storyline to be a tad boring but the three books combined more then made up for that aspect. There are a few other things that got under my skin but it was still a pleasant reading experience.

I would actually rank the Harry Potter books a little higher. Sure, I can read the Potter books while being blind drunk but they are a higher reading level then the Dark Materials trilogy.

If your going to start reading the Nightrunner series get the first two books and read them back to back. There are a few aspects of the series that make for a nice conclusion.

The writing and story feel a bit more refined in this book. Reading both books back to back I look forward to continuing the series but don't feel cheated by cliff-hanger endings.

I was looking for a fantasy series geared more towards a gay audience. This was actually the perfect choice.

However, you should know that this isn't erotica nor are the main characters primarily homosexual. So, much like real life, sexuality means little in the face of going about ones day to day life.

I did find the writing to be a little rough and the book presented too much information with not enough satisfaction. This can be rather common with presented with a whole new fantasy world.

Currently started reading this book. I will go back and forth with watching films mentioned and reading them. This is a compact book and the information is dense. It helps having some understanding of philosophical moments in art, literature and film. This isn't an easy read and my lexicon is a little rusty.

= Up next =

= Christmas present so this might trump other reading material =

On Loan - This is another hefty tomb. However, it beats searching for the next book in the serise.

Listal Recommendation from Fortunato

Gift - One of the rare occasions where I do plan on reading the book before watching a film adaptation.

Gift - I actually started the first chapter however it got trumped by Tom Robbins. I will most likely start this again to take a break from the fantasy genre.

I read and LOVED "The Third Chimpanzee", so I'm not sure why I still have this on my shelf unread.

I actually loved the film adaptation and really want to start the series but with just the first book think I might hold off until I can find decent translations of the other books.

= Yay, a trip to Powell's bookstore in Portland has stocked me up on the next Nightrunner books. I will read a few other novels before starting this series again.

Pretty much refuse to have another fantasy series sitting on my self until I finish this one.

I actually made it half way through this book but *duh* knowing the ending I just couldn't read the rest. However, I think I can emotionally handle reading the rest.

Listal recommendation from the giraffe

Listal recommendation from the giraffe