Since I finished Great Expectations last wednesday, I’ve finished two more books. Man, is is fun to be back with 20th century authors.
The first book I read is Boris Akunin’s The Winter Queen, the first Erast Fandorin novel. It’s a fun mystery in a Russia that is a refreshing change from something Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky would have created. Good, original mystery with fun and interesting characters. My only complaint is that the plot is a little twist-happy. I felt like I was going to get whiplash in the last chapters of the book.
The second book I read is Max Brooks’ The Zombie Survival Guide, which is exactly what it sounds like. And it’s funny–in a completely (un)deadly serious way. This guide is guaranteed to see any B-actress through a zombie flick. Fun reading…or scary if you forget the joke.