Reading log update...

I finished Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict in two nights. It was an amusing story about a 21st century woman who wakes up in the body of an Austen-era woman. I loved the idea, and it worked really well.

Next, I finished the last of the Torchwood novels that I had- Another Life. It was better than Border Princes, not as good as Slow Decay. It was the first novel published, so the characters weren't quite in tune with how they are on television.

My dad signed me up for a church Lenten study, and we had to read The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. I'm really not into books like these- I think they are designed for people who don't go to church regularly. It's not so bad, it's just stuff I've heard before, because I've been a churchgoer my entire life.

I'm finally reading Nights at the Circus. I'm really enjoying it so far. It's weird and wonderful.

I had to take The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen back to the library before I could finish it. I'll check it out later...much later, because I have so much else to read. Next up, A Room With A View, and Mansfield Park at last. I've put it off for too long! I have both on audio cassette.

So my total for the year so far is nine books. I'm pretty sure I'll make my goal. I've picked out a few books I want to re-read this year- Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky by Patrick Hamilton, a lost classic from the 1930's- being re-published in the U.S. this year (I have the U.K. edition); and Jane Austen's Emma. Nothing wrong with going back to a favorite every now and then!