[book log]

[iridium]

11. The Land of Laughs, Jonathan Carroll. "Americana and horror", the blurb on the back said. And that's pretty much spot-on, with a motif of masks and puppetry. The writing was good, the thread of the novel wove through detail and characters both mundane and bizarre, between an eccentric sort of pleasant and something much more sinister and strange.

12. The Lives of Christopher Chant, Diana Wynne Jones. Lighter reading but not quite fluff; almost a children's book but not quite, or perhaps a very good children's book.

Only two more books left from the stack that jencallisto brought me. :)

Comments

[coraline]

i love jonathan carroll's writing,,, but then there's his endings. aaaargh!

[iridium.livejournal.com]

augh! yes. this is the first book of his that i read, and the ending was disturbing.
i woke absurdly early from a dream that turned really horrible right at the end, and then picked the book up to finish it. fortunately i had the Diana Wynne Jones book nearby, and started reading that just afterward.

[coraline]

i love his writing, but as a warning, basically all of his books do that. it's... frustrating.

[iridium.livejournal.com]

i'll keep that in mind. i do like his writing very much, but i think it's better suited to particular times/states of mind.

[jencallisto]

hmmm... guess i better start figuring out what to bring up next time! :)

[iridium.livejournal.com]

woohoo!

i haven't had time to give a good listen to all the music yet, though. :)