I've been starting and abandoning numerous books this month. These are the ones I've actually finished reading:

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It's both a couple of days late, and very short. I blame the latter on the fact that several books I was reading, I just abandoned, and also I've been reading my way through the J.R.R. Tolkien Chronology, as well as Tacitus's Annals. Both are liable to take a few more months (3 months and only on Book 4 for Tacitus, so far).

June
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My order of The J.R.R. Tolkien Chronology and Guide arrived this morning, beautifully slip-cased. Also, I bought the latest Laurell K. Hamilton yesterday.

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This month's books seem to cover a wide range.

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For a shorter month, there's more or less the usual number of books on the list (and a few on the way to being on the March list).

( The February List... )

The Adept by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris
Contemporary Fantasy
The first book in a good series, which I can't even find the words to describe. However, I do find it to be a series that I re-read regularly.

The Adept: Lodge of the Lynx by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris
Contemporary Fantasy
Second in The Adept series. I just can't find the words to describe the book though. However, the authors have done a good job at gathering the readers in and holding on to them.

The Adept: The Templar Treasure by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris
Contemporary Fantasy
The third book in the Adept series, this is one of the books which sparked my interest in the Templars and Medieval History. One of the repeating themes of the series is the idea of reincarnation, the particular theory used in this series being discussed in detail in the first few pages of this book. In some ways this book is the odd one out of the series as none of the vilains from the other books made an appearance in this one.

The New Spring by Robert Jordan
Fantasy
It's been long enough since I read any of the other books in the Wheel of Time series that I'd forgotten a lot of the small things which weren't explained in this book. Still it is a good story and a good reintroduction to that world. Now I've got to read the other books in the series.

The Night Lives On by Walter Lord
Non-Fiction
A book which looks at the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, as well as what led up to the sinking as well as other matters. Interesting information on the legal issues of liability and compensation, the changes in life-boat regulations, the investigations, the discovery of the wreck, etc. A very interesting chapter on the musicians and what they would have been playing, among other things.

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Fantasy
The first in the Wheel of Time saga. Though this is a good story, I kept feeling as though it was a bit of a Tolkien rip-off. However, it does set up a fairly interesting world to explore.

The Scent of Magic by Andre Norton
Fantasy
Unique is the first word I could come up with for this book. Magic, Good and Evil are all detectable mostly through scent. Well worth the read.

The House Between the Worlds by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Fantasy
Despite the authorship, I really couldn't get into this book at all.

Dune by Frank Herbert
Science Fiction
The first book in the series. When I read it and a couple of the other books in the series about ten years ago, I felt that while the first book was good, the later books had lost what made the world unique. I can't say for sure about that yet, now, but Dune was a good read, if a bit disturbing. The world is interesting,, being a weird mix of feudalism and high-tech, but the attitudes of the characters made me uncomfortable. It seemed to me that too often, people were being treated as commodities and not people. Secret breeding programs, Mentats and concubines.\

Nightseer by Laurel K. Hamilton
Fantasy
An interesting story, but a few too many loose ends and questions remained unanswered for my tastes. However, as it was supposed to be her first nove, it's pretty darned good.

I'd say I've been doing a lot of reading this month :)
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