"The Prestige" and a list of books to come

I have avoided creating a blog for years because I could never think of anything to say. I suppose that I am creating this blog so that I have some where for my geeky book comments to go. I can stop annoying my friends.

Last weekend I moved into a new apartment with very rad people and I also love my job. Now that my life is cohesive again I can jump right back into reading like I used to, and I have SO much new material to get through.

Here is a list of the books I'm working on:

Johannes Cabal, Necromancer

The Glass House

Brave New Worlds (anthology of short stories)

The Living Dead 2 (anthology of short stories)

Hexwood

999 (anthology of short stories)

The Hangman's Daughter

 I'm very sure that there are others and I don't have my Kindle on me at the moment. I suppose I can do a review of the book I just finished.

I started reading The Prestige by Christopher Priest a few months back and due to my lack of reading time I put it down rather quickly in an uninterested manner. When I got a job with lots of down time I picked it back up and am now very pleased that I did. Though the book is very different from the movie (big surprise) it does have some key similarities. I find that the feud between them is less intense in the book because it seems like folly on the part of both magicians.
I have found in several books that have been adapted into films that it is very very helpful to have things explained more thoroughly then the movie could have, and that is the same thought that I had while reading this book. The main differences in the book and the movie are: the act that starts that feud, what Angier's trick In a Flash actually does, and the inclusion of the story of what happens to the family years later, and so with it what happens to Angier in the end. I was delighted to read conversations between Angier and Tesla, and also to be given a keener insight into what Angier's machine actually does. It cleared up a lot of questions I had after I saw the movie.  I found the book to be smart and wonderful. I highly recommend it. Especially to those that saw the movie version and didn't really understand.

Til' next time! ^_^