Monday 2 July 2012

It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

Hello my readerly friends!

This week I haven't managed to read much, but I did finish Phantom of the Opera. The book is quite different to the movie and musical. I guess I prefer seeing the story visually, but the book answered some questions for me. For example, I could never really understand why they said throughout the movie "Keep your hand at the level of your eyes," but in the book it's because the Phantom is able to lasso people and strangle them! If they hold up their hand and a lasso goes over them, they would be able to use their arm, to get out! So now I know. :)

I listened to much of the story on audiobook with my iphone, but there were many different readers, which was a bit annoying. In the end, I wasn't getting through the book quick enough that way, so I read it myself! 


Anyway, The Phantom of the Opera remains one of my fave gothic stories, no matter what format!


As usual I have SOOOOOO many books I want to read all at once, 
but the one that got me in from the first page was this one:



Shadow of the Serpent is a detective story set in the late 19th Century in Edinburgh. 
I loved the setting and the narrative from the onset, so I'm looking forward to getting into it!


I am also reading a fat book on educational data, 
 which is fascinating, in a nerdy, teacherly kind of way. Lol!

Have a fun week, with some juicy reading! 

And drop by Book Journey to see what else people are reading around the world!




xx



14 comments:

  1. Happy reading this week :) LOVE Phantom - the music is gorgeous!
    The Brunette Librarian Blog

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    1. I've been singing the songs in my head all week! xx

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    1. I will! :)

      Where would we be without books?!

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  3. Looks like a great book...enjoy! Thanks for visiting my blog.

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    1. A week ago I was hanging out in future worlds, now I'm having a great time back in the late 1800s!

      Gotta love it! :)

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  4. Love Phantom!!I'm not a big mystery fan but hope you enjoy Shadow of the Serpent and whatever books you get to ... there's just not enough hours in the day for all the wonderful books!
    Thanks for visiting and for the get well wishes :)

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    1. I don't read many mysteries, but it was the era that got me with this one! :)

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  5. My favorite read last week was The Bride's Kimono by Sujata Massey. Please come see what else I'm reading.

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    1. I enjoy stories about Japan; such a different culture to Australia. :)

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  6. I love Phantom of the Opera. I was flipping through my copy the other day and it had some interesting articles about how Sherlock Holmes and the Phantom are written into the same time period and how they might have interacted.

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    1. So... someone could write a book with both characters in it? That would be cool. :)

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  7. That's exactly why I don't listen to audiobooks - they don't read fast enough!

    Thanks for stopping by Book'd Out earlier

    Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out

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    1. It was good to have the book as an accompaniment to housework, but I was disappointed at how few pages went by in the same time I could take to read them. No chance of skimming over the drawn out bits with audio!

      I'd do it again with another book though, just to be able to read while I work! :)

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