Booking through Thursday: Being excited...

[fajrdrako]

for August 4, 2011: What’s the last book you were really EXCITED to read?
And, were you excited about it in advance? Or did the excitement bloom while you were reading it?
Are there any books you’re excited about right NOW?

It's a little embarrassing to admit, but I'm actually excited about almost every book I start, when I start it. It's either the excitement of discovering a new author, or of having something new from a wonderful favourite writer, or something new I want to learn. Sometimes the book turns out to be a dud, sometimes I'm disappointed, but that doesn't stop me from feeling that moment of thrill each time I start a new book. Even when it's a book I've read before, there's that frisson of anticipation: will I love it as much as I did the last time?

Recent books that have excited me particularly:



1. A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin, because I've been hanging on the cliffhangers from A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows for six years now.
   
   
2. Jump! by Jilly Cooper. I haven't read one of her books in a very long time; I was reminded why I once enjoyed them so much.
   
   
3. Thor: The World Eaters by Matt Fraction and Pasqual Ferry.