I’m back home again! I spent a large part of my vacation shopping for books and reading. I think I finished reading 6 1/2 books and 4+ volumes of manga while on vacation. Sometimes I forget how quickly I can tear through a novel given blocks of uninterrupted time, especially when I’m reading some not very taxing fantasy/sci-fi. I finished a bunch of Sharon Shinn novels, and I also read Howl’s Moving Castle and am half of the way through Perdido Street Station. I went shopping at Kinokuniya and picked up some stationary and Read or Die manga.
I also enjoyed bringing music to my relatives by singing the Spiderman Song. I’m sure hearing that song over and over again only built up the anticipation for the movie.
Now I have to play catch-up at work and get a ton of stuff done before I go on vacation again at the end of the month 
6:55 am on July 7th, 2004 1
Perdido Street Station is a great book. Mieville’s world is unique to say the least, bit dark too. His follow-up The Scar was great as well and I’m looking forward to Iron Council which comes out at the end of the month.
1:22 pm on July 7th, 2004 2
I’m crazy impressed that you got halfway through Perdido Street Station in that short a period of time, let alone all the other books and manga. It’s great stuff, incredible dense, but good. I second Greg’s suggestion to also check out The Scar, which is set in the same world though not in the same city. Looking forward to Iron Council as well.
4:01 pm on July 7th, 2004 3
My natural reading speed is crazy fast, and being trapped on an airplane gave me many hours for reading. I’ll add The Scar to my to be read list, although I might have to wait for it to be at the public library, as I have spent way too much money on books recently.
5:28 pm on July 8th, 2004 4
sharon shinn is fun to read ~ which did you get through? the only one i wasn’t really into was the jane eyre-remake, ugh. but the others were fun, definitely not taxing, but still pretty smart..
5:40 pm on July 8th, 2004 5
I read Archangel, Jovah’s Angel, and The Alleluia Files. Nice vacation reading!