Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Final Countdown (Play it while reading)

In a bibliophile's life there is one author who trumps them all. That one person who's words you soak up like a sponge. It is not obsession (Okay maybe it is, but only in a very mild form) it is admiration that this man or woman can continually keep you hooked through every novel or series he or she writes.
For me that author is Scott Westerfeld, a man who specializes in young adult sci-fi literature, he never crosses the same sub-genre twice and yet is just as amazing in his space opera as he is in his steam punk tribute to history. Hence it has become my goal, nay, my resolution, to collect all his novels for my personal library by the release of the finale to his Leviathan trilogy on September 20. I have been trolling (Trawling? Like Scott-la himself I am unsure of the actual word) used bookstores and garage sales for all *does mental headcount* sixteen novels plus a tag along and a future tag along planned. And now after a six month treasure hunt I have reached.....


THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Meaning I have five four three just the unpublished one (Goliath) NONE! which I shall obtain on the 20th of September, therefore making my deadline in the nick of time. So drum roll for my final five.


Goliath (N/A)
Polymorph
Peeps 
The Last Days
Extras
Am I a book geek in the highest degree...yes, indeed I am. Do I need a life or at least a boyfriend...probably, (See last post, it could have been written for me*) But do I get more joy out of a good book than others get from mind rotting crap like True Blood, Secret Life of the American Teenager, and all current Nickelodeon shows, and yes I am looking at you Spongebob and Fairly Odd Parents honestly how the hell are you still on the air?! Any who, it's not my fault the Westerfeld novels are each more brilliantly created then the last, blame Scott-la and all other writers of his caliber that I choose to waste me life hunting down good reads as opposed to wasting it getting fat and stupid on my couch. I have exactly three months to finish my quest, so I must leave you all (well you two) and get back to work.


Arrivederci!
*Still trying to find your name, not trying to take your thing, honest

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