In Which We Discuss Books I Read in my 27th Year, Week 33/52

Seven books last week!  That's the 24th to the 30th of March.

I found the first three Georgia Nicolson books in The Works for 50p each.  Actually, they had the other six or seven in the series as well, but I found they stop being fun after the first few.  That or I grew out of them.  I first read them when I was fifteen, so it may be that the first three snuck into my field of view just in time.

The Works sells books which couldn't be sold in bigger stores - that's why they're so much cheaper.  I think someone must have put in a order for all the books when Louise Rennison died, expecting them to sell.  Sad.

I also read the Artemis Fowl books as a teenager, but I'd not read the graphic novel before.  I feel like it loses something in the translation; the scene with Butler and the troll is less badass without Foaly's commentary, and the secret code from the bottom of the pages is missing.

I also read Dolores Claiborne as a teenager.  That's one I need to write a longer post on, since it's part of my Stephen King project.  You won't be seeing any more posts for a bit; the next one, Nightmares and Dreamscapes is over 900 pages.  I've also read that one before - again, as a teenager if I recall correctly.

I didn't read The Naughtiest Girl in the School as a teenager; I actually read it when I was seven.  It was the first book I ever read, in fact.  This was the abridged audiobook, with a full voice cast.  It was quite nice actually hearing the piano pieces - I'd totally forgotten about that.

The Darkest Minds was a new one to me; another audiobook, one that my partner recommended.  It picked up a lot near the end, but I'm not feeling a huge urge to listen to the sequels.