Talking Books

Yesterday evening I finished 206 Bones, although not quite as quickly as I had hoped - I wanted to finish before supper was done, but had to stop with about 15 pages left. I was half correct in some of my guesses as to what was going on, but was completely correct. I was a bit wary of suspecting the person I most wanted to suspect - this person seemed a bit to obvious to be behind everything. She was behind part of it, but more just encouraged another character's actions. I didn't suspect this other character much, although there were hints of it, so maybe I should have. I knew Brennan wasn't making all the mistakes she was accused of making. I also have to agree with Kathy Reichs encouragement of all who have taken the time and made the effort to become accredited - it doesn't sound easy, but can help make sure the innocent are not punished while the guilty go free.

Having finished that book, I did move to the book I'd been planning on reading before that one came. I am now reading Libyrinth by Pearl North. I am enjoying the book so far - I like the idea that books speak to Haly. I am, however, glad I'm not her during the yearly bonfire for the Eradicants - listening to all of those books go silent as the fire consumes them is not something I'd care to hear. As I've been reading this, it has somewhat seemed to perhaps be a bit of a fantasy version of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. I'll have to see as I continue to read. According to the Eradicants, "when a word is spoken, it is born, when it is written, it dies." I'm not sure I agree with that - and neither is Haly - but she's got the benefit of hearing the books (essentially they read themselves to her). The ability for her to understand the stories, even if they've been written in a language she doesn't know is also interesting. I hope - and assume - she'll get out of prison - hopefully sooner than later. I have enjoyed trying to recognize the books that talk to her as their quotes come up - but I haven't known all of them - mostly because I haven't read all of the books quoted - but fortunately at the end there's a list of what books were quoted in each chapter - with the quote repeated for memory's sake.