Not as much reading as I'd hoped

Well, I haven't done as much reading (and therefore, somewhat, as much posting) as I would have liked and had hoped to do in the past almost week.

I did finish (and start) Vampire Academy which, although quite interesting and enjoyable was not quite what I expected. It wasn't really much like either Harry Potter or Twilight - with the only similarities coming from a more college/university-like school and actual vampires. I almost found parts of the book to be a bit more like the show Angel, except for the whole dead vampire thing. In this book, only the evil vampires are dead - many are alive (although that number is becoming smaller and smaller). I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Frostbite, when I can get to it.

I also finished (and started) reading The Unwritten Volume One: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity for the Lemmings book club - we meet on Sunday. I did enjoy this too, but I'm ready for the next volume, which doesn't appear to have been written yet, perhaps. I'm intrigued by the history of literature (and the cause of/inspiration for specific stories). The implications of this book's premise is quite entertaining and deserves more exploration. It could be an interesting idea for those who form crushes for various literary characters, as well. I liked the literary "map" that Tom Taylor's father left for him/taught him.

I have now moved on to a book I just got from the library - it's on hold enough that I get it for a shortened length of time, so it got pushed to the top of the list. I am reading Audrey Niffenegger's book Her Fearful Symmetry. I quite enjoyed her book The Time Traveler's Wife, so I was interested to see what this book was like. So far I'm enjoying it, although at one point yesterday I had to stop reading so that I could mark/comment on one sentence in it: on page 41, Jack, one of the characters, is thinking about his twin daughters and it says "He imagined Julia and Valentina safely ensconced at Harvard or Yale, or even at Sarah Lawrence; heck, Bennington would be okay." I found this passage amusing because my sister went to Bennington and I suspect she'd be a bit annoyed (although possibly amused as well) at it - even if it did mean her school was mentioned in a major (possibly best-seller book (I haven't checked any lists). So now I hope to finish this soon as I have too many good books waiting in line.

Oh, and if our Lemmings meeting is on Sunday, I really ought come up with some suggestions for the next book.