One Reader's Ramblings

Writing has taken a backseat to a lot of things in my life lately, but reading… well, I’m not sure I could get through life without that.   So what have I been reading?   One of the best series I’ve read has been The Hidden Wings Series.   Yep, back to Angels and Nephilim.   The thing about stories like this isn’t at all whether I believe in things like them… of course I believe in Angels (and Nephilim are mentioned in the Bible but I don’t really think they’re around anymore) but I don’t think any of the stuff in these books is true.

Every book has to have a setting, characters, and plot... Sorry, but having a daughter in 7th grade doing book reports has to rub off on me a little... So let's start there.  Setting: New York.   Characters: Nephilium, Angels, vampires, werewolves, warlocks, and even the Fairy people (with a few "mundanes" thrown in here and there).  Plot: Shadowhunters/Nephium hunt demons and keep the peace between “Downworlders”, like vampires and werewolves, with lots and lots of battles thrown in (obviously I'm WAY oversimplifying, but you get the idea).

I just finished what I would have to say is the weirdest book I’ve ever read.   It deals with Nephilim, which I have read about before but this one is, in a way, so different than any of the others.  

I haven’t written in a while because I’ve been sick.   Like, can-barely-lift-my-head kind of sick.   What I could lift was - my kindle.   Yea!   Otherwise, I would have gone insane.   Two full weeks on the couch and I don’t, particularly like TV.   I did watch a couple of Christmas movies with my daughters, but other than that I read.   Morning to night, I read.   One day I figured out that I read a total of 12 hours between waking and going back to sleep (oddly enough that’s not my all-time record, but it still gives you a glimpse into my world for the last two weeks).