Reading...

Towards the middle of the summer when I made library runs, I took a break from Harry Potter to read the only XF book I never picked up, which was Skin, the last one published.And with Skin, I found I was reading with a slightly critical eye, similar to how I read fic sometimes. I was wondering about how the characters were written, how the story was going, and was noticing Meiser's style of total detail in description, etc.Well, after finishing that one and talking about it and the books in general with Fire, I got to wondering a little bit more. Because honestly, it had to be about 4 or 5 years since I read the others. I realized I quite did not remember any of them very well other than Ruins -- and vaguely at that.Also, Memy tended to be quite youngish and dense back in those days in relation to the series and the world. So I've picked back up Ground Zero, which I basically came off hating the first time, but which I wonder if that might have had to do with either not understaning stuff or just not being excited by it. I'm working on it and I'll have to type my updated opinion when I finish.But I realized something the other day while reading. I shy away from even typing the title online because of 9/11. Because it means something so much more frightening and terrible now. But for some reason, while I have this side thought, I totally don't make a connection. I guess perhaps because I associate the title in context of a book title in these instances here, I don't let it connect. Or maybe I associate it with the original time I knew and first heard this title, rather than the national meaning it holds more recently.It's almost like they are homonyms in my head.Anyway. Off to sleep. More on GZ and the other books later.