The Latest Commuting Books

I mentioned before that I had been digging into Tolkien for my commute book lately. So yeah, I finished Lord of the Rings (including the Appendices this time, which I'm not sure I've ever read straight through before), Unfinished Tales, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion, I was especially fond of the narration by Martin Shaw on the last two.

I had always been curious about Polidori's The Vampyre, as one of the first stories with the modern version of a vampire. It's really short, and, unlike Frankenstein, is told exactly the way you'd expect, considering its origin. It sounds like someone just telling a campfire story out loud. I guess it had its moments, but, like I said, there's not much to it.

So now I'm listening to The Stand. Figured it was time to stick with Halloween themes, although this monster of a book will probably last well beyond. He hasn't even finished introducing the characters yet. The only other Stephen King book I've read is It, and that was a long time ago. Having seen two screen adaptations of this one, I figured it was about time I found out what the real story was. Like I said, though, I don't think I'm anywhere near the real story so far.

And, no, the picture doesn't have anything to do with any of this. I just wanted to have some kind of picture and there was my Nilbog being adorable. 

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