"Interview with the Vampire", "Skylight Confessions"

I am re-reading Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. It is genuinely frightening and creepy--how interesting that now, in the last novels of the Vampire Chronicles Lestat seems tame. I am hoping to read the entire series along with my regular reading.

Other recent reads include: Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman, which was a wonderful addition to her body of work. She handles grief, drug addiction, and distant parents with a lighter touch than in her previous novels. At first her characters' traits seem air-brushed on, but as the story progresses, they become richer and fuller. The last chapter will leave you breathless with anticipation, and I found the open ending appropriate and not at all frustrating.

Of course, since my last entry, I've read some more titles--I'll get to those later!

"The Italian Secretary" & "Beneath a Marble Sky"

I'm still working on Proust in Love and Farewell, My Queen. And I'm finishing the short hommage to Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, The Italian Secretary, by the ingenious Caleb Carr. He has the style down pat. And for week's end, I'll be reading about the building of the Taj Mahal in Beneath a Marble Sky. The book club here at the library will by discussing the book on Monday with the author, John Shors, by phone. Promises to be fun!