Project BOTS! September Edition

IknowIknow I'm late.  But I was kinda really busy with school and play rehearsals every afternoon for four hours, so I just plain DIDN'T HAVE TIME.  So sue me.

Since I'm already late, I don't want to waste any more time.  I'm proud to introduce... September BOTS.

First up is Dark Eden, by Chris Beckett.  I read this one, not exactly sure what to expect, and oooooh I enjoyed it.  I don't list this book in my top ten books of all time, but it certainly got my attention.  It was a truly unique book, talking about what would happen if a man and a woman got stranded on a planet and told to have kids.  Yes.  There is gonna be inbreeding issues, but such is life if there are only two people.  It's a take on early man that I don't think has ever been done before, and I enjoyed it so much that I got the second book...

Mother of Eden, which is also by Chris Beckett.  I didn't like this one as much as the first one, since the main character had no impact on the planet, which is kinda the point of the book.  It was a tad bit anticlimactic, but if there is a third book, I WILL GET IT.

Next on the list is Sirens of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut.  I kinda fell in love with this.  By the way.  Just a little.
I've been wanting to read 2001 a Space Odyssey for a while, but this book actually predated it, and it was just as prophetic (perhaps moreso) than 2001.  I also had never heard of Vonnegut before, and now... lets just say, I'm probably gonna read Cat's Cradle or Slaughterhouse 5 for October BOTS.

Lastly, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.  I had heard about this book by just about everyone.  I heard it was amazing, and I DON'T AGREE.  I got about halfway before declaring it boring and shelving it.  Well, I actually read about 2/3 of it.  I admit that it is GORGEOUS writing, and the magic used is very, er, magical.  The circus featured is a truly hypnotic place that I truly wish was real, and the way it's described put me into a sort of trance as the beautiful writing and bewitching setting just made my artsy inner self go "wow.  I have never read a book this pretty."  I admit that.  I do.  Even Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan isn't this pretty.
EDIT: Now that I've let it simmer, I desperately want to reread it.  With all of my heart and soul.  Sheesh.  I'm worried about my health now.

I have a couple of books in mind for this month- Ok, that's a lie.  I have no idea what I'm gonna read.  Great.  Just smashing.