Catching up on the backlog:

Stuff my dad brought me from the UK at my request: Misspent Youth by Peter F. Hamilton and Feeding Frenzy by Will Self.

Since my last post:
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett was, as expected, very worth reading. I really like the monks of time.

City of Glass is Douglas Coupland's look at Vancouver, BC. I learned a few things and now have a mental list of some places to check out next time I'm there.

The End of the Road by Tom Bodett was ok, but nothing all that exciting. I originally picked it up after reading The Free Fall of Webster Cummings which I think I liked better. FFoWC was read after completely randomly picking it up at the library.

Skellig by David Almond is a children's book, I think. It's not quite horror, but something definitely not normal. A quick read, but nice story.

I re-read Snow Crash. In hardcover. :)

Alas Babylon is one of the best post-apocalyptic novels I've read. I believe it was also one of the first (at least one of the first where the cause of the apocalyse is the nuclear bomb). I should have gotten around to this one years ago.

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is aptly named. It's a historical and explanatory look at the genre told in comic-book form. I've not read all that many but some of the comics I've read have been fantastic. (Maus, Sandman, Bone...)

Spaceland by Rudy Rucker is semi a followup to Flatland taking it into the 4th dimension. It's also a story of startups, betrayal, etc.

The Fat Man in History is a book of short stories by Peter Carey. I'm not sure I liked them as well as some of his novels, but they were worth reading. Some dark, some funny, some funny and dark.

A Year in the Linear City is a novella by Paul Di Filippo. As with all of his writing, it's definitely an odd world to live in. Also, as with the rest of his writing, it's worth reading. The city is indeed linear. :)

Bone vol 4 is just as good as the first 3 of Jeff Smith's graphic novels. (comic collections?)



posted by kristin at 10:00 PM

Arrived today:
Library: The Drama Within by Diane Asseo Griliches
Bone vol 1 by Jeff Smith (already ready someone else's copy though)
Angelica by Sharon Shinn
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We May Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Into the Deep by Ken Grimwood
Jujitsu for Christ by Jack Butler
posted by kristin at 10:58 PM