Apparently even when I finish a book of short stories fairly quickly I don't remember the first few by the time I'm done. Suffice it to say that if you like China Mieville's other works, you'll like Looking for Jake.

Tuesday night I went to see Neil Gaiman do a reading (finally!). The place was packed so it was 11pm before I was out of there with my signed copy of Anansi Boys. I read it over the next few nights. Definitely not as large in scope as American Gods, but I enjoyed it. To round out my Neil Gaiman week, I went to see a matinee of Mirrormask yesterday afternoon.

I drove up to the main Third Place Books store (as opposed to the closer Ravenna one) on Friday just to check it out. I think I like the feel of the Ravenna one better, but it was definitely a nice store. While I was there I picked up The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction. At some point I might make a list of all of the authors in there that I've not read.
posted by Kristin Buxton at 10:23 PM