What I am reading: December 2009

These are a bit out of order as most of them were Kindle reads and already deleted off my list- more on a later post as to the Kindle itself:). Already Dead by Charlie Huston- Amazingly good and a wion for Amazon’s practice of giving out free e-books in the attempt to get serious new [...]

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What I am reading: October 2009

My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme: Although I haven’t seen the movie yet, I understand that it is a mix of Julie and Julia and this book. I read the former in ARC from the BEA and quite enjoyed it, but really, I love Julia Child. What a woman she was, [...]

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What I am reading: September 2009

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (tran. Lucia Graves): Wonderful book. I am so glad that one of my book clubs chose this. Very dense and reminiscent, strongly, of Dumas, particularly The Count of Monte Cristo. Particularly appropriate as it was set in Barcelona and I’ll be there the first weekend of [...]

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What I am reading: August 2009

You’re so Vein by Christine Warren: Another in her series of Other books. This time Ava finally meets her match. Fluffy airplane read. Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky by Gabriel Cohen: I was reading this at the same time as The Lizard Cage and I found that to be a lucky chance. This book is [...]

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What I am reading: July 2009

Regenesis by CJ Cheryh: Wow. It was great. I put aside everything that I was supposed to be reading and just made my way through this sequel to 1988′s Cyteen. Since my copy of that is, of course, back in the US in storage, I ordered a copy (in 1 volume and without the iconic [...]

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What I am reading: June 2009

Fire by Kristin Cashore: pub date 9/09 ages 14 and up. This is a book that I got at BEA and it is wonderful. This is the first book I have read that makes me wish that I had picked up a second galley, because it’s so well written, the world is so interesting, that [...]

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What I am reading: May 2009

An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris: This is from another of Harris’ series (not Sookie Stokehouse/TrueBlood) and it is an interesting one. The protagonist was struck by lightning and along with various chronic physical disabilities, she ained the ability to find dead people. Not to speak to or hear ghosts, but to feel the [...]

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Memorial day and thoughts of War

This is a day when I think about war. About death. About sacrifice. I think about patriotism and I think about nationalism and the difference between them. The song above, which I quite like and which showcases some real beauty and pathos relating to the USA, is an example. But it is also an example [...]

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What I am reading: April 2009

Your Hate Mail will be Graded by John Scalzi: A compendium of selection’s from 10 year’s of Whatever. Amusing. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby: Already discussed. Wonderfully moving. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: Very interesting and intricate vampire story, harking back to the original archetype and Vlad Tepes. Mukti-layered and well-written, [...]

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The TBR 2009 Challenge: April 2009

Although I am always reading a book, and generally one off my To Be Read list, I have missed posting in the past few months, I’m not quite certain why. In this case, I am back from Holland, the girls are watching Sponge-Bob, I see that I should be posting today, and luckily I have [...]

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