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Book reports I haven't written.
Jul. 29th, 2009 11:42 pmTonight, between finishing one set of revisions, critiquing towards someone else's set of revisions, and Ideomancer work, I will not get to play with Saturnalia.
But, y'know. I have been reading. I haven't been book reporting, but I've been reading.
( This year's books, so far... )
#39 -- William Gibson, Pattern Recognition
#40 -- Jedediah Berry, The Manual of Detection
#41 -- Lisa Mantchev, Eyes Like Stars
#42 -- China Mieville, The City & the City (in progress)
I'm cutting these four most recent ones out for a reason. This is not to comment in any way on the stuff that comes before it, but these four books were and are freaking awesome. And I felt like I wanted to recognize that, since it's been a while since I've had a really good streak of books; books that were written for me, my kind of reader, that hit me in all the good places and made me think and chase down bits of thematics and feel smart when I caught them in my little butterfly net.
So. Recommended, in full, all four.
But, y'know. I have been reading. I haven't been book reporting, but I've been reading.
( This year's books, so far... )
#39 -- William Gibson, Pattern Recognition
#40 -- Jedediah Berry, The Manual of Detection
#41 -- Lisa Mantchev, Eyes Like Stars
#42 -- China Mieville, The City & the City (in progress)
I'm cutting these four most recent ones out for a reason. This is not to comment in any way on the stuff that comes before it, but these four books were and are freaking awesome. And I felt like I wanted to recognize that, since it's been a while since I've had a really good streak of books; books that were written for me, my kind of reader, that hit me in all the good places and made me think and chase down bits of thematics and feel smart when I caught them in my little butterfly net.
So. Recommended, in full, all four.
