The Bookman’s Wake (Cliff Janeway Novels) by John Dunning - The lure for this book for me was the extensive information in the world of book-collecting. In that, I was not disappointed. A 1995 New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
The Templar Legacy: A Novel by Steve Berry - I partially bought this because [...]
The Bone Doll’s Twin (Tamir Trilogy, Book 1) by Lynn Flewelling: I’ve owned this book since it was first published in October of 2001. Finally, I read it. I’m sorry I waited so long and I only hope I can find time to fit the rest of the trilogy in soon. The characterization and world-building [...]
Spaceman Blues: A Love Song by Brian Francis Slattery: This came to my attention due to a comment made by Jay Lake and I’m glad I gave it a try. This was written in a very compelling style. Indeed, the language was so assured it bordered on extraordinary. I did have the sense that the [...]
Better late than never.
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville: I’m a fan of China’s work and have read several of his adult novels. This had the same lovely writing and the fantastical imagination that informs his world-building. But I do have to say that I occasionally felt as if he was trying too hard to [...]
I went away. Far away. To a place with no television and no phone and no internet. So I got to read.
Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan: I really get into the character of Takeshi Kovacs. But I didn’t like this quite as much as the first book. I guess I missed the noir flavor. [...]
For various reasons, I’ve been behind on updating blogs lately, but that didn’t stop me from fitting in a few books (and manuscripts) over the last couple months.
Ink by Hal Duncan: I didn’t like this quite as much as the first book, but that was a high bar to beat. This continues to track several [...]
A Sundial in a Grave: 1610 by Mary Gentle - MOUS’s?* I don’t believe they exist. [is buried under paper] Which is the reason why I started this book in February, but didn’t finish it until May. Granted, it’s also 672pp long (in the trade edition). It was full of intrigue, secret societies, and history. [...]
As I optimistically titled my entry for January, I was hoping to post every month on books that I was reading outside of work (technically speaking, since just about everything I read informs my job to some extent). I’m a bit later than I wanted to be posting this, but March has been a month [...]
I have optimistically labeled this with a monthly name with the idea that I may actually post on a somewhat more regular basis.
The Knight by Gene Wolfe - Given the reviews I read for this, I really expected to like it a lot more than I did. But, though I found the use of the [...]
Now that 2007 has started, I thought it might be a good idea to post about the books I read during the last weeks of 2006. I was also going to include the number of books that I managed to read over the past year, but I didn’t actually keep close enough track for [...]