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30 Days of Books: Day Twenty-Two
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships) Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin, in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series. I love these boys. Stephen is kind of...
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One Corpse Too Many, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, God Is Not One, The Hobbit
Ellis Peters, One Corpse Too Many This is one of those books that I’m sure is a very different experience reading for the first time unspoiled, because it’s the first appearance of Hugh! Hugh Beringar,...
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30 Days of Books: Day Twenty-Three
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever Horatio Hornblower, from C. S. Forester’s novels. I started off on the Hornblower kick with the BBC/A&E series from the late 90s, a beautifully filmed and well...
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Kraken, A Wild Light, The Medical Detectives, St Peter’s Fair
China Miéville, Kraken Oh China Miéville, I forgive you for Iron Council. This book is marvellous, the best kind of thriller — the kind where you start out with no idea what’s just happened, three...
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30 Days of Books: Day Twenty-Seven
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)! Boats. I had to think about it for a while, but once I realized I had to get Patrick O’Brian into this...
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(Previously On) Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Previously On is a feature I run when I haven’t finished a book lately, but I feel you deserve a review anyway. These are old favorites of mine, which I can write about without rereading again. I...
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New To Me: Review of Libra by Don DeLillo
(New to Me books are books I’ve just read that have been out for more than a year – whether that means “a year and a bit” or “several decades”.) Where I got it and why: From the local library, one of...
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New to Me: Review of Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper
Where I got it and why: from the library, pulled from The List. Recommended? Not in particular. If you like Victorian melodrama, this might suit you better than it did me. Summary (graciously provided...
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