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48. Witches, Inc., K. E. Mills
47. The Werewolf's Guide to Life: A Manual for the Newly Bitten, Ritch Duncan & Bob Powers
46. Boomsday, Christopher Buckley
45. A Touch of Dead, Charlaine Harris
44. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
43. Pygmy, Chuck Palahnuik
42. Shopgirl, Steve Martin*
41. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
40. Definitely Dead, Charlaine Harris
39. Another Shot: How I Relived My Life in Less than a Year, Joe Kita
38. Dead as a Doornail, Charlaine Harris
37. The Accidental Sorcerer, K. E. Mills
36. Thunderbird Falls, C. E. Murphy
35. Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs
34. Odd Hours, Dean Koontz
33. Dead to the World, Charlaine Harris
32. Elantris, Brandon Sanderson
31. DB-29, D. K. Caldwell
30. Club Dead, Charlaine Harris
29. Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris
28. A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin
27. Urban Shaman, C. E. Murphy
26. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
25. Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Mary Roach
24. Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin*
23. Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson
22. Shadow of the Hegemon, Orson Scott Card
21. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan*
20. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gregory Maguire
19. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt
18. Gil's All Fright Diner, A. Lee Martinez
17. Crossroads of Twilight, Robert Jordan*
16. The Love-Artist, Jane Alison
15. Winter's Heart, Robert Jordan*
14. Lonely Werewolf Girl, Martin Millar
13. Path of Daggers, Robert Jordan*
12. The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks
11. A Crown of Swords, Robert Jordan*
10. Lyon: Lords of Satyr #3, Elizabeth Amber
9. Rant, Chuck Palahniuk
8. Lord of Chaos, Robert Jordan*
7. Fires of Heaven, Robert Jordan*
6. Almost Adam, Petru Popescu
5. The Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol, Eric Burns
4. A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony
3. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks
2. The Shadow Rising, Robert Jordan*
1. Plato and a Platypus Walked into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes, Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein
This is the sequel to The Accidental Sorcerer ('09 #37). One thing I liked about the second better than the first was the multiple viewpoints. Sorcerer focuses on Gerald, but Witches focuses on Gerald and Melissande, princess and former prime minister of New Ottosland and living incognito in Ottosland to run a business, Witches, Inc., with her newfound friend Emmerabiblia Markham (Bibbie). Bibbie's brother and Gerald's best friend Monk gets in on the action, too, as well as Reg, Gerald's companion who also happens to be a talking bird.
At the end of Sorcerer, Gerald was offered a job with the top-secret, covert section of the Department of Thaumaturgy. He accepted so he could make up for the incidents he indirectly caused in the first book. We don't see much of Gerald at first--we see his test, but then scene cut to Witches, Inc. The girls finally get a job figuring out if one of the contestants in the Golden Whisk baking contest is cheating, and there are interdimensional sprites and exploding cakes and crazy birds. Well, Reg acting like she's a crazy bird.
This job leads to another job, more prestigious and with better pay and, potentially, better publicity. There, Melissande runs into Gerald and they all get mingled together and start working on the same case.
Cute book. The ending was rather predictable, though, and I kept thinking, "Why don't they just do *this*? It would be so much easier." And *this* was what happened. Still, a fun book.
47. The Werewolf's Guide to Life: A Manual for the Newly Bitten, Ritch Duncan & Bob Powers
46. Boomsday, Christopher Buckley
45. A Touch of Dead, Charlaine Harris
44. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
43. Pygmy, Chuck Palahnuik
42. Shopgirl, Steve Martin*
41. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
40. Definitely Dead, Charlaine Harris
39. Another Shot: How I Relived My Life in Less than a Year, Joe Kita
38. Dead as a Doornail, Charlaine Harris
37. The Accidental Sorcerer, K. E. Mills
36. Thunderbird Falls, C. E. Murphy
35. Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs
34. Odd Hours, Dean Koontz
33. Dead to the World, Charlaine Harris
32. Elantris, Brandon Sanderson
31. DB-29, D. K. Caldwell
30. Club Dead, Charlaine Harris
29. Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris
28. A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin
27. Urban Shaman, C. E. Murphy
26. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
25. Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Mary Roach
24. Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin*
23. Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson
22. Shadow of the Hegemon, Orson Scott Card
21. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan*
20. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gregory Maguire
19. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt
18. Gil's All Fright Diner, A. Lee Martinez
17. Crossroads of Twilight, Robert Jordan*
16. The Love-Artist, Jane Alison
15. Winter's Heart, Robert Jordan*
14. Lonely Werewolf Girl, Martin Millar
13. Path of Daggers, Robert Jordan*
12. The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks
11. A Crown of Swords, Robert Jordan*
10. Lyon: Lords of Satyr #3, Elizabeth Amber
9. Rant, Chuck Palahniuk
8. Lord of Chaos, Robert Jordan*
7. Fires of Heaven, Robert Jordan*
6. Almost Adam, Petru Popescu
5. The Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol, Eric Burns
4. A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony
3. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks
2. The Shadow Rising, Robert Jordan*
1. Plato and a Platypus Walked into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes, Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein
This is the sequel to The Accidental Sorcerer ('09 #37). One thing I liked about the second better than the first was the multiple viewpoints. Sorcerer focuses on Gerald, but Witches focuses on Gerald and Melissande, princess and former prime minister of New Ottosland and living incognito in Ottosland to run a business, Witches, Inc., with her newfound friend Emmerabiblia Markham (Bibbie). Bibbie's brother and Gerald's best friend Monk gets in on the action, too, as well as Reg, Gerald's companion who also happens to be a talking bird.
At the end of Sorcerer, Gerald was offered a job with the top-secret, covert section of the Department of Thaumaturgy. He accepted so he could make up for the incidents he indirectly caused in the first book. We don't see much of Gerald at first--we see his test, but then scene cut to Witches, Inc. The girls finally get a job figuring out if one of the contestants in the Golden Whisk baking contest is cheating, and there are interdimensional sprites and exploding cakes and crazy birds. Well, Reg acting like she's a crazy bird.
This job leads to another job, more prestigious and with better pay and, potentially, better publicity. There, Melissande runs into Gerald and they all get mingled together and start working on the same case.
Cute book. The ending was rather predictable, though, and I kept thinking, "Why don't they just do *this*? It would be so much easier." And *this* was what happened. Still, a fun book.