That took entirely too long.

JULY

The Yiddish Policeman's Union(Michael Chabon): Noir set in Sitka Province as the clock ticks down toward its reversion from a Jewish resettlement state to the governance of the United States. Meyer Landsman must fight his alcoholism and his superiors to solve the murder of a chess-playing heroin addict with ( Read more... )

6xH: Six Stories by Robert H. Heinlein (Robert A. Heinlein): 1961 collection of "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag", "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants", "All You Zombies", "They", "Our Fair City", and finally, "And He Built a Crooked House".

( Cut for length and one Unpleasant Profession spoiler. )

My book notes are on the baby laptop's hard drive. Until I can pull them, paired reads for the books I remember finishing. Subject to modification should I recall further titles.

Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen): Girl Interrupted At Her Music, Vermeer ( Read more... )

The Tapir's Morning Bath (Elizabeth Royce): Nonfiction. Journalist spends a year in and out of Barro Colorado Island, studying the scientists. Subtitled, "Mysteries of the Tropical Rainforest and the Scientists Who Are Trying to Solve Them", which is the most ponderous part of the book, right there, so the rest of the narrative can leave that ( Read more... )

The Sandman: Endless Nights (Neil Gaiman et al): ( Gaiman being himself, with very pretty art. )

This has been moldering for almost half of June; I'm just going to post what I've got. Only one cut, for length and frank discussion of stuff that happens in the third book of a trilogy. So you might call it a spoiler.

( Mars trilogy (Kim Stanley Robinson): Nice, meaty... reread. )

Back from crashing at fairestcat's and studying oncampus. Studying went reasonably well; I now have a much better idea what I need to bug my organic TA about. Crashing at Cat's was just dangerous, because she had books I don't: Legends II and Irresistible Forces. Cat generously let me hijack both for late evening/bedtime reading, so I got to inhale Neil ( Read more... )

. . . so maybe I read a little bit more than I think I do. I’m chalking September’s long list up to that hurricane-shaped thing that came through in the middle of the month.

Putting all comments behind cuts, regardless of length, for formatting and to save friends pages.

( The Paths of the Dead, Steven Brust. In Which the Writer Enacts the Dance of Fangirl Glee. )

I know exactly how late this is. I'm still posting this, so I've got it on hand if I want it.

Fortunately, the August book list needs only formatting, so anyone who's eager to see that up (me, and... me, I suspect) isn't going to have to wait nearly as long.

Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett: Perky K. gave this to me for my birthday ( Read more... )