1. Going Bovine - Libba Bray Picked this up at an S.F. con recently and several times the snarky writting almost made the story suck less. Juvenile/YA fiction Don Quixote quest also attempting to defy reality and death ( Read more... )

#9 Dog Tags by David Rosenfelt - Picked this up at Mysterious Galaxy shop in San Diego as I recall it was a staff recommendation and it was already signed by the author. This is part of a series that I've walked into the midst but the book stands alone. The banter of the main character attorney Andy Carpenter has a very appealing reminder of me ( Read more... )

#6 City of Truth by James Marrow Quick read in two mornings. Like that questions that it left me with to answer ( Read more... )

#5 Homer's Odyssey - Gwen Cooper A lovely life story of a pet so it will be a known quantity of feel good and tears. The integration of the blind cat and the woman going through life changes over the years was very honest and kind. Life is easier to attempt when you have witnessed another doing harder challenges.

#4 Barbie and the Beast - Linda Thomas-Lundstrom a paranormal romance. I met the author at a San Diego convention. She was interesting. This book just was not my thing but I did plow my way through it.

#3 Life of Pi by Yann Martel - A story of survival and graphic details of the violence of life. Similar to Memoirs of a Geisha I was left to research what if anything of the tales were correct. This book was certainly more substantial and moving than that of the Arthur Golden book. I'm sure I will have some disturbing dreams from this novel but ( Read more... )

1. Going Bovine - Picked this up at a con recently and several times the snarky writting almost made the story suck less.
2. Dead in Dallas - Second of the Sooky Stackhouse novels. Fluffy popcorn/vampire reading. Nothing to fight to get the next in the series, just amusing and I can skim over the gratuitous porn.