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The "completed books" number is adding up at a much more satisfactory rate. Since the last post:
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury. This was a surprise birthday gift from redknight (Thanks again!) that just made it to the top of the "to read" stack. For some reason, I'd never managed to read it before now.
- Summer Knight, Jim Butcher. More Dresden Files; this one finds Harry, thanks to receiving a proposition he literally can't refuse, getting himself caught in the middle of a war between the two Faerie Courts and on the hook for saving the world. No pressure or anything.
- Death Masks, Jim Butcher. Felt to me like there was a bit too much going on. While the duel with Red Court vampire Ortega wouldn't be enough to flesh out an entire book on its own, it seemed like a distraction from the storyline involving the missing Shroud of Turin and everyone (including Harry, the Knights of the Cross, and a bunch of nasty demons) out hunting for it. But hey, Susan's back in town!
- I Want to Buy a Vowel: A Novel of Illegal Alienation, John Welter. An illegal immigrant who knows only a few words of English picked up from TV makes his way to a small Texas town in search of the land of cash and prizes, where he's befriended by the two young daughters of a preacher. I didn't find Welter's satirical look at immigration and religious hysteria to be as amusing overall as Night of the Avenging Blowfish, but there are some gems scattered throughout.