Huh. Six months worth of reading to keep track of. "Oops". Lack of comments below does not mean I disliked the books (quite the opposite in most cases), just that it's either been months since I read them or am too tired to put in anything coherent right now.

Last of the books from 2008:

1. The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova.
2. The Fourth World of the ( Read more... )

1. Autobiography of a Fat Bride, Laurie Notaro. A collection of humorous essays. Time to read more of her books, I think.
2. Out, Natsuo Kirino
3. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier. Remind me again, am I supposed to like any of these people?
4. Iron Council, China Mieville.
5. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Steve Krug. Frequently ( Read more... )

1.) I am really liking this "post an unretouched photo of yourself" meme thing; it's v. cool to get to put faces with the usernames.

2.) Stereogum presents us with an MP3 of a new Lambchop tune, "National Talk Like a Pirate Day"3.) There is nothing in the world quite like being woken up by the sound of your darling cat horking on your warm ( Read more... )

Making a note of the stuff I've read since the last post, in no particular order:

1. Kushiel's Mercy, Jacqueline Cary
   
2. Halting State, Charles Stross
   
3. Your Government Failed You, Richard Clarke
   
4. Succubus in the City, Nina Harper
   
5. Steampunk, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, ed.
   

More books!

1. Women and Money, Suze Orman. I kind of regret spending money on this. I know a lot of people really love her, but I found this a bit condescending (despite what Amazon says) and it didn't tell me anything that I haven't heard before. Meh.
2. The Woad to Wuin, Peter David. Yes, the jokes still continue even unto the book titles. B5 ( Read more... )

1. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert. I thought I'd hate it, but I didn't. I think I'm fairly neutral on it overall. It felt a bit smug at times. What, you mean everyone can't run off for a year and move to Italy and then head to India to live on at an ashram?
2. Sir Apropos of Nothing, Peter David. Oh god, the puns. (The insane male offspring of the ( Read more... )

More stuff to move off the "to read" pile:

1. In the Company of Crows and Ravens, John Marzluff. A beautifully illustrated and entertaining study of corvid society and interaction with humans. Crows = scary smart and absolutely fascinating (ObFlirt: that goes for the human ones of my acquaintance, too. ;) ), and this book is like a 400-page love ( Read more... )

While I'm waiting for some file updates so that I can move forward on today's big project, I might as well start my 2008 "books read this year" notes.

1. The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula, Eric Nuzum. Who knew that vampires like to meet up at a Ruby Tuesday's in Fairfax? I didn't, until I read this book. ( ( Read more... )