I am so, so behind on books, I don't think I can do my usual fully detailed write-ups with quotes and stuff. I just need to get this stuff out there and the books off the pile on my desk and back to the library.

10. Scott Westerfeld, Goliath (conclusion of the Leviathan trilogy) -- it was better than I was afraid it might be. ( Major spoilers! )

53. The Way of the Wizard, edited by John Joseph Adams -- pretty good collection. One of the things I was impressed by is the mix of famous and new-to-me names, the number of female authors in the anthology (just a little less than half), and the number of non-Caucasian names (still a distinct minority, but more than one normally sees). ( Individual stories with spoilers )

20. Lev Grossman, The Magicians -- very interesting book. I loved the first half of it, while Quentin and company were at Brakebills. I enjoyed the rest of it, too, but in a different way. I liked the way the plot unfolded, all the echoes and connections. I enjoyed a lot of the details, bits of dialogue and prose... but past the halfway mark, i.e. ( Read more... )