I did a lot of reading this weekend on the train and then today having the day off.  All of this is short stuff though, no magnum opuses (opusi?  opi?)

Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman, isbn # 9780375843693, 56 pages, softcover, Knopf, $6.99

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The World of The Golden Compass: the otherworldly ride continues edited by Scott Westerfeld, isbn # 0979233127, 210 pages, softcover, BenBella Books (for Borders), $14.99

I do enjoy the BenBella Books SmartPop! and "Psychology of Pop Culture" series.  As with every other book I've read in the set ("Getting LOST," "The Man From Krypton," etc), the ( Read more... )

Finished Book #5 for the year.  I'm counting it as a January read since I really only read the last four chapters in February.  It's the conclusion of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, so the review is going behind the cut to prevent any possible spoilers:

( Holes in the world... )

I'm combining both reviews into one post, and so they'll go behind cuts.  I will warn you know:  THERE ARE PROBABLY SPOILERS IN THE REVIEW OF "THE SUBTLE KNIFE!!!!"  So if you intend to read the book and want to be surprised, don't read this review!

( The Subtle Knife )

I decided to go ahead and do a book-by-book review of "His Dark Materials," to get my thoughts about each volume individually down.  So, since this is one of those reviews that might have spoilers, it goes behind ( the dust )