mr. dixon disappears by ian sansom - the mobile library mysteries are mysteries in the sense that inspector clouseu movies are mysteries. or in the sense that get smart episodes were spy stories. meaning, the genre elements are somewhat secondary to the laughs. which isn't necessarily a bad thing, you just have to know what you're getting yourself ( Read more... )

sometimes, when i can't sleep, i dye my hair and write little book reviews. observe.

theodosia and the serpents of chaos by r.l. lafevers - theodosia is an eleven year old girl who lives in a dusty, second-fiddle british museum. both of her parents are archaeologists, although only her mum really goes on digs these days. on her most recent, she ( Read more... )

tantalize by cynthia leitich smith - this is one of those books that i wanted and expected to like much more than i actually did. theoretically, i'm right there the whole way, all about it, big fan. vampires? werewolves? foodies? sign me up ( Read more... )

and now for the not-agatha-christie books i have read.

first, the graphic novels:

french milk by lucy knisley - not a graphic novel in a conventional sense. rather, an illustrated journal of a trip to paris that lucy took with her mom last year. i loved this. the drawings are charming and there's this great mix of illustration and photos and ( Read more... )

okay, shall we get the many, many agatha christie books out of the way first? yes, i am a woman obsessed. and i don't even think i can justify it. i told justin the other day that if i'd known when i started that i was going to end up reading my way through her catalog, i would've started some sort of "blogging agatha christie" project. as if i'd ( Read more... )

in which our intrepid heroine attempts to sum up the many books she has read in the past month or two, using very few words.

ask again later by jill a. davis - enjoyable, but sort of fluffy. in the sense that i didn't remember what it was about until i read the amazon review. smart fluffy though.

the world of psmith by p.g. wodehouse - an ( Read more... )

because if i had that, then i would be nice and responsible and not wait until i had a hella long list of books to talk about before posting here. and it would make other aspects of my life oh so much better too. oh well.

anyway - hey look! i read some books! and a few of them i even have articulate thoughts about. thus -

london is the best ( Read more... )

so, maybe i've lost my mojo and these capsule reviews/commentaries are all i'm capable of now. i blame the weather; or rather, i blame the weather for virtually everything else, so why don't i blame it for this as well? oh well. at least i'm reading.

the pale horse by agatha christie - the streak continues. i liked this book because it does not ( Read more... )

okay - so if i had made new year's resolutions, one of mine might have been to update this book journal more regularly. and i would have instantly broken it, so it's an awfully good thing that i'm not the type that makes new year's resolutions. thus, one of those posts where i write all the titles of things i've read and speaking only very briefly ( Read more... )

try as i might, i'm not going to finish the book i'm currently reading, short and easy thought it may be, so i humbly offer the list of books i've read this year. of course, you know most of these already, but it's always nice to have a list ( Read more... )