Reviews!

I see I haven’t posted about my reading lately. We’re traveling (at Cape San Blas in Florida) and getting lousy reception and only intermittent internet connectivity, so we’ll see if I can even post this when I get done.

 

Firstly, I’m on target for reading 75 books this year, which blows my mind. I thank LibraryThing.com for all the lunatic reader friends I’ve found there.

#63    Newton’s Wake – Ken McLeod -  Fairly standard Space Opera, with political overtones and some intriguing ideas regarding interstellar/intergalactic travel.

#64  The Ships of Merior – Janny Wurts  I have become a HUGE Janny Wurts fan. This is the second book in her Wars of Light and Shadow series.  Fascinating and deeply drawn characters, complex world building, and lots of plot twists and turns. And somehow, things never work out quite like the ‘heroes’ plan.   And speaking of heroes, they are multi-layered and nobody is ‘good’. Mostly they’re just trying to figure out how to survive in a hostile environment, or are being misled by a curse and/or someone else.

#65 The Thief -  Megan Whalen Turner -   Terrific ‘young adult’ fun read. Not really sure why it’s listed as ‘young adult’ other than no sex, but it is still a great book. I love, love, love the main character and will be happy to read the rest of this series.

#66 A Beautiful Blue Death -   Charles Finch – Period mystery with some great descriptions of Victorian London. Atmosphere is terrific, the amateur detective is interesting, and the mystery itself is complex enough to keep you wondering.

#67 Terovolas – Edward M. Erdelac – This was a free book I got through LibraryThing.com ‘s Early Reviewer Program. Have you ever wondered what happened to Van Helsing after Transylvania?  He went to Texas, got mixed up with a mysterious woman on a train, some wacky Norse cowboys, a couple of Red Indians, a drunken trapper, and oh, yeah, werewolves….

#68 Death Warmed Over – Kevin J. Anderson – Another Early Reviewer win.  - Finally, a Zombie I can relate to. This one is a private eye who got wacked and came back. Well, it seems a lot of folks are coming back. As Zombies, ghosts, vamps, and a few other species.  Ever since the “Big Uneasy’ when the necronomicon got exposed to moonlight, a virgin’s blood, all while there was  a special arrangement of the planets.  New Orleans will never be the same….

#69 Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer  - What happens when a 12 year old chooses ‘criminal mastermind’ as his career field?  Well, he was following in Daddy’s footsteps. But then Daddy never attempted to kidnap a Leprechaun and start a race war. Atemis is a hoot. And the fairy was not amused.

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Currently reading: A Test of Wills by Charles Todd – period mystery with shell-shocked Inspector. Pretty good so far.