Friday, May 27, 2011

2011.Book19 - Kraken (Mieville)

Very good weird fantasy. Better in retrospect. The page-by-page experience is not as good as the memory.

Friday, May 20, 2011

2011.Book18 - Love Wins (Bell)

Pretty good. Hard to argue with.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Friday, May 06, 2011

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Friday, April 01, 2011

2011.Book10 - Best Served Cold (Abercrombie)

Very good new-style epic fantasy. Revenge, betrayal, violence, sex, and humour.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

2011.Book9 - Room (Donoghue)

Pretty good. First half's button-pushing thriller. Second half's goal-less fish-out-of-water.

2011.Book8 - John the Baptizer (Hansen)

OK. Sort of interesting, but not very interesting.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

2011.Book7 - For the Win (Doctorow)

Some good stuff.

2011.Book6 - Tooth and Claw (Walton)

Excellent. Slow start, spectacular finish

2011.Book5 - The Miracle of Theism (Mackie)

Spectacular. Analytic (?) philosophy

Monday, January 24, 2011

2011.Book4 - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Decent on second read.

2011.Book3 - The School of Essential Ingredients (Bauermeister)

Pretty average. Food-concerned.

2011.Book2 - Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes (Watts)

Relentlessly pessimistic short stories. The one about the whales was morbidly hilarious.

2011.Book1 - The Misenchanted Sword (Watt-Evans)

Very good "real" fantasy.

Friday, December 17, 2010