(Trying to pick this up again)

William Gibson's Virtual Light (which I understand much better now that I can hear Rydel talking in Bill Gibson's southern accent)

Eleanor Munro's Wedding Readings (a collection that is better than usual, but still not quite serving me up the quotes I want -- I'm finding that the biblical things have more appeal than I would have thought -- wither thou goest, I will go -- but I don't want biblical quotes in the wedding)

I'm working on Islands in the Net (Bruce Sterling), but it isn't keeping my attention very well.
posted 8:49 PM

Friday, May 03, 2002

Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy and a million other things I can't remember.
posted 3:57 PM

Monday, December 31, 2001

Tim Power's new(ish) book, Declare. Tony Horwitz's Confederates in the Attic.
posted 12:48 PM

Saturday, August 18, 2001

Nickel and Dimed, (Barbara Ehrenreich), a book about the working poor and the essential failures of welfare reform.
posted 7:51 PM

Thursday, August 16, 2001

Karen Joy Fowler's new book, Sister Noon.

The Four Immigrants Manga

Goodbye, Chunky Rice

Surrender None, Elizabeth Moon

posted 3:49 PM

Thursday, June 21, 2001

Connie Willis, Passage, which is a kind of eerie combination of medical thriller, metaphysical exploration and ghost story that reminds me a lot of another of her books, Lincoln's Dreams. I wasn't satisified with the ending of this one, but I have to admit that the subject matter makes it difficult to find ANY satisfying ending. Death is horrible, but it's also puzzling.

posted 11:20 AM

Tuesday, May 29, 2001

Tales of the City, Armistead Maupin (Light, light, fun reading. Gets a little repetitive into the 3rd volume, Further Tales of the City, though).

Souls in the Great Machine, Sean McMullen. (I'm in the middle of this, and it's a creative world with interesting - crazed - characters. I'm less convinced about the plot, however.)
posted 1:28 PM