Book 30 was X-Men Legends, which was a short story compilation edited by Stan Lee. Most of the stories were pretty good, but the Jubilee/Rogue figure skating story was just weird.

Book 31 was Sinister Heights, by Loren Estleman, and it was another Amos Walker book which meant it was suprising, short, and just full enough of Detroit references to ( Read more... )

I have been ridiculous in my "not reading" in May and the beginning of June, but it seems to be picking up. I've tackled a couple of short books and little by little I'm working it back into my day.

Book 28 was Don't Get Too Comfortable, a collection of essays by David Rakoff who is part of that whole group of NPR-loving writers. David Sedaris, ( Read more... )

Still barely reading. I know I go in cycles, but its been like three weeks. Blergh.

Book 26 (which I finished in April, and never posted about) was City Without End, the third and final book of Kay Kenyon's trilogy "The Entire and the Rose ( Read more... )

After working in a building where we have offices on multiple floors for 3.5 years, I have come up with the following set of elevator rules ( Read more... )

Book 23 was My Lobotomy by Howard Dully, the story of a man's search for answers. In his 50's, Howard Dully starts investigating just WHY he was lobotomized when he was 12. It was a gripping story of a young boy and a stepmother who kept trying to find answers for her own mental illness in her stepson. I read it in one sitting, unable to put it ( Read more... )

Darwinia: A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth Century, Robert Charles Wilson

I ... didn't get this book for most of it, and by the end, decided I hated it.

From Amazon:

In 1912, the entire European continent and all of the United Kingdommysteriously vanished during the Miracle, replaced by an alienlandscape known as Darwinia. Darwinia seems to ( Read more... )

19. I'd Rather We Got Casinos, and Other Black Thoughts, Larry Wilmore. Larry Wilmore is probably my second favorite Daily Show correspondant - I have a huge, huge soft spot for John Oliver - but I am always happy to see Larry Wilmore. His book is a collection of writings and transcripts from other places, but takes a look at race in a humorous ( Read more... )

The Birth of Flux and Anchor: Soul Rider, Book 4, Jack Chalker ( Read more... )

Merlin's Tour of the Universe, Neil Degrasse Tyson ( Read more... )

15. A World Too Near, Kay Kenyon
The middle book of The Entire and the Rose. I am editing this post months after I read this, since I see I forgot to post about it. I liked it enough to continue to read on to book three, but it didn't move as fast and wasn't as captivating as the first book.

16.Half-Assed, Jennette Fulda ( Read more... )