Another couple.

( Chinatown Beat )

Just two this time, but they're on the long side. I have otherwise been busy reading unidentified research materials and writing IF comp reviews (it's conceivable some of them will be amusing even without familiarity with the games/IF community, but I dunno).

( Souls and Bodies )

Another couple books here, usual drill.

( Was )

I have some other things coming up but I figure I'd get these out there now.

( New Amsterdam )

As you recall, this has been Classic Adventure Novel week. Or more like Classic Adventure Novel Twenty Days Or So, but close enough. Since there are a bunch of these, I have provided some helpful summary notes at the beginning of each review ( Read more... )

Four short books this time, clearing the queue for more.

( Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim )

Trivia note: two of the three books I took on my trip involved archons. (The third was the first Dresden files book, which I think I am going to wait to review until I've read a few more.)

( Majestrum )

I have a fair chunk of these, so I guess I'm going to split them into pre-trip and ones I read on the trip.

( White Noise )

Steadily working my way through the pile. Here's what's up now:

( Dhalgren )

More books. Also, I saw The Bourne Ultimatum tonight. I've gone back and forth on whether I like the tropes in this series (there's always a corrupt superior officer, Bourne never loses conflicts, the action sequences are almost entirely dialogueless and paced too fast to fully comprehend them), but with this one I think I'm a convert and willing ( Read more... )