( 16 finished, 6 reviewed (5 posted), 6 in progress )

Title: Life Signs: The Biology of Star Trek
Authors: Susan Jenkins, MD, and Robert Jenkins, MD, Ph.D
Genre: Popular science, science fiction, non-fiction

Why do Vulcans have green blood? Why do Ferengis have such big ears? How does Geordi LaForge’s visor work? Why do Klingons have an extra heart? Is Commander Data alive? What are lifesigns anyway ( Read more... )

The 12 of the month is going to be book list day, I guess. :P

( 10 finished, 4 reviewed, 7 in progress )

I think I'll be posting this list monthly from now on, as sort of a way to track my progress.

( 7 finished, 4 reviewed, lots in progress )

Title: Inferno
Author/Illustrator: Mike Carey/Michael Gaydos
Genre: Comic/Graphic Novel

From the blurb:
Murdered by an unknown assailant, John Travis finds himself in Inferno, a Hell not of fiery demons and satanic majesty, but an endless city seething with corruption, intrigue and despair. Yet death is the least of Travis’ problems; he is ( Read more... )

Title: The Dark is Rising
Author: Susan Cooper
Genre: Adventure, fantasy, Arthurian

This is the second book in Cooper’s The Dark is Rising Sequence. It gave the series its name and is a Newbery Honor book.

From the blurb:
On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift - that he is the last of the Old ( Read more... )

Title: Over Sea, Under Stone
Author: Susan Cooper
Genre: Adventure, fantasy, Arthurian

This is the first in Cooper’s fan-favourite The Dark is Rising Sequence, although it was originally intended as a standalone and was written some years before the four that eventually followed it.

From the blurb:
On holiday in Cornwall, the three Drew children ( Read more... )

Title: The Unwritten Volume 4: Leviathan
Author/Illustrator: Mike Carey/Peter Gross & Vince Locke & Al Davison
Genre: Comic/Graphic Novel
Publisher: Vertigo Comics

This book collects issues 19-24 of Carey and Gross’ Eisner-nominated, New York Times Bestselling series.

In the Belly of the BeastTom Taylor is more than just the son of one of ( Read more... )

Happy 2012, flist! A little late, yes, but better late than never, I hope. I hope your year started well and I wish you the best for the coming year.

For me, 2012's started out decently.

I'm doing the 50bookchallenge again and progress has been good so far - I've managed to not get too far ahead of myself in terms of books read versus reviews written and posted ( Read more... )

Title: 99 Poems in Translation
Author(s): Various. Selections by Harold Pinter, Anthony Astbury, and Geoffrey Godbert
Genre: Poetry, anthology

From the blurb:
"Designed as a companion volume to the enormously successful 100 Poems by 100 Poets and arranged alphabetically, this collection spans centuries and continents. The poets range from Anna ( Read more... )