Churning through them tonight...

118. The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch. Squeee! Probably the funnest fantasy novel I've read in a very long time. Great stuff, plots within plots, cheekiness, friendship, betrayal, brilliance. I've got the second book, but no time to read it (argh!).

119. Virtual Destruction, Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason. ( Read more... )

Slowly, slowly finding time to post these lists...

108. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Peter Hoeg. I've bitched about this elsewhere. I was underwhelmed.

109. Don't Move, Margaret Mazzantini. Creepy *and* icky (and not in a good way), but I can't get it out of my mind. Disturbing stuff.

110. Love Without Hope, Rodney Hall. One of the Miles ( Read more... )

Ms Porchie has had her visit to the vet, and now we are assured of No More Kittens.

Hurrah! Only four cats in the house! Er.

A busy month (work went insane), so not as much reading done as I usually do.

101. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith. Awfully good fun, I did enjoy this classic growing-up story.

102. The Book of Illusions, Paul Auster. Books within books, puzzles within puzzles. Your typical surreal Auster.

103. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz ( Read more... )

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Yeah, yeah, running late. So sue me...

89. First Among Sequels, Jasper Fforde. A return to Tuesday Next's world. A great romp, but I rather missed the book-obsession from the earlier ones. (Although that is satisfactorily explained, it did make for a slightly less fun book.)

90. Spirit Fox, Mickey Zucker Reichert.

91. Already Dead, Charlie ( Read more... )

Waaay back at the end of 2007, I signed up for a year-long release challenge in Bookcrossing: the "Books by the Numbers" Release Challenge for 2008. Wish me luck! Releases were (and many thanks to servalan, freelunch, and awaywithfairies for the donations!):

JANUARY: Chapter One: A Taste of Things To Come, VariousFEBRUARY: On My Own Two Feet, ( Read more... )

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The initial post.

Well, got it all done! Thanks everyone for your comments when I was choosing books, I did take your recommendations into account. (And also the thickness of the books at one stage when it looked as if I wasn't going to make it...)

The books were:

1. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Peter HoegUm. I didn't get this one. It made no ( Read more... )

Yes, we've made the tough decision. Jimbo will stay with us (he's mildly insane, and I like a cat with attitude), which means that Coco and Little Jim have to find new homes.


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