#42: Coraline, by Neil Gaiman

This week was for reading young-person-oriented books for which I've seen the movies. Coraline discovers a sinister secret behind a locked door in her new house. This is one of those stories where the adults are all portrayed as completely useless, so the child-protagonist must save the day on her own.

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#40: Mercury Rests, by Robert Kroese

The third book of the Mercury series, the forces of Hell have yet more plans to bring about the destruction of universe, and the various characters have to work together to save the day again. I love this sort of story, where humans have to fight for survival against the forces of Heaven and Hell.

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#37: Dark Harvest, by Norman Partridge ( Read more... )

#36: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, by Lish McBride ( Read more... )

#34: The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente ( Read more... )

#32: Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer

I've been lax in recording the books I've read lately. This is a book set in a world of magic, where the young devious genius Artemis Fowl decides to steal some fairy gold in order to restore his family's fortune. It was a fun read, and only took me a day to go through it.

#33: Warriors: Into the Wild, by Erin ( Read more... )

#31: The Howling III, by Gary Bradner

This book starts a new story instead of continuing the story from Howling I and Howling II, though it's set in the same area. Unfortunately, there's still a gratuitous sexual assault, though at least this time it occurs during the main plot instead of just being some pointless backstory. One thing I liked ( Read more... )

#30: Digger, by Ursula Vernon

This is technically 6 graphic novels, but I'm counting them as one book. The other day, bradhicks mentioned Digger winning the Hugo Award for best Graphic Novel, so I figured I'd go over and at least check it out. And then I was sucked in and couldn't stop reading through the archives online. It's a wonderful epic story about ( Read more... )

#29: Alex and the Ironic Gentleman, by Adrienne Kress ( Read more... )

In an interesting coincidence, both of these books were edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden.

#27: Old Man's War, by John Scalzi ( Read more... )