July 19th, 2008
Some things should bother me about the Dresden Files, but they don’t. Mary Sues bother me. Series that attempt to substitute repeated physical harm to the protagonist for actual drama and action bother me. Series that drift away from what they were originally about bother me.
I like the Dresden books enough to overlook all of this.
For now.
July 13th, 2008
Young-adult popcorn. It got good buzz from Scott Westerfeld, and I was interested in the story idea, so when J– bought it I asked to borrow it. Pretty good, but so lightweight I blew through it in about two hours.
July 12th, 2008
Another well-written, imaginative book by Robert Charles Wilson. Darwinia is a book that annoyed some people — one, who shall remain anonymous because I’ve forgotten who it was, enough to spoil the book in an unrelated posting on rec.arts.sf.written. Because of that posting — ten years ago now! — I knew too much about the novel and have (stupidly) avoided reading it all this time. Even knowing what I knew, it was a good read.
July 7th, 2008
Another Torchwood novel, this one in the front half of the pack. Some neat ideas and fairly well-written, but there’s just not a lot to say about it other than that.
Young-adult novel with minor spookiness. Some pretty neat details. Fun.