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May 4th, 2012
12:42 am - Not Less Than Gods, Kage Baker
A baby is conceived under mysterious circumstances, handed over to a couple who just lost their baby, and left for the servants to raise. He grows up, joins the navy, and then is court-martialed for saving a man's life.
Before he can be executed, the young man is conscripted into a secret society dedicated to making the world better.
This book is very complicated, but a compelling read. I had to stop trying to read it before I fell asleep, because I wouldn't stop.
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April 28th, 2012
01:50 am - For Fear of Little Men, John Blackburn
This novel is dull, confusing, and incredibly convoluted. I only read it because it helped me get to sleep and I was out of library books.
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01:48 am - Mortdecai's Endgame, Kyril Bonfiglioli
Art "dealer" Charlie Mortdecai is coerced by a secret government agency into killing a guy who seems to be the only buyer for a painting Mortdecai just stole. Also people are trying to kill him.
Weird book. Compelling though, I guess.
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01:44 am - Sanctuary Hill, Kathryn R. Wall
A storm is raging when Bay Tanner finds a dead baby floating in a cooler. Around its neck is a root bag--magical herbs and so on.
Bay's brother-in-law wants her to find out about the bag. And then she is hired to find a man's missing wife--and she turns up dead.
Decent mystery novel, but there was at least one plot point that didn't add up. Can't remember what it was anymore, though.
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01:39 am - Cold Cereal, Adam Rex
When Scott and his family move to a cereal company's company town, Scott meets Erno and Emily, who are twins. Emily is small and pale and really smart, Erno is taller and darker and not quite as smart.
Scott gets headaches and sees magical creatures. Erno and Emily are being experimented on by the cereal company.
Weird book, great art.
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01:35 am - Close to Famous, Joan Bauer
Foster and her mama are fleeing from Mama's nasty ex when they wind up in a small town. There Foster starts selling the cupcakes and muffins she bakes to the local restaurant, and starts learning to read from the local celebrity.
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01:30 am - Size 14 is Not Fat Either, Meg Cabot
Dear Meg Cabot,
You know those lyrics you feel the need to start each chapter with? The ones supposedly written by your main character? PLEASE. STOP. I wrote better shit in high school. And I was into hair bands.
Love,
Honey
So, Heather is ready for another day of work in the residence hall when a cheerleader's head is found in a pot of chili in the cafeteria.
Heather cannot help looking into it, or else the book would not have a plot. Fun read. Except the lyrics thing.
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April 12th, 2012
03:12 am - Black Angel, John Connolly
A junkie prostitute is tortured to death. The killers picked the wrong whore, though--the dead woman was Charlie Parker's dangerous friend Louis's cousin.
The trail leads them to an amateur ossuary, and further to a cult that believes that fallen angels walk among us. Meanwhile, Charlie is losing his new family.
Very compelling, but the part where the guy is sitting on a motel bed in his vest probably created a different picture than Connolly wanted. What he meant was a sleeveless undershirt, a tank top. What I was picturing, however, was this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waistcoat.jpg
Still not completely comfortable with the American idiom, I see.
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03:04 am - Death of an Artist, Kate Wilhelm
When a talented artist is murdered, her mother and daughter enlist the help of the new guy in town, who used to be a cop, in proving the artist's greedy husband killed her.
This is really compelling reading.
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03:00 am - You're Not Doing it Right, Michael Ian Black
Black's memoir is sometimes painful to read, and often really funny.
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