false 20 288 268 true 5635890 read 0 true 386112 currently-reading 20 true 386111 to-read 93 false 409664 fantasy 61 false 409645 adventure 53 false 666902 mystery 49 false 409572 sf 46 false 427349 kid-lit 46 false 409568 crime-fiction 35 false 429545 noir 29 false 819016 absurd 24 false 429544 horror 15 false 1615572 thriller 7 false 409659 short-stories 5 false 575263 comix 5 false 1316271 alt-history 4 false 1615575 suspense 4 false 615003 history 3 false 3798572 comedy 3 false 483769 politics 2 false 615002 nonfiction 2 false 453504 humor 2 false 409652 ai 1 false 483770 spies 1 false 409573 aughties-authors 1 false 588620 mr 1 false 2036398 popscience 1 false 819019 memoir http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78575259 to: The Hound of Rowan (Book One of The Tapestry) by Henry H. Neff
bookshelves: fantasy, kid-lit
I make a lot of Harry Potter comparisons; the influence is plain in almost every kids' fantasy book published since the school-aged wizard appeared.

This book, though… this book seems to be waving it in your face. It's almost aggressively derivative.

And yet it's *sooo good*. I put this down and immediately started panicking that I didn't have the second book on hand.

Okay, I'm cutting this review short. I have an errand to run. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78203407 to: The Reformed Vampire Support Group (Hardcover) by Catherine Jinks
bookshelves: fantasy, mystery
I'll be honest, this was kind of uneven (also true of the other book I read by this author). But whatever: it was fun. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78202799 to: Evil Genius (Hardcover) by Catherine Jinks
bookshelves: crime-fiction, kid-lit
You had me at "evil genius". A little uneven but quite entertaining. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78202630 to: The Dog Said Bow-Wow (Paperback) by Michael Swanwick
Fantastic SF short stories. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19290757 to: Mainspring (Hardcover) by Jay Lake
bookshelves: fantasy
also steampunk, but sort of mystical and dreamy steampunk. a little from the Doyle pile and a little from the Burroughs. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76975986 to: Uncharted Territory (Mass Market Paperback) by Connie Willis
bookshelves: sf
this is just a tiny novella, but lovely. ever have an itch of cognitive dissonance when you read? it could be lazy, inconsistent writing, or it could be the author skillfully setting you up for a slow realization later on. Whenever I read something by Connie Willis I start out confused, and finish wanting to have her babies. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74438902 Steve's review of FARMfood: Green Living with Chef Daniel Orr
by Daniel Orr

I dunno, I would eat an ABC sandwich :) ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76975472 Grave Secret (Harper Connelly, #4) by Charlaine Harris
bookshelves: to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76548907 to: My Dead Body: A Novel (Paperback) by Charlie Huston
bookshelves: horror, noir
A near-perfect ending to a near-perfect series of supernatural noir. I wish I could electroshock myself to forget this series, just so I could read it all again for the first time. Disturbing and great. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76548741 to: Sideways In Crime (Paperback) by Lou Anders
bookshelves: alt-history, mystery
Short stories from multiple authors, all mysteries set in alternate histories. Err, alternate mysteries. Mixed, but overall very engaging. ]]>