More Books: The Alchemist and The Executioness, The Third Bear

First, I finished The God Engines last night. I had some questions about some things that Scalzi did with his narrative (namely never revealing whether the "rooks"–think "companions" in Firefly–are male or female – he used no pronouns and no revealing gender-specific body parts during a somewhat graphic sex scene), and it was quite dark, but I enjoyed it and it made me think. Recommended.

The Alchemist and the Executioness: This is not on the pile of books, as it's Audible-only, but it's...