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[geekchick]

First, let me get this out of the way before I asplode: I'm about 260 pages into Kushiel's Justice right now, and if Ms. Carey doesn't stop using "betimes" in every other paragraph (sometimes more than once in a single four-sentence paragraph), I'm going to reenact the apology scene from "A Fish Called Wanda". Aaaaaaagh!

27. Blood Rites, Jim Butcher. Frankly, any book that has Thomas and PUPPIES! is okay with me. I think this has been my favorite book of the series so far, not just because of the PUPPIES!


28. Proven Guilty, Jim Butcher.


29. Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation, Chris Turner. One of the reviews I read likened this to being cornered by That Guy at a party who wants to talk to you about his pet subject (favorite movie, favorite TV show, merits of vi vs. emacs). Yeah, it kind of is, but that was okay with me. If you're looking for a serious tome about the cultural impact of The Simpsons, you might be better served elsewhere. I found it entertaining enough, although using the same couple of episodes as examples repeatedly got kind of old.


30. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling. I thought it was a fine end to the series, although I would've been plenty happy without the epilogue. I know why it's there, but that doesn't mean I'm thrilled with it. Also, I cried. Repeatedly.


31. Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time, Rob Sheffield. I confess that this one made me cry in spots too. (The chapter where he describes his wife's sudden death from a pulmonary embolism at 31 required opening a new box of tissues.) And laugh. And wonder what happened to most of the mix tapes I made in my youth, when they were actually mix *tapes*.


32. How to Be Bad, David Bowker. Meh. I kept thinking I should find it funnier than I did, and also that the list thing was done much better in High Fidelity.

Comments

[tikva.livejournal.com]

Please, please tell me that Kushiel's Justice is better than Kushiel's Scion, which I finished yesterday?

[geekchick]

Er, I didn't think so. It's angsting about different stuff this time, but he's still kind of Emo McWhinerson.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I'm halfway through HP7, reading a couple of chapters every night in my tent before going to sleep. I've been holding off on reading the second Kushiel series, pending word-of-mouth...

[geekchick]

Phèdre and Jocelin are secondary characters in this part of the series; I haven't liked the last two as much as the first one or two, but I don't think they're bad.