“The Hand of Andulain” by Aaron Mahnke
I’ve been on a trip (to the amazing PyCon in Santa Clara, CA) for the past week. It’s the first time I’ve travelled with my Kindle, instead of having to…
Read more“The City & the City” by China Miéville
The City & The City is the third China Miéville book that I’ve read, each different genres. Perdido Street Station was a steampunk/fantasy, Embassytown was science-fiction, and The City &…
Read more“The Emperor’s Edge” by Lindsay Buroker
The Emperor’s Edge is the first full novel (the paperback is 319 pages) that I read on my new Kindle, so that’s pretty exciting. I went on a free fantasy…
Read more“Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert A. Heinlein.
After my Ringworld foray, I was a bit wary of the other two classic sci-fi novels on my list. Finally, I plucked up my courage and dove into this book. Stranger in…
Read more“Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books was not the kind of book that I thought it would be. I assumed that it would be the story of the…
Read more“Kick-Ass” by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.
Kick-Ass follows Dave Lizewski, an ordinary high-schooler and comic nerd that dreams of being a superhero, and then decides to actually become one. He discovers that it isn’t really easy…
Read more“Anathem” by Neal Stephenson
I’ve had several false starts with Anathem; I found the beginning pretty hard to get into. There is a lot of new terminology, and it seemed a bit dense. However,…
Read more“There is a Tide” and “Passenger to Frankfurt” by Agatha Christie
I read two Agatha Christie mysteries yesterday, and will review them both in this post. There is a Tide (also sold as Taken at the Flood) is a Hercule Poirot…
Read more“River of Gods” by Ian McDonald
I had been looking forward to reading River of Gods for a long time; science-fiction set in a future India is certainly a novelty, but it also got rave reviews.…
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