Friday, January 16th, 2009
I continue to struggle to find the time to review all the books I read. However, I decided to start over again with a blank slate.
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, by Mary Roach: I’m not a forensics enthusiast so I hadn’t read Roach’s Stiff despite it being highly recommended to me [...]
Monday, October 10th, 2005
Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett: Another Ankh-Morpork novel along the lines of The Truth, i.e. a look into the chaos that explodes when the Discworld equivalent of a modern-day convenience develops. Vetinari at his absolute best here. There’s definitely a gentle parody of that 50s film stereotype of the con man who ends [...]
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Also tagged cyberpunk, dorothy l. sayers, fantasy, frances hodgson burnett, haruki murakami, humor, japanese, literary fiction, mystery, neal stephenson, philip gabriel, science fiction, steven brust, terry pratchett, translation, victorian
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The Fairy Godmother, by Mercedes Lackey: What is there to say? It’s exactly what one expects from Lackey, complete with empowered female protagonist and all. It “overthrows” romance novel conventions in such a predictable way that nothing about the plot is unusual or surprising. Lackey does her best to make her [...]
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Also tagged biography, chinese, fantasy, g.k. chesterton, humor, jasper fforde, jin yong, john minford, louis cha, mercedes lackey, nonfiction, religion, translation, wuxia
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