“Nightwatch”
by Sergei Lukianenko. People talk about this one. I don’t know what I expected. It’s
three novellas really, and proves once again that stories are about characters.
The Russian perspective on good and evil was really fatalistic and interesting.
“One
Salt Sea” by Seanan McGuire. I finished this book
standing crying in the line for customs in the Houston airport coming back from
Mexico. Ed skipped this one, reading the series, because the boy was reading
it,but there was a lot of background explained, and I’m glad I have it.
“Ashes
of Honor” by Seanan McGuire. I was glad I grabbed this
one too, since I still had a few hours of flight. SM really has a way with
dialog. April’s dialog was the best. Reading these back-to-back, I was kind of
wishing Toby did something other than missing children sometimes.
“Desert”
by J.M.G. Le Clezio. Got it for Christmas as a random gift from my dad. You know how
when you start a fantasy novel, sometimes you just let go and the places and
descriptions just wash over you, and you don’t worry about it too much, whether
you’re keeping track of it in your head? That was the mode in which I started
this book. I haven’t read that much in translation, but I felt like I had to
make allowances for it – misplaced antecedents and tenses that wandered. Still,
it was strangely addictive reading. However, I guess I’m accustomed to things
with a little more plot.