all books all the time

TNR Past, Present, and Future: A History of the Trap-Neuter-Return Movement - Ellen Perry Berkeley. ( Read more... )

Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World - Edited by Jessica Hagedorn. ( Read more... )

Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History - Catherine Ceniza Choy. ( Read more... )

The Outlaw Demon Wails - Kim Harrison. ( Read more... )

Please Do Feed the Cat - Marian Babson. ( Read more... )

The Little Guide to Beating Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Blocks: A Manual for Artists, Activists, Entrepreneurs, Academics and Other Ambitious Dreamers - Hillary Rettig. ( Read more... )

Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals - Edited by Steven Best, Ph.D and Anthony J. Nocella II. ( Read more... )

Kitty and the Silver Bullet - Carrie Vaughn. ( Read more... )

GenXpat: The Young Professional's Guide to Making a Successful Life Abroad - Margaret Malewski. ( Read more... )

Smoky Mountain Tracks - Donna Ball. ( Read more... )

Cries and Whiskers - Clea Simon. ( Read more... )

Stealing Buddha's Dinner - Bich Minh Nguyen. ( Read more... )

Speciesism - Joan Dunayer. ( Read more... )

Father of the Four Passages - Lois-Ann Yamanaka. ( Read more... )

Last Scene Alive - Charlaine Harris. ( Read more... )

The Feline Mystique: On the Mysterious Connection between Women and Cats - Clea Simon.( Read more... )

Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith, and Sexuality - Edited by Sarah Husain. ( Read more... )

Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American - Peter Jamero. ( Read more... )

Thin Air - Rachel Caine. ( Read more... )

Translations of Beauty - Mia Yun. ( Read more... )

Disposable Animals: Ending the Tragedy of Throwaway Pets - Craig Brestrup. ( Read more... )

Best New Paranormal Romance - Edited by Paula Guran. ( Read more... )

Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life - Elizabeth M. Hodgkins, D.V.M, Esq. ( Read more... )

Day Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko. ( Read more... )

In the Company of Animals: A Study of Human-Animal Relationships - James Serpell. ( Read more... )

Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships - Edited by Emily Bernard. ( Read more... )

Lost and Found: Dogs, Cats, and Everyday Heroes at a Country Animal Shelter - Elizabeth Hess. ( Read more... )

Shadow Cats: Tales from New York City's Animal Underground - Janet Jensen. ( Read more... )

Witchling - Yasmine Galenorn. ( Read more... )

Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology - Edited by Barbara Smith. ( Read more... )

Nightwatch - Sergei Lukyanenko. ( Read more... )

Divas Don't Yield - Sofia Quintero. ( Read more... )

An Unlikely Cat Lady: Feral Adventures in the Backyard Jungle - Nina Malkin. ( Read more... )

Chicana Without Apology: The New Chicana Cultural Studies - Edén E. Torres. ( Read more... )

Fresh Off the Boat - Melissa de la Cruz. ( Read more... )

Keeping It Real - Justina Robson. ( Read more... )

Time Management from the Inside Out - Julie Morgenstern. ( Read more... )

The Blood Books, Volume One - Tanya Huff. ( Read more... )

Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat, Not a Sour Puss - Pam Johnson-Bennett. ( Read more... )

The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy - Edited by Johanna Sinisalo. ( Read more... )

Wheel of the Infinite - Martha Wells. This is the sort of sprawling fantasy that I used to love & now shy away from a bit. Still, I managed to enjoy this. It features a possessed puppet & a big religious ceremony to remake the world--an idea which was cool enough to get me to read the book. I don't know if I'd recommend it, or read more of Wells' stuff, but this one was all right.

Lady Friday - Garth Nix. This felt simultaneously a bit drawn-out & way too short (especially at the end). It's typical Nix, though--lots of bizarrely inventive details & names & adventures. I like how Arthur is struggling not to use the Keys, so he can remain human & go back to his own world, but he's recognizing that he might not be able to avoid it, & that he might not have a happy ending in that respect. I have hopes that maybe he'll end up being a happy Denizen somehow, though. Better than that some kind of deus ex machina ending, which I hope Nix knows better than to pull.

Public Library Internships: Advice from the Field - Edited by Cindy Mediavilla. This book got me more excited about the idea of working in a public library (something I have been considering anyway). I found the pieces written from the point of view of the interns more interesting & compelling than those written by librarians to give advice to others considering taking on interns, but it was all useful. Also, why are the most interesting programs in California? And the one interesting one here, in Brooklyn, I've heard they're ending. Arrgh.

And Now You Can Go - Vendela Vida. Ellis, a 21-year-old grad student at Columbia, gets a gun pointed at her in Riverside Park, but manages to talk the guy out of it. This novel is about what happens as she tries to go on with her life. No one really responds supportively to her--hinting that she shouldn't have been walking in that park anyway, & what was she wearing?--which made me angry. She sort of drifts in & out of various romantic/sexual entanglements w/guys, drifts on home to San Francisco for the holidays, drifts along w/her mom to the Philippines for a hospital mission trip. The drifting makes sense to me as a response to a traumatic event, but I don't generally like reading about people who drift along, not really making decisions but just falling into them.

Good Cat! A Proven Guide to Successful Litter Box Use and Problem Solving - Shirlee Kalstone. Er, what the title says.