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Apr. 8th, 2007 05:33 pmWheel 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.
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.
