labingi | Reading List

Reading List Update

Rating scale:
5 -- On the top two tiers of my favorites list.
4 -- Very good.
3 -- Good, maybe not my style.
2 -- Not impressive.
1 -- Execrable.

Fairly Recently Read:
* The City and the City (4), China Miéville, on

louderandlouder's recommendation. Murder in a city that comprises two overlapping but separate countries.
* Loveless, vol. 8 (4), Yun Kouga: Finally Ritsuka and Seimei meet! Good angst.
* The Child Thief (2.5), Brom: Gritty retelling of Peter Pan is a great concept muffed in the execution (but with pretty pictures).
* The Innkeeper's Song (4.5), Peter S. Beagle: Two former students of an old wizard come together to help him in his time of need.
* "Lal and Soukyan," from Giant Bones (4.5), Peter S. Beagle: The last adventure (or so we're told) of Lal and Soukyan from The Innkeeper's Song. Great characterization.
* Mirage of Blaze 17.20-22 (ratings: 2, 5, and 3.5 respectively): Chiaki researches, Takaya angsts, and Yuzuru and Irobe hang with the Catholics.

Currently Reading:
* The Bridge, Iain Banks

Future Reading:
* Feersum Endjinn, Iain M. Banks
* The Devil's Whisperer, Miyuki Miyabe
* The Possessed/Demons, Dostoevsky (I tacked it before and got nowhere, but it may be time again.)
* Arslan
* Gateway, Frederick Pohl
* Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson
* Not Simple, Ono Natsume,