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[books 2010] catch-up
Sep. 25th, 2010 06:01 pmOnce again, I fail at doing these idividually.
58. Bad Things by Michael Marshall
I would say that the Michael Marshall thrillers are subject to the law of diminishing returns, except that I read the last half of it in one evening, so he must be doing something right.
Less of an all-pervading conspiracy theory behind this than the other books, it's an interesting twist on the "something evil in the forest" tale.
59. Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children by Michael Newton
Not so much a history of children raised by wolves, etc (too lost to time) but a history of what they mean in the history of ideas. Lots of Enlightenment stuff and characters who popped up at the periphery of my PhD, but ultimately self-indulgent. Left me with more questions than it answered, and not in a good way. Amusing enough, but it's going back to the charity shop whence it came.
60. Generation X by Douglas Coupland
This month's Bibliogoths selection (which we will discuss tomorrow). I read this shortly after it came out, when I was a fully paid up member of the poverty jet set. I'd remembered the term but forgotten where I picked it up.
61. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Book 2 of The Dresden Files. I love this stuff. Mostly disposable supernatural-detective stuff but the scene where Harry becomes a wolf is just beautifully written.
The only thing stopping me from buying the rest of the series RIGHT NOW is that I just had a major accident at the library so things are a bit out of control around here book-wise.
58. Bad Things by Michael Marshall
I would say that the Michael Marshall thrillers are subject to the law of diminishing returns, except that I read the last half of it in one evening, so he must be doing something right.
Less of an all-pervading conspiracy theory behind this than the other books, it's an interesting twist on the "something evil in the forest" tale.
59. Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children by Michael Newton
Not so much a history of children raised by wolves, etc (too lost to time) but a history of what they mean in the history of ideas. Lots of Enlightenment stuff and characters who popped up at the periphery of my PhD, but ultimately self-indulgent. Left me with more questions than it answered, and not in a good way. Amusing enough, but it's going back to the charity shop whence it came.
60. Generation X by Douglas Coupland
This month's Bibliogoths selection (which we will discuss tomorrow). I read this shortly after it came out, when I was a fully paid up member of the poverty jet set. I'd remembered the term but forgotten where I picked it up.
61. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Book 2 of The Dresden Files. I love this stuff. Mostly disposable supernatural-detective stuff but the scene where Harry becomes a wolf is just beautifully written.
The only thing stopping me from buying the rest of the series RIGHT NOW is that I just had a major accident at the library so things are a bit out of control around here book-wise.
