Monthly Archives: July 2005

I can’t make up my mind what to say about this book. On one hand, sweet and affecting. On the other, great parts of it don’t mesh well for me; most of the middle and half of the end, for … Continue reading →

Excellent YA supernatural thriller set in a Victorian girls’ finishing school. (Mostly. There’s a bit in India as well.) The setting is mostly polish to the story being told– it could be any girls’ school, anywhere, anywhen– but it is … Continue reading →

Don’t worry– no spoilers here. (It turns out my decision to minimize contact with the ‘net until I’d gotten the book read was correct– I was spoiled (too late, luckily) in the most unlikely place.) A big raspberry to those … Continue reading →

(I keep wanting to put an exclamation point on that title. Mammoth!) John Varley never dissapoints. I know there are those out there who dislike one part or another of the Gaea trilogy, but not me; I love all three. … Continue reading →

These two books make up one book called Succession, but since they were published as two, I’m counting them as two. (They’re ~400 pages each.) Somewhat misnamed, as there’s no succession detailed. Scott Westerfeld’s web site says there are more … Continue reading →