![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Voices of Vision, by Jayme Lynn Blaschke
Interviews of interesting SFnal people. Editors and writers and comic artists, oh my! I read this in snippets on my 15 minute breaks and it was admirably suited to the purpose.
(157/200)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J K Rowling, unabridged audio read by Stephen Fry
This 2nd book in the series is still my least favorite. But just like the first, heartily improved by being read aloud by Fry. Mmm, people who read well.
(158/200)
Passions of the Mind, by A. S. Byatt
Brilliant essays. Art/lit crit. Some of them were a struggle for me, as I am woefully underread in the "Classics of English Literature" department - but I love watching her mind work. If you liked her novels, I'd suggest you give these a go.
(159/200)
Locked Rooms, by Laurie R King
Absolutely delicious, though not as intricately plotted as some of the previous books in the Holmes/Russell series. I really liked the depth of characterization though.
(160/200)
Stand Before Your God, by Paul Watkins
Extremely well written. Found myself judging the author's actions at times, but I think no more than he meant me to. The parts that talked about loss and growing up not gradually, but in sudden leaps, were particularly good.
(161/200)
Five Seasons of Angel, edited by Glenn Yeffeth
Some of my favorite authors writing essays about one of my favorite shows. Total popcorn book, and like the best of those, solidly good writing and interesting ideas.
(162/200)
Surface Tension: Love, Sex and Politics Between Lesbians and Straight Women, edited by Meg Daly
Intriguing, challenging, and comforting by turns. Mostly short essays with a few (probably pretty autobiographical) short stories. I thought it was well-organized, also.
(163/200)
A Light in the Window, by Jan Karon
The second in her Mitford series of novels featuring Father Tim, the Episcopal priest. I think if I read this entire series all in a row I would die of a sugar overdose. But doled out more sparingly, they remind me of being a small child sitting next to my great-grandmother on the organ bench, as she played one of the approximately 6-jillion hymns she knew by heart.
(164/200)
Just the Way You Are, by Winifred Gallagher
I profoundly enjoy this author's style, so I read this book even though there isn't a whole lot in it that's new to me - I've read many books on personality already and rather a lot of them were much more current (this was published in 1996 or so). But I really enjoyed it anyway, as her charming authorial voice carried me through all the stuff that was just review, and I enjoyed her perspective on the topic.
(165/200)
Interviews of interesting SFnal people. Editors and writers and comic artists, oh my! I read this in snippets on my 15 minute breaks and it was admirably suited to the purpose.
(157/200)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J K Rowling, unabridged audio read by Stephen Fry
This 2nd book in the series is still my least favorite. But just like the first, heartily improved by being read aloud by Fry. Mmm, people who read well.
(158/200)
Passions of the Mind, by A. S. Byatt
Brilliant essays. Art/lit crit. Some of them were a struggle for me, as I am woefully underread in the "Classics of English Literature" department - but I love watching her mind work. If you liked her novels, I'd suggest you give these a go.
(159/200)
Locked Rooms, by Laurie R King
Absolutely delicious, though not as intricately plotted as some of the previous books in the Holmes/Russell series. I really liked the depth of characterization though.
(160/200)
Stand Before Your God, by Paul Watkins
Extremely well written. Found myself judging the author's actions at times, but I think no more than he meant me to. The parts that talked about loss and growing up not gradually, but in sudden leaps, were particularly good.
(161/200)
Five Seasons of Angel, edited by Glenn Yeffeth
Some of my favorite authors writing essays about one of my favorite shows. Total popcorn book, and like the best of those, solidly good writing and interesting ideas.
(162/200)
Surface Tension: Love, Sex and Politics Between Lesbians and Straight Women, edited by Meg Daly
Intriguing, challenging, and comforting by turns. Mostly short essays with a few (probably pretty autobiographical) short stories. I thought it was well-organized, also.
(163/200)
A Light in the Window, by Jan Karon
The second in her Mitford series of novels featuring Father Tim, the Episcopal priest. I think if I read this entire series all in a row I would die of a sugar overdose. But doled out more sparingly, they remind me of being a small child sitting next to my great-grandmother on the organ bench, as she played one of the approximately 6-jillion hymns she knew by heart.
(164/200)
Just the Way You Are, by Winifred Gallagher
I profoundly enjoy this author's style, so I read this book even though there isn't a whole lot in it that's new to me - I've read many books on personality already and rather a lot of them were much more current (this was published in 1996 or so). But I really enjoyed it anyway, as her charming authorial voice carried me through all the stuff that was just review, and I enjoyed her perspective on the topic.
(165/200)
