Nov. 7th, 2006

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Grail Quest: The Camelot Spell, by Laura Anne Gilman
I got this from the library by mistake, because they didn't mention the 'Grail Quest' bit and I thought it was a book for grown-ups. Not that I mind kid's books, I love them, but I tend to avoid the Highly Packaged Looking ones, which this definitely is. I almost didn't bother to check it out. Glad I did anyway, it is actually highly engaging, funny, and the characters are loveable and interesting. Being able to write really excellent packagy kids' books is a sure sign of a reliable writer, since they are few and far between, and there are plenty of good authors out there whose packagy stuff is pretty inferior.
(205/250)

The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas, by Jack Sheehan
Enh. I expected more depth, or more literary merit, or something. But it was still interesting - hard to make a man like Benny Binion boring, I guess. And it wasn't *bad* - I guess what I was really looking for wouldn't have struck me as being able to be stamped with 'approved by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce'. And this could've been.
(206/250)

Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
I love this book; it's one of my five favorite Pratchetts, for sure, and I think this was a second rereading. Still holds up. One thing I sometimes forget I love about Terry Pratchett is how tender and delicate he can be.
(207/250)
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Ptolemy's Gate, by Jonathan Stroud, read by Simon Jones (unabridged audiobook)
This book was everything I had been hoping for as a conclusion to this wonderful trilogy, and Simon Jones did another bang-up job narrating it. Absolutely brilliant; if I had a 'permanent' list for kid's books, this one would definitely be on it. Love love love.
(208/250)

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