Godspeed Heather Quarter

A Death in the Venetian Quarter, by Alan Gordon
This is the third of Gordon's medieval Fools' Guild mysteries, and my favorite so far... more complex and with sharper wit than the weaker (but still good) second book.
(176/250)

How the Heather Looks, by Joan Bodger
Charming travel narrative about the author's visit to England with her husband and two children, in pursuit of the places where their favorite children's books "really" happened. Originally published in 1965; has held up very well, especially the author's voice - a mix of rueful, excited, exasperated, and affectionate that really draws the reader in.
(177/250)

Godspeed, by Lynn Breedlove
So this book is an angry stream-of-consciousness semi-autobiographical drugs-and-dissolute-youth novel, and by all rights I shouldn't have liked it one bit. But I originally picked it up after seeing the author read and being absolutely fascinated, and the book is equally fascinating. It's such a well-made angry stream-of-consciousness semi-autobiographical drugs-and-dissolute-youth novel, you see. Oh, and randomdreams, the protagonist is a bike messenger in SF for most of the story, and I think you might quite like those bike-ey parts.
(178/250)

Sons of Tiptree

James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, by Julie Phillips
It's quite an accomplishment to write a suspenseful biography, especially when the reader feeling suspended actually does know, in point of fact, more or less what will happen. And Phillips not only pulled that off, she also writes superbly and demonstrates an astonishing level of insight. Plus a bunch more gushing cliches. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in SF, feminism, or damned interesting women.
(179/250)

Sons of Heaven, by Kage Baker
It's been a long, strange ride with Baker's Company novels & stories, and I freely admit to struggling with a couple of them. But what a perfect conclusion this was! Everything worked out exactly how I would've wanted it, if I'd been clever enough to think of it ending that way, and all the subplots came together wonderfully and and and. Yum. But seriously folks, don't start here. Start at the very beginning (with In the Garden of Iden) and read everything you can get your hands on, and then you will be able to wallow in the finale as joyously as I did.
(180/250)

Precious Unscripted Promethea

Promethea 5, by Alan Moore et al
Less pretty and less plotful than the 4th volume, and yet still somehow a satisfying conclusion to everything. Some bits of it were amazing.
( cut for Promethea spoiler )

(181/250)


WWE Unscripted, by Ken Leiker and Mark Vancil
Big ole professional wrestling coffee table book. If you like professional wrestling, some of it is cool and some of it is tedious. If you don't, well, I don't think this is the book to change your mind.
(182/250)

Precious Dragon, by Liz Williams
A wonderful extrapolation of Chinese mythology into a near-future vaguely noirish setting, with a Singapore location giving the excuse needed for lovely Britishisms. This is the 3rd in this series and I am really hoping for more. Very keen.
(183/250)