Maytrees Flight Is Gone; Dream Boy Meets Sekrit Stag

[maribou]

Flight of Aquavit, by Anthony Bidulka
Fun, and less clunky than the first one. I will definitely be continuing this series. Something about those Saskatchewan detectives, I guess.
(43/300)

The Maytrees, by Annie Dillard (reread)
I really really liked this book the first time around, and while I meant to just skim it rather than do a full reread this time around, I got sucked in, lucky me. Poetic and digressive and lovely, not an ordinary novel.
(44/300)

When God Is Gone, Everything Is Holy: The Making of a Religious Naturalist, by Chet Raymo
This book was and wasn't preaching to the choir; my own beliefs overlap with Raymo's quite a bit, but not entirely. I thought it was awfully well-done, pretty and solid and thought-provoking all at once. Resonated interestingly with The Maytrees, as a bonus.
(45/300)

Boy Meets Girl, by Meg Cabot
Eminently relaxing, although since it's the first non-YA Cabot I've read, I was occasionally thrown out of the story by the odd more-adult-than-I'm-used-to bit. Hardly the author's fault though. I was chortling by the end - the humor is more character-based than situational.
(46/300)

Sekrit Book Wot Iz a Sekrit, by Sekrit (Children's) Author
This book is a present for someone who reads this so I'm not saying anything about it. Except that the illustrations are gorgeous, and I think the person will like it.
(47/300)

House of the Stag, by Kage Baker
Had a bit of trouble getting into the dreamy-language prologue but MY! Do I love how Baker's characters talk to each other. So the whole rest of the book was dead brilliant.
(48/300)

To Dream of the Dead, by Phil Rickman
Reading this felt a bit odd, as the other books in this series have had a specific single topical focus (or maybe 2) and this one was more tying up lots of thematic loose ends from all the other books. I really enjoyed it and I'm hoping it isn't the last one. I'd go into more detail about the excellent character development in this book but I don't want to spoil anything:).
(49/300)

Comments

[corivax.livejournal.com]

Aw man, and here I was expecting a book actually called Sekrit Book Wot Iz a Sekrit, like those typo-ridden books supposedly written by the yeti, except better. Perhaps I'll write it.

[maribou]

Yeah, after I typed that out in my lj client I found myself wishing the book DID exist. You should!