Whose Restless Inflatable Fury

[maribou]

Academ's Fury, by Jim Butcher
Second volume in a trilogy about a young man with no powers in a world where almost everyone has at least some. I fully expect him to get Sooper Powers at the end of book three, but I was pleasantly surprised that in the meantime he continues to survive by virtue of wit and skill (and loyal friends), against some heavy odds.
(169/200)

Restless Sleep, by Stacy Horn
Follows several 'cold cases' and the NYPD detectives investigating them, as well as delving into the history of the Cold Case Squad and criminal investigation in general. Excellently written, another one of those rare books where the use of the present tense is a positive instead of being an almost unforgivable offense.
(170/200)

At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, by John Gimlette
This is a brilliant book; it interleaves wry travel memoir with insightful historical narrative. I love the authorial voice and was alternately fascinated and horrified by the content.
(171/200)

Whose Body, by Dorothy Sayers, unabridged audio book read by Nina May
I really love Dorothy Sayers, and seem to be rationing myself to one mystery of hers per year or something, as I can't imagine why else I wouldn't have read ALL the Lord Peter mysteries by now. The narrator was excellent, very funny but knew when to settle in and be serious.
(172/200)

Comments

[evrythgcnhapn.livejournal.com]

*whispers coz she might feel dumb at teh answer* who is datavore? he friended me, and i'll friend him back, but i don't know that i know who he is and you're also his friend soo....

[maribou]

You shouldn't feel dumb, you have no particular reason to know. datavore is a friend of mine who lives in Seattle - I've stayed with him and loree a few times when I went out there and he came to visit me once and stuff. So I was talking to him and I was all "OMG my sister has a LIVEJOURNAL!!" and he was all "where?" and I was all "Dude, like I would tell you, thrower of wild parties!" (just being kinda silly) and he was all "heehee i figured it out" and I was all "nooooooo" and he was like "don't worry, i won't SAY anything I just wanna read it" and I was all "oh, like she isn't clever enough to notice the new person reading her lj!..."

See. So if you wanna friend him back, no problemo, I've known him for ages and he has the mimi stamp of approval, but do not feel that you have to or anything.

[evrythgcnhapn.livejournal.com]

ah ha. ok, now i'm not so worried:P Coz i was looking at his icon and journal and stuff and i was like "i'm pretty sure i don't know him, but he kinda maybe looks familiar, so maybe i should...":P So thanks for clearing that up:)

and i'm laughing my ass off at the "i was all... and he was all... and i was like...":P hee hee, you're cute:) Who new you'd find a Valley girl in the mountains in Colorado?;P

[maribou]

I said "I was all" the first time and then I was so amused at myself that I deliberately kept it up for the rest of the comments... I think I picked up that argot to bug Mom and Dad when I was about 14. Heh.

[evrythgcnhapn.livejournal.com]

hee hee sounds like something you'd do:P (both the keeping it up and the picking it up in the first palce to bug mom and da) you always were a little shitdisturber eh?;P