Books Read in February

The Clerkenwell Tales -- Peter Ackroyd
A medieval thriller with obvious literary antecedents ( Read more... )

Coalescent -- Stephen Baxter
First in a series, not always a good thing ...( Read more... )

Lost in a Good Book -- Jasper Fforde
I read and enjoyed The Eyre Affair years ago -- but don't recall enough of it to appreciate Lost in a Good Book( Read more... )

Jack Daw's Pack / A Crowd of Bone -- Greer Gilman
Not technically a book (one short stort, one novella) but included here because it should be.( Read more... )

Across the Nightingale Floor -- Lian Hearn
Fantasy world based on ancient Japan,( Read more... )

Lost Nation -- Jeffery Lent
I kept thinking that Lost Nation would make a wonderful film. Unfortunately it might also be used as the basis for a very bad one. And anyway, the prose is so sharp and vivid and accurate: that'd be lost on screen. ( Read more... )

Cloud Atlas -- David Mitchell
I've heard so much about this novel, from SF fans and readers of literary fiction( Read more... )

A Scholar of Magics -- Caroline Stevermer
Alternate Edwardian England. This novel (sequel to A College of Magics) is set in Glasscastle( Read more... )

Richard Dadd in Bedlam, and Other Stories -- Alan Wall
Collection of short stories, some vaguely SFnal, some historical( Read more... )

another funny mood

Like several people on my F-list, I'm in a funny mood today.
( nuisance calls )

( like Scandinavia but closer )

( cosmetic chemistry )

( imminent sunshine )

The phone hasn't rung ...