Sundry Thoughts, Plus Tell Me What to Read

[akirlu]

Weird Thought: Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang: The original Steampunk film?

Happy Thought: Don't need to buy a new transit pass. It turns out that where my ID-and-transit-pass card went astray was at the little café-deli where I sometimes buy sandwiches, and they found it and passed it on to a coworker who brought it back to me. Yay. The ID replacement is free, but the bus pass costs a snootful.

Smug Thought: ASUS should pay me a sales commission for taking my eee places. Virtually every time I take it out I get gently mobbed by nearby train passengers. People want to know what it is, what it does, how much does it weigh, and Where Can I Get One?? I especially get asked by women, but I think this is because mine is pink. Still no Hello, Kitty stickers, tho.

Medical Observation: Finally getting my C-2 vertebra back in place is an incredible head rush. Very floaty and relaxed, after that. Alas, I think I've already knocked it back out a bit. Lucky I'm back to the Chiro on Tuesday. And the combined insurance covers 20 visits per year. Yay, double insurance.

Book Thought: After finishing Ha'penny (not as much of a breathless headlong rush as Farthing but still, very engaging book with many of the same virtues of complexity, sophistication, and note-perfect tone as the first one without me getting kicked out of the narrative by Unfortunate Clues), I am in the mood for something Just Like Bad Monkeys, without being Bad Monkeys, since I've already read that (thanks, Luke!). Anybody have something really wonderful in mind that I should read next?

Comments

[vgqn.livejournal.com]

Have you read Butcher Bird by Richard Kadrey? A fun edgy ride. Mike & I both loved it.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

I have not read Butcher Bird, but it sounds like a lot of fun. I'll see if I can't get King County Libraries to turn loose a copy. Thanks!

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it!

[kateyule.livejournal.com]

I just inhaled Paul Melko's Singularity's Ring. It was in the freebie bags at the Nebs and I polished it off while we were still in Texas. The viewpoint character is a five-person cluster. One scene involves him, his foster mother, and a visiting army colonel; there are either 3 people in the room, or 11, depending on how you want to count.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun, and weird, in a good way. I'll add it to my list. Thanks!

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

I just finished Lois Lowry's The Willoughbys, which is quick and entertaining. Not quite like Bad Monkeys in tone, but it certainly nails all the old-fashioned children's tales about orphaned children and the like. It was pretty fun.

Have you read Jason Shiga's Bookhunter? If not, you must. Go get your hands on a copy NOW. Okay, you can go to sleep first, but without endangering your self or others (or your job), you Need to Read.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

I gave a copy of Bookhunter to our bookgroup fan/librarian leader for our seventh year anniversary, and I read it carefully first myself. I kept laughing. Oh, and ML had the right place to get the book...

http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/books/bookhunter/pages/bookhunter1.html

(Discussion thread here.)

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

It's a brilliant book, IMO, and can't be pushed too much or too often. So many people we know are among the ideal audience!

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

I didn't review it because I know some members of the bookgroup read my LJ off and on and I didn't want to ruin the surprise. But it's a really fabulous book.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Okay, The Willoughbys and Bookhunter will be bunged onto the list. Maybe the comix shop up on 45th has Bookhunter, come to think of it. It seems like a very silly sort of book, but in a good way.