Books Read in 2008

[rolanni]

Most recent on top:

Season of the Witch, Natasha Mostert
Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan, Ferdinand Kuhn
Narbonic Five, Shaenon K. Garrity
Identical Strangers, Elyse Schein, Paula Bernstein
Moon Called, Patricia Briggs
Dust, Elizabeth Bear
Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West, Lesley Downer
Soon, I Will be Invincible, Austin Grossman

Comments

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The datedness of the computer stuff didn't bother me, actually. I tend to read all "computer thrillers" from the position of, This happened a couple years ago...

I was actually interested in the Memory Palace and the idea of modern-day alchemists practicing their art. What I couldn't understand why anyone, much less a brilliant, intellectually fearless, sensual adventurist -- would give him the time of day, sweet buns notwithstanding.