Currently reading
The Annihilation Score (A Laundry Files Novel)
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
Reflections
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
I adore these absolutely fabulous books!
The Gates
This was fabulous. It's a middle grade level hitchhiker's guide crossed with Terry Pratchett footnotes crossed with the demons of Hell crossed with particle physics and the LHC at CERN. Absolutely brilliant.
Stonecast
Not as strong as the first book but still very worthwhile. I will continue to keep up with the series.
Engraved on the Eye
S.A. has definitely become an author on my ""purchase immediately when anything new comes out"" list.
Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
Phenomenal book. One of the best this year. And unlike some of the other related books I've read, this one is written by someone who understands all the physics (he's worked in the field for decades). Although he is fairly detailed about the physics, it's _so_ well written. My only ""gripe"" is that this book is so information dense that I'm going to HAVE to reread this one. Oh darn!Update: and now I have! It was just as good the second time.
A Confusion of Princes
Meh. Least favorite Nix book with the exception of ""Ragwitch"" so far. It was ok. But I'm accustomed to much more than ok from Nix. Ah well. Can't love 'em all.
Silverlock
I get why people like this book but I might have liked it better if I had first read it when I was younger. It still gets 3 stars because of the awesome range of fiction/literature it draws from. It only gets 3 stars because I couldn't stand the protagonist.
Ready Player One
Are you a child/teenager of the 80s? Were you a geek of any description? If so, this book is a must read. I recommend going with the audio version for the fabulous narration by the rocking Wil Wheaton.
The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld, #41)
It's almost painful to give this book 3 stars. It's THE LAST DISCWORLD BOOK EVER. And I liked it, and it finished off the Tiffany Aching series nicely but it's just not as good as earlier Pratchett (much like ""Raising Steam""). Lots of cameo moments and attempts to tie up loose ends but the the level of prose just isn't there. But still 3 stars for Pratchett is probably 4 for almost anyone else! GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest
Another solid book from Martinez. It started a little slow for me but turned out great. ""Too Many Curses"" is still by favorite Martinez book though.
Sixty-One Nails
It's getting harder and harder to write a hidden unknown world/creatures in London with the large body of work that already exists. And I was thinking that as I started this book. That said it turned out to be very enjoyable and I will definitely get the subsequent books of the series.
The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
There is some fairly hard core (for the layperson) particle physics in this book but I think it's explained really well. I loved the book but I did spend a summer as an undergrad at CERN so YMMV. :)
