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#31. The Witch Who Came in from the Cold. (multiple authors, serialized). 4. Interesting structure, having been serialized with each chapter written by a different author. It's not flawless, but it works better than you might expect. Cold War witches in which there's both the Russians and the Westerners but also the Ice and the Flame, both of which are horribly mixed so your ally on one level is your enemy on another. So. Much. Paranoia. A lot of fun.
#32. Bakers Street Irregulars: The Game is Afoot. (Multiple authors.) I can't objectively rate this, I have a story in it. Have you read it? You should! And the you can rate it yourself!
#33. How to Marry a Werewolf by Gail Carriger. 3.5. One of her weaker novellas. Major Channing falls for a rock-hunting American. I found Major Channing's backstory...kind of less interesting than I was hoping. But if you want to know what's up with Channing, here's what's up with Channing. If you don't know who Channing is...this is not the book to start with. Go back to Soulless, start at the top.
#34. Storyteller: Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm. 3. Never quite understood where the Clarion West name came from, now I know. Includes some useful insights on writing, nothing too deep.
#35. The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness. 5. Absolutely gorgeous and haunting magical realism about a sweet but somewhat gormless printer, his very angry daughter, and an artist who may or may not be an immortal crane.
#36. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. 3.5. Published in 1933, written as if the 20s never ended and the very near future would include video phones and people using crop dusters like taxis, this satire sticks a socialite whose situation ought to be out of House of Mirth into Wuthering Heights levels of pastoral dysfunction and lets her combination of ruthless common sense and total refusal to take anything seriously completely upend everything. It's quite amusing.
#37. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. 3.5. Wanted to see if this was worth introducing to my son in a few years. Mildly entertaining but didn't really grip me - not sure if I would bother going further on my own. We'll see if he takes to it.
#38. The Club of Queer Trades by G.K. Chesterton. 3. A short series of mysteries, each featuring a misunderstanding arising from someone with a really odd job. It's clever...but not as clever as it thinks it is.
#32. Bakers Street Irregulars: The Game is Afoot. (Multiple authors.) I can't objectively rate this, I have a story in it. Have you read it? You should! And the you can rate it yourself!
#33. How to Marry a Werewolf by Gail Carriger. 3.5. One of her weaker novellas. Major Channing falls for a rock-hunting American. I found Major Channing's backstory...kind of less interesting than I was hoping. But if you want to know what's up with Channing, here's what's up with Channing. If you don't know who Channing is...this is not the book to start with. Go back to Soulless, start at the top.
#34. Storyteller: Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm. 3. Never quite understood where the Clarion West name came from, now I know. Includes some useful insights on writing, nothing too deep.
#35. The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness. 5. Absolutely gorgeous and haunting magical realism about a sweet but somewhat gormless printer, his very angry daughter, and an artist who may or may not be an immortal crane.
#36. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. 3.5. Published in 1933, written as if the 20s never ended and the very near future would include video phones and people using crop dusters like taxis, this satire sticks a socialite whose situation ought to be out of House of Mirth into Wuthering Heights levels of pastoral dysfunction and lets her combination of ruthless common sense and total refusal to take anything seriously completely upend everything. It's quite amusing.
#37. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. 3.5. Wanted to see if this was worth introducing to my son in a few years. Mildly entertaining but didn't really grip me - not sure if I would bother going further on my own. We'll see if he takes to it.
#38. The Club of Queer Trades by G.K. Chesterton. 3. A short series of mysteries, each featuring a misunderstanding arising from someone with a really odd job. It's clever...but not as clever as it thinks it is.
