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2015 Book Log, part 2
Feb. 17th, 2015 02:00 pmI've picked up some PW reviews for non SF/F/H sections this time, and if it weren't for a publisher mess-up (the reason it stops at 16 and not 17), would actually have four different PW sections represented on this list. Anyway, only three books I can really talk about:
Book 11: Unnamed PW Review
Book 12: Unnamed PW Review
Book 13: Bluets, by Maggie Nelson. This is a mix of a prose poem, memoir, and a series of short essays on the color blue, complete with observations ranging from banal to ribald. But in the end, it's really about someone who loves the color blue, and wants to write about it. Well worth reading.
Book 14: Near Enemy, by Adam Sternbergh. I loved Shovel Ready, the first book in this series. This second one, in which the oh-so-blunt and terse Spademan deals one again with hackers, conspiracies, and a devastated near-future New York City, is a blast. If you're a fan of neo-noir SF, you need this series.
Book 15: The Rabbit Back Literature Society, by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen. I'm rooting for a Helsinki Worldcon, and it's writers like Jääskeläinen (and Hannu Rajaniemi) that are a part of the reason. This book starts with a substitute teacher discovering that the town library's copy of Crime and Punishment somehow contains a scene in which Raskolnikov is shot to death by Sofia. The same teacher, an aspiring writer, is then offered the chance to join the mysterious titular society, a group of writers who have all found success in different fields, all of whom seem to possess dark secrets. This is a fucking fantastic book, and well worth hunting down. Great job of translating by Lola Rogers here (and yes, this has been out in the UK for a while, but we just got it here this year).
Book 16: Unnamed PW Review
Book 16.5 Unnamed Beta Reading Novel.
Book 17: Unnamed PW Review.
Book 11: Unnamed PW Review
Book 12: Unnamed PW Review
Book 13: Bluets, by Maggie Nelson. This is a mix of a prose poem, memoir, and a series of short essays on the color blue, complete with observations ranging from banal to ribald. But in the end, it's really about someone who loves the color blue, and wants to write about it. Well worth reading.
Book 14: Near Enemy, by Adam Sternbergh. I loved Shovel Ready, the first book in this series. This second one, in which the oh-so-blunt and terse Spademan deals one again with hackers, conspiracies, and a devastated near-future New York City, is a blast. If you're a fan of neo-noir SF, you need this series.
Book 15: The Rabbit Back Literature Society, by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen. I'm rooting for a Helsinki Worldcon, and it's writers like Jääskeläinen (and Hannu Rajaniemi) that are a part of the reason. This book starts with a substitute teacher discovering that the town library's copy of Crime and Punishment somehow contains a scene in which Raskolnikov is shot to death by Sofia. The same teacher, an aspiring writer, is then offered the chance to join the mysterious titular society, a group of writers who have all found success in different fields, all of whom seem to possess dark secrets. This is a fucking fantastic book, and well worth hunting down. Great job of translating by Lola Rogers here (and yes, this has been out in the UK for a while, but we just got it here this year).
Book 16: Unnamed PW Review
Book 16.5 Unnamed Beta Reading Novel.
Book 17: Unnamed PW Review.