Media Roll Call

15) Stalking The Unicorn: A Fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick - A fun urban fantasy near-noir book. It took a bit to get into simply because I kept wanting it to be properly film noir and it was really late 80's NYC. Once in, though, it was a fun read with some interesting details and, at the end, a nicely layered bit of metaphor and depth. I think I would have liked to see a bit more growth in the main character but, at the same time, he was pretty nicely normal and level-headed about things. I also like the fact that one of the other main characters is a lady in her 60's or so and she's treated as capable and smart and interesting - especially by the main character.

16) What The Librarian Did by Karina Bliss - Because I have no shame and must be honest about what I've read. It's book-shaped and made of paper and filled with words so it must be a book no matter what literary merit it does or doesn't possess. Aside from that... Well, it was a quarter and it was hilarious in that awful way of some romance novels. Not written strictly badly but I argue with some of the paragraph breaks that make following conversations/actions a bit strange. I could also live without the shifting POV. On the other hand... Fast read and who can argue with SECRET UNWED PREGNANCY ADOPTION PLOTS AND RECOVERING ADDICT ROCK STARS?

( And then I also saw The Hunger Games )