Like falling off a booklog.

Could I be any more behind?

This is so huge I'm splitting it into two posts.

Weeks 35-38: 27 August—23 September

( 189. The Secrets of the Heart — Kasey Michaels )

I was relieved to be done with this. That's really not the reaction you want to have.

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( 190. Skipping Towards Gomorrah — Dan Savage )

if everyone put as much thought and consideration into all these issues as Savage does, I think the country would be in much better shape.

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( 191. The Fourth Procedure — Stanley Pottinger )

So not worth it.

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( 192. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures — Vincent Lam )

There are several more (and more universal) shock moments in this book; it is worth reading just for those.

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( 193. Chicken With Plums — Marjane Satrapi )

The result is not as "important" as Persepolis—that's a feast—but a rare and perfect snack.

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( 194 & 196. Flight (Vols. 2 & 3) — Ed. by Kazu Kibuishi )

I'm glad my library had them and that I didn't fork out the 25 bucks each costs.

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( 195. Cirque Du Freak — Darren Shan )

I'm getting out now.

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( 197. Savage Love — Dan Savage )

people are 1) dumb about sex and relationships and 2) into some kinky shit. But then I knew all that.

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( 198. Shelf Life — Suzanne Strempek Shea )

it left me feeling dissatisfied; it left me cold.

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( 199. The Steampunk Trilogy — Paul Di Filippo )

There's nothing to take seriously here.

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( 200. Bad Monkeys — Matt Ruff )

Maybe I expected too much from Ruff—based solely on an excerpt from Set This House in Order—but I was deeply disappointed.

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( 201. Mr. Impossible — Loretta Chase )

this book is already winging its way to someone in Romania via BookMooch.

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( 202. She Went All the Way — Meggin Cabot )

I still think there must be good Romances out there, and that I'm just clearly not finding them. However, I think I need to take a break from the genre for a while.

Snoop loggy (book)log

What am I doing with these puns? PLEASE SOMEBODY TELL ME.

( 203. Y: The Last Man — Ring of Truth — Brian K. Vaughan )

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( 204. Spaceman Blues — Brian Francis Slattery )

Hopefully I'll be able to return to it in a few more years and get more out of it.

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( 205. A Brother's Price — Wen Spencer )

If I were betaing this, I would have sent it back and asked her to think it through a bit more.

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( 206. 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy — Gavin Edwards )

the illustrations were often genuinely funny themselves, and far beyond the quality of those usually found in this type of book.

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( 207. Y: The Last Man — Girl on Girl — Brian K. Vaughan )

Vaughan very well might not leave things this way, but it's how the volume ends, so until the library coughs up No. 7, I'm gonna have to stick with be peeved.

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( 208. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim — David Sedaris )

I would have much rather found Me Talk Pretty One Day for 50¢ and reread that.

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( 209. Greenwitch — Susan Cooper )

I was pretty bored. I'm glad all three books are now on their way to people who, hopefully, will get more enjoyment out of them.

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( 210. At Large and at Small — Anne Fadiman )

it was still really good. This may be because Fadiman reminds me of my mom, but if so, neither of them needs to know that.

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( 211. Farthing — Jo Walton )

there is a sequel coming—in just over a week, in fact. *wants*

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( 212. One Red Paperclip — Kyle MacDonald )

Luckily, I didn't buy this book, either—I traded for it, and I've since traded it for something else. I hope MacDonald is proud of me.

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( 213. Snake Agent — Liz Williams )

This was a well-plotted, exciting mystery with great character interaction; I can't wait to read the next one.

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( 214. Eternals — Neil Gaiman )

it's really not up to what I consider to be the usual Gaiman-standards. It's nothing to get excited about.

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( 215. Fever Pitch — Nick Hornby )

Total Books: 215