Audio H - Coraline

Coraline by Neil Gaiman. The husband and I started listening to this years ago but I was so creeped out by the singing rats I couldn't finish it. Since my last audio book from the library was broken, I grabbed it and am nearly finished. Highly recommended. I've heard Neil read his work at Comic-Con and he's a fantastic reader. And the rats are still creepy, dammit.

Audio G - The Red Tent

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - I really enjoyed it but didn't care too much for the reader. I thought her voice was too high and light for the tone. Mostly I'm glad I listened to it rather than read it because some of those names would have thrown me right out of the story. It made me miss my mom and sister most of all.

#52 Terraforming Earth

Terraforming Earth by Jack Williamson. A pretty good sci-fi tale of a bunch of clones trying to rekindle life on the planet after a meteor impact. I thought the ending was a bit weak, kind of throwing in a whole philosophy about the "next stage of evolution" at the very end w/o much expanation.

#48-51 (More Catch Up)

I found an old post that wasn't published where I'd noted some books I'd read that I missed during the first catch up:

#48 Forever: A Novel by Pete Hamill. An excellant book that was hard to read at points but totally worth it.

#49 Madrox by Peter David. A graphic novel that I quite liked about a guy who can create duplicates of himself. My favorite aspect was the idea he sends the dupes out into the world to learn and experience things. Then when he absorbs the dupes back into himself, he has all of those skills and memories. That would be cool.

#50 The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross. A nice combination of science and the supernatural. I truly hope such a place doesn't exist.

#51 Little Gods by Tim Pratt. A collection of short stories by a great writer. I think I would want to be the little god of the smell of snow; like aluminum to me.

#47 To The Tower Born: A Novel of the Lost Princes

To The Tower Born: A Novel of the Lost Princes by Robin Maxwell. I love historical fiction and this was a good one. A female lead and lots of intriguing ideas that take into account the power some women had in that era (although most of the behind the scenes). It was a fast read and very entertaining. I think I should keep an eye out for more of her work.