Books I Have Read This Month: January 2011

-Stealing Fire, by Jo Graham. Yes, a re-read; I re-read books constantly. Sometimes people are baffled by this. I still think this book is awesome. 5/5

-Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O'Brien. Very cute, even if the gender roles are a bit iffy. 4/5

-The Darwin Awards, by Wendy Northcutt. Gods, people are stupid. Like, how did we manage to get out of the primordial ooze, stupid. 3/5

-Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay. Still lovely. Still immensely long. 4/5

-Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins. Very, very good, and I am still waiting for the next one to come in at the library. 4/5

-Chalice, by Robin McKinley. Adorable. Wonderful. Basically I love everything McKinley's ever written. When is the library going to get Pegasus? 4/5

-Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See. I only got halfway through this, because I have a limited tolerance for "something horrible is going to happen and I'm not going to tell you about it yet"...which was going on for the whole first half of the book. Unfinished.

-Travels of Thelonius: The Fog Mound, by Susan Schade and Jon Buller. Very cute, half novel, half graphic novel, and the main character's name is an appalling pun. He's a chipmunk, you see... 4/5

-A Little Book of Language, by David Crystal. I only got halfway through this one, too, because he kept talking down to me. Patronization, I do not want. Otherwise interesting. Unfinished.

-King of Sword and Sky, by C.L. Wilson. Very enjoyable mind candy, no redeeming social value, characters inches from Mary Sues...absolutely wonderful for the days you don't want to think. I want to read the next one. 3/5

-Wind Rider's Oath, by David Weber. I like the characters, I like the plot, when are you going to come out with the next in the series, Mr. Weber? Come on, I'm dying to know why Brandark's so important! 4/5

...Which makes, I believe, 9 books and 2 half-books in this month. Woo!