An ongoing list of my 2008 reading (the new entry is #2):
- The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Fourth) by Lemony Snicket
- The endless, near-blind stupidity of the adults in the lives of the Baudelaire orphans (chased from home to home, guardian to guardian by the unscrupulous, Baudelaire-fortune-hungering Count Olaf) is becoming somewhat exhausting. The tone and design of the books is delightful; if only their narratives were less formulaic. [Tuesday, January 1, 2008 ***]
- Midnight Days by Neil Gaiman, et al.
- Alas, I don't know enough about the background mythologies of these various comics worlds to appreciate fully this collection of short pieces Neil Gaiman penned for various more-and-less mainstream series. Still, like a lot of Gaiman's work (and I always enjoy him more as a comics writer than as a novelist) it was very pleasant reading. [Friday, January 4, 2008 ***1/2]
- What will be next? Very Good, Jeeves? The Odyssey?
