| Title: | The City And The City |
| Author: | China Miéville |
| Genre: | Fiction/Supernatural/Police Procedural |
| Synopsis: | A police officer living in a city that co-exists with another city, occupying the same space, must investigate a murder that crosses borders and invites disaster. |
| Verdict: | This book did my head in despite how mater-of-fact the delivery was. Bloody fantastic. |
| Pages: | 312 |
| Read: | July 2010 |
30 July 2010
#79. The City And The City by China Miéville
#78. The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bugakov
| Title: | The Master And Margarita |
| Author: | Mikhail Bulgakov |
| Genre: | Fiction/Supernatural/Russian Classic |
| Synopsis: | Across Moscow the lives of different citizens are plunged into chaos by a visit from Satan. |
| Verdict: | Beautiful, strange and something that will stay with me forever. Lyrical and surreal. |
| Pages: | 446 |
| Read: | July 2010 |
#77. Fathom by Cherie Priest
| Title: | Fathom |
| Author: | Cherie Priest |
| Genre: | Fantasy/Supernatural |
| Synopsis: | A god-like being recruits humans to try awaken the Leviathan and destroy the Earth. Another works to foil her, driven by his own motives. |
| Verdict: | An amazingly quick read for its size. Things left unsaid left it nebulous but satisfying. |
| Pages: | 380 |
| Read: | July 2010 |
#76. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
| Title: | Coraline |
| Author: | Neil Gaiman |
| Genre: | Fantasy/Supernatural |
| Synopsis: | A young girl exploring her family’s new home finds a mysterious second family hidden within. |
| Verdict: | I love how Gaiman writes for children, the sinister threat countered by matter-of-fact, hope and determination. |
| Pages: | 185 |
| Read: | July 2010 |
#75. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
| Title: | The Graveyard Book |
| Author: | Neil Gaiman |
| Genre: | Fantasy/Supernatural |
| Synopsis: | An orphaned child is taken in and raised by the resident ghosts of a graveyard after his family is murdered. |
| Verdict: | So pretty and such a swift read. Many details and strong characters are gleaned from a sparse outline. |
| Pages: | 307 |
| Read: | July 2010 |
30 June 2010
#74. The Devil In Amber by Mark Gatiss
| Title: | The Devil In Amber |
| Author: | Mark Gatiss |
| Genre: | Spy Fiction/Historical Fiction |
| Synopsis: | Lucifer Box, now approaching middle-age, tests his skills again against a new and dangerous conspiracy. |
| Verdict: | I thought it odd that the second book is set so many years after the first but it allowed some specific character development and is a bold move by the author. Saucy. |
| Pages: | 248 |
| Read: | June 2010 |
#73. The Treehouse by Naomi Wolf
| Title: | The Treehouse |
| Author: | Naomi Wolf |
| Genre: | Memoir/Writing advice/Non-Fiction |
| Synopsis: | Naomi muses on writing, teaching, the nature of art and her relationships with her father as she and he reconnect and build a treehouse for her kids. |
| Verdict: | Interesting people, advice and stories. A bit slow at times and lest ‘feminist’ than expected but good. |
| Pages: | 308 |
| Read: | June – July 2010 |
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