Subject: Books
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Posted on: 2010-07-25 05:22:00 UTC
I'm currently in the middle of Robertson Davies's collection of short stories (wonderful parody ghost stories set at Massey College), High Spirits. I am otherwise between books, but next on my list is Unexpected Magic, a Diana Wynne Jones short story collection. I've been kind of on a short stories spree this year. I also have Anathem, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and The Hunger Games sitting around; I may go for Anathem next, if I feel up to it. My mom's been telling me The Hunger Games is really good, but I can't quite convince myself of this, and until I do I probably won't pick it up.
Also on a Charles de Lint spree — the last few books I've read (all in the last week) included his Dingo, Forests of the Heart, and Little (grrl) Lost, Neil Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors collection, and Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union.
But. Let me take a minute to talk about how amazing Charles de Lint is. Question: how amazing is Charles de Lint? Answer: super-amazing. Think Neil Gaiman, but slightly more optimistic, and with a huge and varied knowledge of mythology. If you have not heard of him, definitely check him out.