November 2010 Books

[dirtylibrarian]

Saturn Apartments (Volume 1)
Hisae Iwaoka
Teen Graphic Novel
Recommend?: Definitely!
Manga. Science-fiction. Orphans. Space stations. Windows. Jobs. Loss. Hard work. Friendship. Cats.
One of the best mangas I've read in a while.

True Grit
Charles Portis
Adult Fiction
Recommend?: Definitely!
Westerns. Vengence. Teen girls. Outlaws. Horses. Guns. Territories. Violence.
Terrific read. Loved the turns of phrase, and hard core spunk of the narrator.

The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans (Treasury of XXth Century Murder - Volume 3)
Rick Geary
Adult Graphic Novel
Recommend?: Yes.
New Orleans. Murder. Serial killers. Unsolved mysteries. Italian families. Groceriers.
Terrible, but facinating. As always, his illustrations do a wonderful job of capturing the era.

Ship Breaker
Paolo Bacigalupi
Teen Fiction
Recommend?: Definitely!
Science fiction. Gulf coast. New Orleans. Salvage. Poverty. Addition. Abusive fathers. Survival. Luck. Adventure. Bio-engineering.
Great teen science fiction. Possibly takes place in same world/time as his adult book The Wind-Up Girl?

The God of the Hive (Mary Russell - Volume )
Laurie R. King
Adult Audiobook
Recommend?: Definitely!
Mysteries. Conspiracies. Murder. England. Family. Missing persons. Intellegence agencies. Secrets. Shell-shock.
Series continues to be riviting, and well immersed in its era. Great stuff, and good narrator too!

Ballistics
Billy Collins
Adult Poetry
Recommend?: Yes.
Quiet lives. Cabins. Observations. Love. Everyday things. Humor. Simplicity.
Nice colllection, though I did not fall in love with it like some of his other works.

Self-Preservation Society (Boys - Volume 6)
Garth Ennis
Adult Graphic Novel
Recommend?: Yes.
Violence. Brutality. Superheroes. Abuse of Power. Corporations. Toxic work enviroments. Employee rights. Mutants. Vengence.
This series can be an awfully tough read, but at the same time it gets the raw cruelity of abuse of power than just about anything else.

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
Fannie Flagg
Adult Audiobook
Recommend?: Shrug.
Small towns. Missouri. Elderly ladies. Near death experiences. Gossip. Friendship. Love. Hospitals. Humor.
Charming but not something I'd generally recommend, unless patron wanted something clean and upbeat.

Pink
Lili Wilkinson
Teen Fiction
Recommend?: Yes.
Austrailia. Teens. Identity. Theater. Stage crew. Lesbians. Questioning. Cliques. Friendship. Romance. Parties.
Not bad, but boy did the main character annoy the hell out of me.

Good Eggs
Phoebe Potts
Adult Graphic Novel
Recommend?: Yes.
Marriage. Adulthood. Infertility. Judaism. Northeast. Artists. Frustration. Effort. Baby lust.
Made me really question if I'd want to go through infertility treatments.

Nice Recovery
Susan Juby
Teen Non-Fiction
Recommend?: Definitely!
Autobiography. Addiction. Alcoholism. Teen rebellion. Recovery. Clean living. Support. Advice. Research.
Excellent book. Highly recommend to anyone dealing with alcoholism or with addicts in their lives.

I Am Not a Serial Killer
Dan Wells
Adult Fiction
Recommend?: Definitely!
Sociopaths. Teens. Family. Death. Morticians. Small towns. Serial killers. Demons. Fantasy.
Fun read with some really interesting twists.