Reading Resolution

This year I’ve resolved to read more books in the actual year they are published rather than play catch up all the time. So far this has worked out quite well for 2011 books:

Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor Books)
Home Fires by Gene Wolfe (Tor Books)
Heroes by Joe Abercrombie (Orbit)
The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume 5 by Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books)

Each book has been rewarding and enjoyable. If I ever get around to reviewing them they would each get a thumbs up. Each for different reasons. That last one is a bit of a cheat, I suppose, since it is an anthology of stories that were first published in 2010.

Next up in 2011 books is Embassytown by China Miéville (Del Rey).

Back from the Land of Enchantment

New Mexico

I have just returned home to California after a wonderful week of vacation in New Mexico, aka the Land of Enchantment. I'll post more pictures as time permits. Click the photo above for a larger view.

Recently read

I have read Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (Tor Books, 2009) and The Sorcerer's House by Gene Wolfe (Tor Books, 2010) and I will have something to say about each book soon. Boneshaker is a Hugo finalist (voting deadline is 31 July 2010), it is on the Locus Awards short list, and it was a Nebula Award finalist (won earlier this month by The Windup Girl).

Currently reading

I am reading The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit, 2010), the author's first novel, and The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 4 edited by Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, 2010), which I may review on a story-by-story basis as I did for Year's Best SF 14.