Wow, is July over already? Just assume that I did something incredibly productive in all the time I wasn't reading.
One hundred more poems from the Japanese, compiled and translated by Kenneth Rexroth
Quite an interesting collection, with bonus dirty poems. Three stars for lyrical and steamy both.
I Am The Messenger, Zuzak (Y)
Wow, this book was great! Recommended for adults and high school type persons. I liked the structure and the writing style and the characters. Five stars for giving me chills and misting me up.
2gether 4ever: Notes of a Junior High School Heartthrob, Larson (Y)
The author kept a lot (all?) of the notes passed to and fro in Junior High and publishes them in a slim volume of photographic reproductions. This did not appeal to me. One star for premise and packaging, but not much else.
Odd jobs: portraits of unusual occupations, Schiff (Y)
I love this sort of book-- part noveltly, part actually educational. Pictures and short paragraphs about the jobs and the people that do them, from beer taster to tampon tester. Three stars for vocational education.
Siberia: a Novel, Halam (Y)
Great description, character motivation, and pacing are far-too-unusual additions to the great premise (the last hope of the genes of long-gone mammals in a frozen future). Four stars for a great science adventure.