Thinking NaNo

I've been busy thinking about NaNoWriMo, and haven't updated for a bit. Here's what I've missed:

• Enid Blyton – Puzzle for the Secret Seven : okay, not the sort of thing I'd read any more.
• Bruce Coville – The Search for Snout : excellent, as the rest of this series has been. Coville has a light touch, but the character development sneaks in and adds a level of complexity and interest missing from something like the "Secret Seven" books.
• Max Brooks – World War Z : awesome! The only thing I can compare it to is Studs Terkel's writing (and I like him a lot) though unlike Terkel's books, these interviews are all fiction. Yet the author manages to capture different voices and viewpoints without ever unintentionally dropping back into his own voice. Brooks is definitely an author to keep an watch on.
• David Weinberger – Everything is Miscellaneous : potentially interesting idea, boring execution, though I did learn some interesting bits about Dewey and how he created his cataloguing system.