Playing Catch Up

Well, attempting (and failing) to NaNoWriMo left me disinclined to write about anything ... and I've been reading less and Tower Defending more, so there's been less to write about ... but, here goes an attempt to catch up on the last month or so's books.

When Smoke Ran Like Water by Devra Davis, reminds me a lot of Living Downstream by Sandra Steingraber. Yes, pollution and various chemical (by)products of industry are killing us all. Yes, industry is doing its best to keep us from knowing this ... or if we know it, doing anything to stop them. Yes, this is very depressing. Yes, I really don't need to hear all of this again. Sigh.

Fables 9: Sons of Empire is the last (currently) of the collected Fables comic books. As good as the previous books, leaves me wanting more...

Winter Moon anthology of novellas with Mercedes Lackey, Tanith Lee, and C.E.Murphy. Only the Murphy story was really worth reading.

The Witch's Kiss by Nene Adams reunites Lena and Rhiannon from their own version of the Rift. Better than a musical, not, perhaps, better than Missy's Darkness Falls.

Currently reading:

• Pol Pot: anatomy of a nightmare by Philip Short.
• Influence: the psychology of persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini.