Indian Summer
IDEK, gorgeous art except apparently Manara deliberately draws one identical 'cock goes where?' face for ALL of the female characters and the male gaze is so overwhelming that I kinda wanted to go and take a shower after every few panels. Decent story though.
The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers, and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever
The annotations stuck in the middle of text are okay when they're on blogs, but really annoying in book form. If they had been incorporated into the rest, this would have been a five-star read for me.
Whispers Under Ground (Peter Grant)
On consideration, the Avatar: The Last Airbender references earn it an extra star.
Balkan Memories: Media Constructions of National and Transnational History
apparently my life isn't depressing enough, so i figured that reliving the happy happy joy joy times of the nineties was a good idea. *headdesk*
Moon Over Soho
Ugh, the plots don't actually get any better, but IDK, at least it's less faily than the Dresden Files, and I've suffered through like ten billion of those? So I guess I'll stick with it. Still liking the characters quite a lot.
Midnight Riot
Great voice and characters, legitimately funny at times, promising worldbuilding, but the plotting and general structure of the narrative are... uh. Not so good. Hopefully it'll get better later on?
Emily of New Moon/ Emily Climbs/ Emily's Quest (3 Book Set)
jeez, exactly how many misunderstandings and unfortunate coincidences can you stuff into one book?
 - L.M. Montgomery)
The Architecture of Happiness
it's been like three months and i'm still not over the hideousness of this cover design.
Mystery Mile: Albert Campion #2
Tries very hard to be poor man's Lord Peter Wimsey, fails completely.
 - Margery Allingham)
The Blue Castle
This is the most gloriously over the top idfic-y book I can remember reading in a long time.
The Great Railway Bazaar
every single person this dude meets, talks to and generally treats like a fellow human being is also a dude. if a woman is mentioned, there's fully 95% chance she's a prostitute. other 5% - someone's wife, mother or a random beggar. also, white people are generally referred to by their proper names; non-white people more often than not get called by their nationality (they're pretty much interchangeable anyway!) and let's not even get into the epic clusterfuck - literally! that is the japan section. fun times.
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