I read over my break (of course)

Midnight at the Dragon Cafe, by Judy Fong Bates. This was a good story, if a bit simple. The author was writing of her childhood from an adult perspective, but with the simplistic analysis of a six-year-old. It wasn't exactly depressingly written, but I can't say it was an optimistic story either.

His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, Black Powder War, and Empire of Ivory, by Naomi Novik. It's been a while since I read the first three (just as I was starting this blog, actually), so I read them again so I could read the fourth one. The first one is definitely the best, and the writing gets a bit worse in each one; the style stays very similar, but it becomes more vague. I like the characters, but I feel, especially after the last one, that I don't really know what's going on. I suppose there will have to be a few more, although I can't imagine a plausible positive next move.

Fiction amid my articles

I finished these a few weeks ago, but am just getting around to posting them. Thoughts will be sparse until I get a break from classes.  

Garden Spells, by Sarah Addison Allen. I liked practically this whole book, until the end, when it got rather fairy-tale-ending-y.  

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy cove, by Christopher Moore. I always forget about Chris Moore, and how much I like him, until I read something by him again. I especially like the vocabulary he uses, and how he writes about things that could be serious and maybe should be respected, and doesn't.  

Lost in the Forest, by Sue Miller. This wasn't as much fun as I thought it might be. The writing was pretty good, and plot was decent enough, but it just wasn't amazing. I think that might be because