Immediately, more books

Thanks to a lovely visit from my parents, I instantly jumped my TBR list from 44 to 49.  Five more titles–three from my wishlist–get added to my large stack of books to read.  I am definitely set for the rest of the year, though in all honesty, I’m sure the looming list of titles won’t keep me from the bookstore or library for more than a couple of weeks.

1. Ball, Jesse.  The Curfew.  A new-to-me author of dystopian fiction.
2. Berry, Jedediah.  The Manual of Detection.  The back cover advertised this for lovers of Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, and Jasper Fforde, so I was sold.
3. Treisman, Deborah, ed.  20 under 40: Stories from The New Yorker.  Last summer’s fiction series in a collection, including Teá Obreht and Karen Russell.
4. Ferraris, Zoë.  City of Veils.  Saudi Arabian mystery, sequel to Finding Nouf.
5. Hartwell, David G., ed.  The Science Fiction Century.  More short science fiction in a thousand-page anthology, to take the place of The Norton Book of Science Fiction, which I finished earlier this year.

These will be exciting.  Thanks, parents!

Fits and starts

I started a new post about three times in my head, but couldn’t seem to get anything down.  Possible topics included

• A discussion of Touchstone by Laurie R. King at the midway point
• Weighing in on the gay YA publishing web frenzy
• An ode to autumn because autumn is perfect tea weather
• NaNoWriMo in general

Instead I am posting to tell you that the above is probably all you will get since I am spending this weekend celebrating my birthday.  And sometimes working.  And reading a thick novel.  And drinking tea.

Speaking of which, I have a date with a certain Sherlock Holmes mug before I go to work this morning, so fare well.