September 08, 2006
Novel Handicapping, version 0.3.6
Recent updates to the 20th Century Novel handicapper:
More books! There are 429 books on the list.
New books include entries from the Time Magazine 100 Best Novels since 1923.
New categories:
- Laurels: Time Magazine 100 Best Novels
- Titular feature: Timely titles
- Titular feature: Colorful titles
- Narrative Element: Big Dumb Object
- Narrative Element: Drugs
- Narrative Structure: Graphic Novel
- Misc: Mythopoeic
Plus other assorted updates, more bildungsromans, more single word titles, and an endless number of screenplay-tagged novels.
September 06, 2006
Reading for July and August, 2006
It looks like I forgot to update my reading diary last month. I also haven't been doing much in the way of summer reading -- in many ways I have taken on the role of a large pair of hands, taking care of the child.
In August I read Tatja Grimm's World by Vernor Vinge. Given Vinge's current popularity they have published a new edition of this book, which is an assembly of two or three of his stories from the 60's. It is not worth reading.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė. It goes on for a bit, but still a classic.