Reading again? Why, yes -
Oct. 20th, 2008 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburg26. The Callahan Touch, Spider Robinson.
So far, this is the ONLY 'Callahan' book I've been able to lay my hands on - and I can easily see the attraction. This one read like a extended bullshit session at your favorite convention - absolutely delightful, because in this case the bullshit was not only plausible, but you had to believe it.
27. The Inugami Clan, Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Yumiko Yamazaki.
Bargain bin at the Kinokuniya - turns of phrase quaint, filled with foreshadowing and would be frustrating to many readers unfamiliar with Japanese translated to English. The period is just postwar Japan, without reference to Allied occupation - interesting all on its own. But one loves a good mystery with a splendid detective (and Kosuke Kindaichi does not fail) as it's lynchpin.
28. Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft, Mary Hopkins-Best.
Guess why. This was one book I had some really mixed feelings about obtaining - so did so through Abebooks. The reviews on Amazon were downright angry - some saying things like 'who the HELL would adopt after reading this book?!' Well. No surprises for me, but there was plenty of warnings about how much your toddler is going to hate you for years and not to be influenced by it. It does specifically deal with the toddler years, which is good - but nothing more than that, to be frank. Not a good beginning book. And I skimmed a bunch of it going 'yeah, yeah, read that before in Connected Child, yeah yeah read that in Post-Adoption Blues, yeah, yeah - ' You get my drift.
Some of you - on the shelf! Some of you, hit the road!
So far, this is the ONLY 'Callahan' book I've been able to lay my hands on - and I can easily see the attraction. This one read like a extended bullshit session at your favorite convention - absolutely delightful, because in this case the bullshit was not only plausible, but you had to believe it.
27. The Inugami Clan, Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Yumiko Yamazaki.
Bargain bin at the Kinokuniya - turns of phrase quaint, filled with foreshadowing and would be frustrating to many readers unfamiliar with Japanese translated to English. The period is just postwar Japan, without reference to Allied occupation - interesting all on its own. But one loves a good mystery with a splendid detective (and Kosuke Kindaichi does not fail) as it's lynchpin.
28. Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft, Mary Hopkins-Best.
Guess why. This was one book I had some really mixed feelings about obtaining - so did so through Abebooks. The reviews on Amazon were downright angry - some saying things like 'who the HELL would adopt after reading this book?!' Well. No surprises for me, but there was plenty of warnings about how much your toddler is going to hate you for years and not to be influenced by it. It does specifically deal with the toddler years, which is good - but nothing more than that, to be frank. Not a good beginning book. And I skimmed a bunch of it going 'yeah, yeah, read that before in Connected Child, yeah yeah read that in Post-Adoption Blues, yeah, yeah - ' You get my drift.
Some of you - on the shelf! Some of you, hit the road!
