June Reads.
Lost & Found by Carolyn Parkhurst
At first I thought "a novel about reality television? oh, ick" but I was so very, very wrong. This was a surprisingly poignant and funny novel with characters (especially Abby and Cassie) I cared for quite deeply.
Dixieland Sushi by Cara Lockwood
I don't necessarily mind predictability in my chicklit -- it's okay to know from the first page that The Girl Will Get The Guy -- if the story is also fun and creative. This wasn't. No, it was unimaginative and annoying. Grr.
V For Vendetta by Alan Moore (illus. by David Lloyd)
What the fuck?
Johnny and The Dead by Terry Pratchett
In this "sequel" to Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny Maxwell discovers he can see and talk to the dead. And, boy, are the dead pissed off. Seems the local council sold the cemetery off to some giant corporation who wants to build an office block ... Funny and smart little book.
Dr. Franklin's Island by Ann Halam
One of the high school's summer reading books. On the surface, this book seems like a simple retooling of The Island of Doctor Moreau, but it's much better than that. Beautiful and scary with well written female characters. A good hammock read.
Rash by Pete Hautman
In the United Safer States of America pretty much any antisocial or "dangerous" behavior will put you in jail, but that's okay, because the economy depends on slave penal labor. Pretty good black comedy.
Warrior's Apprentice by Louis McMaster Bujold
I preferred the comic strip.
Cats in the Sun photos and text by Hans Silvester
Wonderful photograph collection the cats of the Greek Cycladic Islands. Nearly always beautiful and frequently funny, but never mawkish or cutesy-poo.