Currently reading
Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
The Aether Age: Helios
52 Stitches, Vol. 2
Dead in the Family: A True Blood Novel
Little House by Boston Bay
Sutherland's Rules
The Accursed
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
Geek Mom: Projects, Tips, and Adventures for Moms and Their 21st-Century Families
Witchbreaker
Leviathan
(refers to audiobook)From time to time I do enjoy a "young adult" listen (particularly the excellent City of Ember series, as well as His Dark Materials) but generally I don't expect too much in terms of story, setting, and character. Here is another fine exception to that expectation. "Leviathan" was amazingly brought to life here by Alan Cumming, as we follow the stories of Alek (a prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on the run for his life) and Deryn (daughter to a ballooner, she enlists in the British Air Services as a boy in disguise) at the outbreak of The Great War as set in a wonderfully detailed and re-imagined alternate history, where "Clankers" (steam-powered mechs) power the German forces, and crossbred animals (tiger-wolf hybrids to pull carriages, amazing engineered jellyfish and whale airships) are the basis of the "Darwinist" forces of England. All in all a thoroughly satisfying listen which I enjoyed immensely.
