Slog - Comments on Reading Today http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_today_4 Three readings going on today, and at least one of them should be good. Firstly, at Third Place Books, Kim Harrison reads from The Outlaw Demon Wails, "the sixth book in her Rachel Morgan series," a series that includes other bad Clint-Eastwoody titles like For a Few Demons More. I think this is one of those Anita Blake-y romance horror series. There's also an elf politician in the book: Insert Dennis Kucinich joke here, I'm sure. At Elliott Bay Book Company, Alice Rothchild reads from Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: The Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience. Rothchild... Copyright 2008 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:00:41 -0800 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:52:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jessica I'm going to be honest here: I've read all the Harrison books so far and they are staying at a quality level far higher than recent Anita Blake books. For one, all the characters aren't fucking each other in various permutations instead of, you know, actually forwarding the plot.

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_today_4#c953218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_today_4#c953218 Books Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:38:43 -0800 Comment by Brian Those have to be the worst book titles I've ever seen. Jesus.

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_today_4#c953222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_today_4#c953222 Books Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:00:05 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The covers are awful, too, but yeah, naming your books after goth-horror puns on Clint Eastwood movies is powerfully, dreadfully lame.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_today_4#c953261 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_today_4#c953261 Books Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:00:23 -0800 Comment by JME Paul....

I'm a growing fan of your pre- and post-reading reviews. Thanks for doing these!

]]> JME http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_today_4#c953400 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_today_4#c953400 Books Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:10:21 -0800 Comment by subwlf I lover her books! Into the gray!

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