Tentacled Monkey

I have actually had Snake Agent for about six months now and tried to start reading it after I finished the last Dresden Files novel White Night and just couldn't get into it at the time. I was looking for another Harry Dresden to fill in the void of not having his antics to share, Detective Inspector Chen is no Harry Dresden, in some ways he far more enigmatic.

I am only a little bit into it so I am not going to give a full synopsis yet, but I will try and keep you guys up on whether the book is worth getting or not. Oh and if you have the option, grab the trade paperback of this novel as the cover art is amazing, the regular paperback size does not do it any justice at all.

I am giving up on reading Accelerando by Charles Stross mainly because it is just too strange and not as closely knit as I had originally hoped. I finished reading Halting State a few weeks ago and it was one of the best sci-fi books that I have ever read, so I purchased Accelerando on a whim not really sure what I was getting. I really enjoyed the beginning regardless of how strange it was, but once the first significant time shift occurs the novels fails to mesh back together cohesively. It is just too hard for me to read, so the next Stross that I pick up will be Glasshouse.

There are a number of books that I need to read anyway, namely anything by Gaiman, like Smoke and Mirrors. Also I think I want to read Brasyl by Ian McDonald. Anyway, sorry Chuck maybe the next read is better.