Books of 2010

9. The No Asshole Rule - Robert I. Sutton, PhD

The subtitle of this book is "Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't". Definitely it's one I wish I could give to my organization but that wouldn't think that it applied to them. I did get some good ideas on dealing, though.

How to handle the assholes I work with every day, how they affect the performance of others, how to try and keep the negativity in check, how to keep yourself from becoming one of them and why they have some good points.

Recommendation: Totally recommend it. Nonfiction goodness - 5 outta 5 stars or books or whatever.

Received: borrowed from library.

Books of 2010

8. Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett.

I love Pratchett's books and this one was as good as I expected. Only confusion I'm sure anyone will have is the U.S. vs. everyone else's idea of football. This was soccer, but more that soccer. It always seems that while there's humor and an obvious story, there's also an underlying truth about humankind floating thru the story too.

Anyway, awesomeness.

Contest Win - Old Faves

7. Stardoc - S. L. Viehl. I won a contest on her blog for a copy and since my originals are still packed away, I was really excited to see it show up in the mail Tuesday. And then I promptly stayed up until 4 in the morning reading it all over again.

Definitely recommending this to sci fi readers out there, Viehl writes a compelling character based story that grabs you and doesn't let go even after you've finished the last page. I have to go dig the rest of the series out of storage now.

PS - I read for fun, not profit and anything I put up here I've won, bought or checked out of the library. I don't get paid for saying I like or dislike something.

Books

2. The Dragon Book - ed. by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

I liked it. Lots of little short stories, some better than others. I liked Naomi Novik's short - it gave a little background story to her Temeraire world.

3. Leviathan - by Scott Westerfeld

I cannot wait to read the next one in the series. (Behemoth) Steampunk vs. Darwin science and it's fascinating. And I love the cover.

4, 5, and 6. These are by Megan Whalen Turner - The Thief, The Queen of Attolia, and The King of Attolia.

Got these as a recommend from the Book Smugglers and I am going to happily recommend to others. Fantastic storyline about a thief and what he's sent to steal and how that all works out. At least, that's the first book. :)

Nothing I didn't like in this batch, good books all around.

First Book of the Year

"The Mermaid's Madness" - by Jim C. Hines. Strong female characters, interesting twists. I'd definitely recommend to others. I'm looking forward to the next one about Little Red Riding Hood.

Torchwood

Not as good as the Doctor, actually.