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What I've read lately:

They Found Him Dead, by Georgette Heyer, as an iPhone book. One of her contemporary mysteries. Definitely meh. There's no way to figure out whodunit honestly, and I disliked enough of the characters that I really didn't care.

Guilt-Edged Ivory, by Doris Egan. The third of the Ivory trilogy. I enjoyed this one, as I did the other two. I only wish there were more; the series is definitely open-ended. The is the first of the bedside pile o' books that I got to put away, so it's a very minor triumph.

Shadows in Flight, by Orson Scott Card. From the library. Wow. Card is often problematical, but this is the first time I've found him boring. I yawned my way through this one, and found it annoying as well. Luckily, it was short.

Venetia, by Georgette Heyer, as an iPhone book. The last of my Heyers, this was an enjoyable one to finish on.

What I'm currently reading:

carried over from last week:
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris, as a kitchen book
The Silver Stallion, by James Branch Cabell, as a bathroom book. Still slogging, about four-fifths through.

Owlflight, by Mercedes Lackey, on the iPhone. I listened to this as an audiobook several years ago, but was in a mood to read the books as actual books.

Wizards, an anthology of wizard-related stories from the pile by the bedside. Lots of name authors, mostly enjoyable stories. I'm about halfway through.

The Scalzi Subterranean Super Bundle, a collection of John Scalzi chapbooks in ebook format. I started to read this on the iPhone, but the formatting is such that it doesn't work -- the font and spacing don't want to be changed, and they work much better in the full-page format of the iPad. If I didn't have an iPad, I would have been quite annoyed.

What I plan to read:

Jurgen, by James Branch Cabell, once I finish The Silver Stallion.

Owlsight and Owlknight, by Mercedes Lackey, on the iPhone.

More books from the pile by the bedside.