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Much to my surprise I finished Scalzi’s The Ghost Brigades over lunch today. It was a very very quick read…I was disappointed it was over. I really do like Scalzi’s style of writing, I’m kind of bummed I didn’t pick up Old Man’s War and The Ghost Brigades sooner.

One thing I noticed while reading Whatever today (and I’m sure on other occasions as well), that Scalzi prides himself that his novels can stand alone, despite being a part of a series. I must agree with him on the Ghost Brigades, you can get through it having not read Old Man’s War, but having read it added another dimension to the book. I look forward to picking up The Last Colony sometime soon, as it will close out the story on this universe…at least for now. Maybe John will decide to write another saga, perhaps about how the Colonial Union got started, ect. Then again, maybe part of that is covered in The Last Colony.

Anyway, outside of that, Chris got home last night. Of course her luggage didn’t. As a matter of fact, the last time she saw her nice new blue suitcase was when she checked it with British Airways in Chicago. Yeah. Over a week, having to replace things in a foreign country where trying to ask for Socks was sometimes a difficult proposition. I know she still saw some neat things, but I think it pretty much ruined her trip because of the amount of stress it caused. I feel really bad for her. But I’m glad that she’s home safe.

Back to books….the next one on the list to read is another Scalzi book, the last of his for a bit, and is The Android’s Dream. I’m interested to see how that turns out. Its in no way related to the other of his books I’ve read, and I look forward to it. After that I might pick up book three of The Dark Tower…or who knows what else…we’ve got a number of things on the bookshelf I’ve not read yet.

18 down, 32 to go.