I don't remember that book either, Deena. You could post it on Fiction-L, and see if it pings anyone's memory there.

[ETA: xpost, of course!]

Just finished Laurie King's latest standalone, Keeping Watch, and really enjoyed it. It's tied in with Folly, but you don't need to have read that to follow the plot.

About half of the book is a pretty standard (but still well done) Vietnam vet memoir, the other half is a mystery involving an abused child, and whether he's turned out to be as psychotic as his abuser. Creepy and very good at making you second-guess everything the kid does.

Thanks, Kim, you're awesome. I'm going to add that to my list of things to get for Kara as she grows.

Is it completely silly to make an Amazon wish list for the baby?

No, it's wonderful!

Aimee, what a fabulous idea!

And that reminds me, I have a couple of parenting books I'm looking to pass on.

Sears / The breastfeeding book
Eliot / What's going on in there?

If any of the currently/recently sprogged Buffistas want them, just send an email to my profile address.

The best Arthur book to me, aside from Mallory, is Rosemary Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset, with Arthur as a chieftain trying to hold civilization together in post-Roman Britain. Rosemary Sutcliff is one of my favorites anyway; her books set me off on my adolescent obsession with Roman Britain.

Ginger, sistah! I pimp Sutcliff whenever I can, and I'm bummed that much of her Roman Britain stuff is OOP.

I know I'm not the only former SR fan who stopped bothering to buy his stuff after repeat disappointments.

Indeed not. I came close to throwing one of the Callahan's collections across the room. Something about brothels and a nuclear bomb, and it was just awful. Granted, the Callahan's books were never brilliant, but they just got worse and worse. I won't read him anymore, although I adored Stardancer when I was 15.

I didn't splurge at Powell's too much, but I did get 5 books. I'll do the full list when I'm at home so I get the authors right.

Dani, I would love them!!

I think I still have your address filed away from the sekrit gift exchange, Aimee. Let me check & if I can't find it I'll email you.

The breastfeeding book is particularly good for practical advice, if you don't mind a little crunchy-granola. The other one is a fascinating (and accessible) read about neurological development.

Oooh...I like granola!

And now, I sorta want granola.

Consuela, I certainly pimp Sutcliff at every opportunity, and I've given The Lantern Bearers and Eagle of the Ninth to practically every teenager I know. Have you read her memoirs, Blue Remembered Hills?