Reading notes

Recently finished
Y: The Last Man, Book 9: Motherland
So desperate was I to learn how this story will end (Book 10 will not be released until June) that I visited the local comic book store. This is not part of my usual errand run, I'll tell you. I don't know... I was half expecting a dingy shop with only one way in -- and out -- and a scary man looming over the counter, shelves of dusty action figures and Star Trek memorabilia framing his head of unwashed hair.

Well, there was no dust on either the action figures or the Star Trek memorabilia, and the man, whose height ruled out looming and whose hair had definitely been washed within the last two days, was quite helpful. He found issues 56, 59, and 60 of the comic in the store and will have 55, 57, and 58 for me next Wednesday.

By the way, I first caught the graphic novel "bug" from Girl Detective and Book Moot. You can read about my favorites here, here, and here.

Nearly finished
Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
I am thoroughly enjoying this sci-fi/time travel adventure. I am actually most invested in the present-day action: the doting professor worrying about his student, who has been transported back to the Middle Ages -- just as the Black Plague begins its fatal sweep across the land.

Reviewing
The Ten-Year Nap (Meg Wolitzer)
A fan of Wolitzer's previous novels -- The Wife and The Position -- I expected to enjoy this book. And I am. More when I finish reading.

Recently acquired
The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street (Charles Nicholl)
What the Dead Know (Laura Lippman; hat tip to Girl Detective)