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Some interesting diagrams, but a lot of weird cosmological material that I'm not really keen on.

Awesome. Really good explanations of how the patterns are derived. Lots of beautiful diagrams.

I thought most of these were only okay.

Good description.

Randomly grabbed off of my roommate's bookshelf. Man, I hope this was better in the original Spanish.

Extremely detailed. You get the sense that the author knows how much change each character has in their pocket at all times. And that it matters. Amazingly engrossing for a novel about British inheritance law.

I think O'Brian has written himself into a corner. The lead characters, the ones we really care about, are too settled. As a result, all of the interpersonal tension in this book focuses on secondary characters, and a lot of the action takes place in stories that one character tells to another, rather than in the main narrative.

Very good. A solid adventure novel, with lots of evocative references to a fascinating historical period. At the same time, it gives the reader a lot to think about. Well balanced.

Fantasy/Horror book centering on a rivalry between two stage magicians. Neat premise. Good execution. I was worried that it was going to leave me wondering what had happened at the end, but, if anything, it did the opposite and explained a little too much.

Only decent. Again, this one was too easy.

This one seemed a little too clear, almost over-explained. But I didn't understand why some of the threads were there. Maybe I missed something big.

This turned out to be a bit younger than I'd anticipated. A pretty good boy's adventure story.

A fairly light but informative history of the British Longitude Prizes, focused on the development of the marine chronometer. I read the illustrated version, which I thought added a lot.

This one seemed like it was a little too easy.