Kitty and the Silver Bullet

Carrie Vaughn is one of my new favorite authors. I walked into the local bookstore before Christmas and just happened to look at her section of the shelf. There was the new book, KITTY AND THE SILVER BULLET, a full two weeks before its scheduled release date of January 1, 2008 (Causing my cousin to ask how I bought a book with a 2008 copyright). Of course, I immediately snapped it up and began reading it in line. But I was able to control myself because I knew I'd want to savor this novel. And was it worth the wait. I think I liked it better than the previous three.
Our heroine, Kitty the Werewolf, is living in Pueblo and doing her radio show when circumstances force her to return to Denver. Once the plot started rolling, I didn't want to put the book down (although during the day I read what the baby wanted and once my wife turned the lights out at bed time, I gladly stopped reading) But on the Metro, I almost missed my stop a couple of times and there was that once when I didn't get off the train at the end of the line and almost got shut in. For Christmas, I gave my young cousin the entire set of Kitty books and she read them all within the five days before we saw her again. She thought they were great as well.Carrie is one of the few authors I've met outside of a signing event (COSine, a fun little con in Colorado Springs) and she is perfectly charming. She will have a new Kitty book out in the fall and is featured in the new WILD CARDS collection, INSIDE STRAIGHT.

Currently Reading:
ELEANOR VS. IKE by Robin Gerber
THE PRIVILEGE OF THE SWORD by Ellen Kushner
WILD CARDS - INSIDE STRAIGHT edited by George R.R. Miller
BEFORE DISHONOR by Peter David

And starting tonight:
Whatever homework is assigned by Profs Root and Mayer