A poem for today

Here I will write in my bloggy
The Midwest today is so soggy
I believe even a froggy
    Would agree we've had far too much rain
Tiger cages not fit for a hoggy
I had to wipe mud off my doggy
I find I'm becoming quite groggy
    You see, it's affecting my brain
I'd like to go out for a joggy
But my driveway's so thoroughly boggy
I would submerge and soon cloggy
    My lungs with this slop I disdain
When I drive my windows get foggy
But walking is horribly sloggy
So I'll sit like a bump on a loggy
    Desperately reaching to end this quatrain

... I think I'd better give up now.

Book review: Bitter Waters

Today's book review is Bitter Waters by Wen Spencer.

This is the third book in the Ukiah Oregon series.  Reading it without having first read Alien Taste and Tainted Trail is not recommended.

This book continues to have plenty of exciting action, but I fear it's starting to strain my suspension of disbelief.  The nature of the aliens that drive the plot seems a little too fluid, seeming to change (subtly, not hugely, but still changing) as the plot needs.  And we're getting some religious/metaphysical stuff that is actually plot-driving as opposed to something we can just take as people's own personal world view, such that the book is no longer pure SF.  I still find the characters engaging, but I certainly hope these trends don't continue, or I may be ready to give up on the series before the author.

Overall, I think I should give it a 6 out of 10.  A little weaker than the last book, but still fun as long as I don't think about it too much.

( plot summary )