Finished Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal on September 21. My wife started reading this one on a road trip, and I picked it up when we got back. I thought it was alright - good insight into a culture I wouldn't otherwise get. I did expect it to be more dramatic as it went along, but I was a little disappointed. All in all, I'd recommend it.
Finished Quantum Night by Robert J. Sawyer on October 16. I picked this one up at the library because I really like Illegal Alien by the same author. This one was good in places, but I felt like the ending was disappointing. I think Mr. Sawyer writes like I do in some ways (or I like he?), including endings that are a little too abrupt.
In between these two, I gave up on a book called Beyond the First Draft - The Art of Fiction, by John Casey. This was another book I'm probably just not smart enough to read, but I was hoping (based on the title) for a discussion of techniques to take a first draft and push it toward a final draft. I'm still not sure if the book offers that as I didn't get that far into it before I decided it didn't match my style or what I was looking for.
