book list, May 2009; on the death of my sneakers

It's time for the continuing adventures of Liz and her reading list! These are the books I read in May 2009. (Click on the cuts for summaries and reactions. I reserve the right to spoil all hell out of any book if spoilery bits are what I feel like talking about.)

New: 7
---Envy of the Gods, John Prevas ( nonfiction - ACTIVELY DISRECOMMENDED )

---Salt and Silver, Anna Katherine ( paranormal romance )

---Vulcan's Glory, D. C. Fontana ( sci-fi )

---My Enemy, My Ally, Diane Duane ( sci-fi )

---The Vulcan Academy Murders, Jean Lorrah ( sci-fi )

---How Much for Just the Planet?, John M. Ford ( sc-fi )

---Star Trek, Alan Dean Foster, adapted from a script by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman ( film novelization )

Old: 2
---I Am Spock, Leonard Nimoy ( nonfiction )

---The Wounded Sky, Diane Duane ( sci-fi )

May Total: 9 books (plus several magazines, a few newspapers, and a ridiculous amount of fanfiction)

Year to Date: 34 books (17 new, 17 old)

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On a completely different subject, my glee at my new apartment is partially offset by my annoyance at the death of my latest pair of sneakers.

I sat down this evening at work to remove a stone from my right shoe, and noticed that I could see light inside said shoe, down near the toe. This is never a good sign. Closer investigation revealed that the join between the sole and the upper section has an irreparable tear at least an inch long. "Oh," I said, "no wonder my sock got sopping wet when it rained a few days ago."

So on Wednesday, I have to take a bus to the mall and buy new sneakers.

I think this pair lasted about 11 months. I don't really expect sneakers to make it much past a year -- I am hard on my shoes -- but I was hoping these would hold out until August. *sigh*