Kristen recommends 31 books for the Halloween season on her book blog.

Quoted: I made this list of 31 books from my own collection that I think are befitting the spooky season that is autumn.

Quoted: It's less than a month before the release of Neal "Snow Crash" Stephenson's new novel Anathem, and you're probably starting to wonder what the hell that title means. Never fear — Amazon has just posted this video of Stephenson explaining the title, as well as many of the other words and ideas he invented for this epic about science monks on another...

Quoted: Thanks to Davis' involvement and admiration for the Walsh's version of the comic, Ballantine Books will soon be publishing a book inspired by "Garfield Minus Garfield." In the book, readers will see both the original strip and the one in which Garfield has been removed.

I will probably get this.

Quoted: Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, has a new book coming out in September called Anathem. The plot has been shrouded in secrecy, though Stephenson has said in a few interviews that it will involve aliens and math.

Refaving Eric for K.

Quoted: For Rushdie, as for the artists he writes about, the pen is a magician’s wand. There is more magic than realism in this latest novel. But it is, I think, one of his best. If The Enchantress of Florence doesn’t win this year’s Man Booker I’ll curry my proof copy and eat it.

Quoted: The Poetical Works Of The Ingenious And Learned William Meston, Meston, William Meston, Hardcover, Book, ISBN: 0548380023, Barnes & Noble.com

Oh yeah! Just added this to the ol' wishlist.

Quoted: It goes without saying that robots kill. They hunt, swarm, and fire lasers from their eyes. They even beat humans at chess. So who better to stand with us when the real villains arrive?

Xmas present.

Quoted: Esteemed historian David McCullough covers the military side of the momentous year of 1776 with characteristic insight and a gripping narrative, adding new scholarship and a fresh perspective to the beginning of the American Revolution.

Quoted: The Web Testing Companion: The Insider's Guide to Efficient and Effective Tests By Lydia Ash

My name in Lydia's book on Software Testing.