Read/reading: Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link, Codename Prague by D. Harlan Wilson.

Magic For Beginners was ridiculous and strange and inspiring in the sense that it reminded me that sometimes, simplicity is the key to telling a spellbinding story. Kelly Link’s style is very approachable, and it’s left up to the reader whether to contemplate the ramifications of each line or leave it as it is. A few moment’s reflection, and I found myself falling in love with this book.

Codename Prague is a short novel (not quite a novella, I don’t think) by a madman called D. Harlan Wilson. I have the first in this so-called trilogy, called Dr. Identity, and it’s fair to say that Wilson’s kicked me out of more than one slump in my own writing in the past. This is shaping up to be just as odd and brilliant.