"Bibliophile" by Jane Mount was a fun little illustrated collection of miscellaneous things book related. There were sections on cool bookstores and libraries from around the world, book recommendations from librarians and bookstore owners, even a section on authors' pets. I was glad that I've already read most of the books she talked about, otherwise my "to read" list would have grown exponentially. It was a nice celebration of all things books.
I was disappointed by the ending of "The Cabin at the End of the World" by Paul Tremblay. It started out quite good: Eric and Andrew are vacationing in a little cabin in Maine with their daughter, Wen. Four strangers show up and break into the cabin, demanding that they choose one of their family to sacrifice in order to stave off the apocalypse. Of course they are horrified and appalled and refuse to kill one of their own. I don't want to spoil it, but it was one of those books where you're never *quite* sure what's going on, which, when it's done correctly, is great ("Gone Girl" comes to mind as a good example of this). This book had me hooked until the end, when it just sort of fizzled out. It felt like he wrote himself into a corner and didn't really know how to get out of it. It was too bad, it was a good premise.
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