Eat any good books lately?

[chronovore]

I like Scalzi just about all the time, but I thought I had read all the Old Man's War sequel stuff. Apparently not — I'm reading The Ghost Brigades now, and holy shit it's great. Pretty much makes the lite fare™ he's doing lately feel like he's phoning it in. He's trying more challenging stuff on just about every front: story, characterization, pacing, and description of action. 

I'm enjoying it so much that I'm feeling dumb for enjoying his most recent, Starter Villain, though it was a simple tale based off a quick gimmick — I mean, it's almost like SV was targeted as a pitch for a prestige TV series.