01-06-2026, 09:49 PM
#4: Constituent Services by John Scalzi washed the unpleasantness of the first three books of the year out of my mind. This novella was a delight from start to finish. The delightfully smart, capable, and unflappable heroine, Ashley Perrin, manages to provide top notch, capable assistance to the citizens of the Third District, whether they are scam artists assaulting public transport with a chicken or aliens with excessive curiosity about touching her hair. I loved every word. Scalzi knows how to keep me turning pages and manages to make me snort with laughter at least a couple of times.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.