I read Archangel (and the night i finished it had a weird dream about flooding :) ) and really liked it. It felt formulaic at times, but it was sort of something i noticed in passing, and simultaneously i thought, "But it's executed so well," and obviously everything's formulaic when you boil it down. And of course i had much love for the theology debating :)

I'm gonna have to read The Historian next, 'cause it's a new book so there's a waitlist and i don't wanna keep people waiting, but i definitely intend to read the rest of the Samaria books.

Murderous Maids didn't make me think of any of my friends as in "Dude, i know people like that," but more like, "Oh, that sounds reminiscent of movies like Heavenly Creatures and thus makes me think of my friends who love that movie."