Regular readers of this blog will, no doubt, have noted my seemingly insatiable taste for near-pointless listing and weighing/sorting of stuff. The latest to occur is this: what new book are you most excited about that is going to be published during 2005?

Now, allowing that Midnighters 3: Blue Noon is at least a year away, and that Coode Street long since abandoned waiting for anything by George R.R. Martin (though it’s a pleasure when it comes), I’d have to say for this little black duck, it’s hands-down, without-a-doubt Kelly Link’s Magic for Beginners. Don’t get me wrong here – I’m excited about Rangergirl, Hearts of Whiteness, Fifty Degrees Below and many others – but Magic is on my mind. Can’t wait to see it. So, how about you? Are you waiting for Transcendant, The Coyote Road, or something else? ‘Fess up.