The Mousetrap (Agatha Christie)

Another collection of classic Christie mysteries, including a few with Miss Marple and Poirot. She is a clear master of the whodunit, but after a while they become rather bloodless puzzles, especially in this short form. There is nothing really there beyond the subtle clues set for you to find.

Double Sin (Agatha Christie)

This collection of short stories is a mixture of classic Dame Agatha, including several Poirot mysteries and a couple of Marples, mixed in with a few strange, atmospheric mysteries of a darker type: a doll that haunts a dressmaker's shop, a medium who manifests a dead child physically. I've never been a great fan of short stories, and these are pretty typical of what one would expect.

Year's Best Science Fiction, 18th Annual (ed. Gardner Dozois)

As with any collection, I liked some of these stories (deemed the best of 2000) better than others. Some just seemed to go on pointlessly (e.g. Cook & Hogan's Oracle Harvest). Others I just didn't quite get (e.g. Stross's Antibodies, though I usually like Stross). Some were entertaining (e.g. Fintushel's Milo & Sylvie) and some were very moving (e.g. Due's Patient Zero). I also got ideas for novels to put on my list!