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Books I have read this year
Dec. 28th, 2008 07:33 pmMiss Manners Guide to the Painfully Proper Wedding - Judith Martin - yay! Miss Manners!
Lick of Frost - Laure? K. Hamilton - Yes, I read and like this trashy series. It took her 200 pages to get to the sex this time! Definitely it advanced the story.
Lick of Frost - Laure? K. Hamilton - Yes, I read and like this trashy series. It took her 200 pages to get to the sex this time! Definitely it advanced the story.
Books I have read this year
Dec. 26th, 2008 09:28 pmT is for Trespass - Sue Grafton - good
Wizard's Eleven - Sheri Tepper - very good.
Mavin Trilogy - (The Song of Mavin Manyshaped, The Flight of Mavin Manyshaped, The Search of Mavin Manyshaped) - Sheri Tepper - FANTASTIC! I especially like the way the last one ends.
Hogsfather - Terry Pratchett - very nice, a good Discworld.
Wizard's Eleven - Sheri Tepper - very good.
Mavin Trilogy - (The Song of Mavin Manyshaped, The Flight of Mavin Manyshaped, The Search of Mavin Manyshaped) - Sheri Tepper - FANTASTIC! I especially like the way the last one ends.
Hogsfather - Terry Pratchett - very nice, a good Discworld.
Books I have read this
Dec. 1st, 2008 09:26 pmThe Hunter's Tale - Margaret Frazer - one of a good series
The Bastard's Tale - Margaret Frazer - see above.
The Traitor's Tale - Margaret Frazer - see above.
R is for Ricochet - Sue Grafton - I read through Q some years ago, and it was nice to pick up the next one at the library.
S is for Silence - Sue Grafton - I guessed the killer!
The Bastard's Tale - Margaret Frazer - see above.
The Traitor's Tale - Margaret Frazer - see above.
R is for Ricochet - Sue Grafton - I read through Q some years ago, and it was nice to pick up the next one at the library.
S is for Silence - Sue Grafton - I guessed the killer!
Books I Have Read This Year
Nov. 13th, 2008 01:46 pm7th Heaven - James Patterson & some woman whose name was much smaller, and did not get an author photo on the back of the book - this book was forgettable, and grated on my nerves. I mean, each chapter is about 1-2 pages long, and text starts halfway down the first page of the chapter, so though it looks like a 100-150 page hardback, it is much closer to 50-70. This snapped me out of the book, and was very annoying. Get a better editor! The plot was consumable, the characters were pretty flat, and the chapter jumping was really annoying!
Books I Have Read This Year
Nov. 3rd, 2008 04:12 pmThe Enormous Room - E.E. Cummings - his experiences in a French detention camp during the First World War. I didn't like this book very much. I didn't really connect with the author, who was very insouciant about what was happening to him. It was mostly descriptions and vignettes, which didn't really speak to me.
Books I Have Read This Year
Oct. 24th, 2008 01:02 pmCyteen - C.J. Cherryh - awesome! Very slow start, but about a third of the way in, whoa! I will probably go back and finish Downbelow Station, which is set in the same universe. Have I mentioned how awesome C.J. Cherryh is?
Books I Have Read This Year
Oct. 16th, 2008 11:36 amThe Adventures of Alyx - Joanna Russ - interesting, and I am glad that I own it. I don't care for the not-explaining-much-of-anything narrative structure, but it was not horrible here.
King's Blood 4 - Sheri S. Tepper - Nice. I liked it, and will end up reading the whole series.
King's Blood 4 - Sheri S. Tepper - Nice. I liked it, and will end up reading the whole series.
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Oct. 7th, 2008 01:02 pmFever Season - ed. C. J. Cherryh - collection of short stories in Merovingen shared world. V. good.
Troubled Waters - same - same.
Mademoiselle Boleyn - Robin Maxwell - very good, interesting look at Anne Boleyn in the French court. A time period of her life I have not seen touched upon yet.
Troubled Waters - same - same.
Mademoiselle Boleyn - Robin Maxwell - very good, interesting look at Anne Boleyn in the French court. A time period of her life I have not seen touched upon yet.
Books I Have Read This Year
Sep. 30th, 2008 05:38 pmEmma books 6 & 7 - Kaoru Mori - graphic novels. Very good - I love the drawing.
Are You Somebody?- Nuala O'Faiolain - I think if I were Irish, or her contemporary, this book would have connected better with me. It was pretty good, but I suspect I would have gotten more out of it.
Fever Season - Barbara Hambly - Benjamin January. Most excellent.
The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger - Inspirational. I need to be more like her boss.
The War for the Oaks - Emma Bull - Tor's free pdf. Most awesome. I inhaled it, and want more!
A Sorceror's Treason - Sarah Zettel - I do like her writing a lot, and this book was very good. I am looking for the next 2, for more yummy goodness.
Are You Somebody?- Nuala O'Faiolain - I think if I were Irish, or her contemporary, this book would have connected better with me. It was pretty good, but I suspect I would have gotten more out of it.
Fever Season - Barbara Hambly - Benjamin January. Most excellent.
The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger - Inspirational. I need to be more like her boss.
The War for the Oaks - Emma Bull - Tor's free pdf. Most awesome. I inhaled it, and want more!
A Sorceror's Treason - Sarah Zettel - I do like her writing a lot, and this book was very good. I am looking for the next 2, for more yummy goodness.
Books I Have Read This Year
Sep. 1st, 2008 04:06 pmThe past month, in no particular order:
Ash: a Secret History- Mary Gentle - I liked it a lot, but the ending is distressingly abrupt.
The Commitment - Dan Savage - amusing, and enjoyable.
The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory - historical fiction, very good. Not all of hers become permanent in my library, but this one will.
Royal Harlot - Susan Holloway Scott - okay historical fiction, but I am pondering whether or not to keep it. I liked the fact that the protagonist likes sex.
The Godmother - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough - good, solid fiction.
New Amsterdam - Elizabeth Bear - Fantastic book of short stories, sort of steampunk, but not, with vampires. Most excellent, and a worthy use of a birthday gift card!
Marriage a la Mode - Elisabeth Fairchild - decent romance novel, might end up in the library.
Rumpole Misbehaves - John Mortimer - good solid Rumpole.
Girl in a Cage - Jane Yolen and Robert Harris - very good historical YA.
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons - I suspect I'm missing the jokes. I don't think I've read enough of what it was mocking to really get it.
A Place of Hiding - Elizabeth George - Lynley.
With No One As Witness - Elizabeth George - Lynley.
The Devil in Music - Kate Ross - Her books are enthralling, and I save them for when I need something this good to be read the first time. Alas, there is only one left that I have not read yet! (Historical mystery)
Crime Through Time - Miriam Grace Monfredo (ed.) - gotten only because of the Kate Ross short story. Decent read.
Some Deaths Before Dying - Peter Dickinson - okay, now I know what the fuss is about, and I will be assembling his other works as additions to my library.
The Little Engine that Could - Watty Piper - Did you know the Engine is female? I somehow missed that completely. A gift from a special Fish, and one well needed. It sits on my desk at work, reminding me that I can.
The New Moon's Arms - Nalo Hopkinson - very good sff.
Festival Moon - C.J. Cherryh (ed.) - collection of short stories set on Merovin by several different authors. Pretty good. Not sure if I will acquire it yet
Ash: a Secret History- Mary Gentle - I liked it a lot, but the ending is distressingly abrupt.
The Commitment - Dan Savage - amusing, and enjoyable.
The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory - historical fiction, very good. Not all of hers become permanent in my library, but this one will.
Royal Harlot - Susan Holloway Scott - okay historical fiction, but I am pondering whether or not to keep it. I liked the fact that the protagonist likes sex.
The Godmother - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough - good, solid fiction.
New Amsterdam - Elizabeth Bear - Fantastic book of short stories, sort of steampunk, but not, with vampires. Most excellent, and a worthy use of a birthday gift card!
Marriage a la Mode - Elisabeth Fairchild - decent romance novel, might end up in the library.
Rumpole Misbehaves - John Mortimer - good solid Rumpole.
Girl in a Cage - Jane Yolen and Robert Harris - very good historical YA.
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons - I suspect I'm missing the jokes. I don't think I've read enough of what it was mocking to really get it.
A Place of Hiding - Elizabeth George - Lynley.
With No One As Witness - Elizabeth George - Lynley.
The Devil in Music - Kate Ross - Her books are enthralling, and I save them for when I need something this good to be read the first time. Alas, there is only one left that I have not read yet! (Historical mystery)
Crime Through Time - Miriam Grace Monfredo (ed.) - gotten only because of the Kate Ross short story. Decent read.
Some Deaths Before Dying - Peter Dickinson - okay, now I know what the fuss is about, and I will be assembling his other works as additions to my library.
The Little Engine that Could - Watty Piper - Did you know the Engine is female? I somehow missed that completely. A gift from a special Fish, and one well needed. It sits on my desk at work, reminding me that I can.
The New Moon's Arms - Nalo Hopkinson - very good sff.
Festival Moon - C.J. Cherryh (ed.) - collection of short stories set on Merovin by several different authors. Pretty good. Not sure if I will acquire it yet
