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bookshelves: 2009, 8, ebooks, fantasy
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"I'm enjoying Cal's snarky, cynical attitude. Fun so far."
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bookshelves: 2009, 9, fantasy, library
I really enjoyed this book. It's got such a solidity to it, that doesn't degenerate into grittiness of grit's sake. I like a solid book, but I don't need colossal doses of angst, filth and despair to go with that. There will be more to say once I've gathered my thoughts, and I'll add it once I've written it. ]]>
Stefan, I'm going to ask a strange question here. If the first book in a series has been read by the group, does that mean that number 2 has to be nominated next?
To be more specific, I'm thinking of Joan D. Vinge's Tiamat series. Book 1 is The Snow Queen and as best as I can tell, has been read twice by the group. The second is World's End which is a smaller book about an important incident where most of the action is perepheral to the main story except the very end. Finally there is the third book, The Summer Queen which I believe completes the story.
I've read the first two books, but never made it through the third, so ideally I'd like to nominate that one.
If that is possible, I nominate The Summer Queen for SF. If it's not, then I'll go back and nominate World's End instead.
For fantasy I nominate Moon Called by Patricia Briggs for something different. ]]>
At the moment I'm slowly reading my way through Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier. It's my first book by the author and I'm really enjoying it. It's not always an easy read, but I'm finding it deft, all internally consistent and satisfying.
A good friend raved about how good the fourth book, Heir to Sevenwaters, was and I was interested, but being me I had to start at the beginning. I'm feeling it was worth it. I have the book from the library, but I think I'll buy my own copies of the series in paperback.
I'm books and books behind you in the Bujold series, which is very frustrating as I love all the books and was so looking forward to rereading them. But somehow it just hasn't happened. Maybe I just need to load up Cordelia's Honor on the iPhone and dive into reading Barrayar regardless of the fact I'm currently reading other books as well. ]]>