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Andrea’s 2021 Year in Books
Take a look at Andrea’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
Andrea K. Höst’s Followers (779)
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Andrea K. Höst
Goodreads Author
Born
in Sweden
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
Member Since
May 2010
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/andreakhost
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Stray (Touchstone, #1)
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2011
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10 editions
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Lab Rat One (Touchstone, #2)
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2011
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Caszandra (Touchstone, #3)
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2011
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4 editions
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Gratuitous Epilogue (Touchstone, #4)
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2011
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3 editions
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And All the Stars
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2012
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5 editions
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The Silence of Medair (Medair, #1)
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2010
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5 editions
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Hunting
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2013
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4 editions
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Champion of the Rose (Darest, #1)
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2010
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The Touchstone Trilogy
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2011
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Voice of the Lost (Medair, #2)
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2011
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Checking in to say still here, still working on Four Kings!
After coming across a few videos of people using AI art generators, I couldn't resist running some of my book titles through the prompts to see what I got. I used https://creator.nightcafe.studio/
Here's the results! Comment if you can guess which book titles they are! [Or hover over the picture for the image name!]
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Before picking this up I did a quick scan of reviews and noted a handful that criticised the story for being Mary Sue-ish - the main character being overpowered and having everyone love her. Being overpowered in a lit rpg is practically a feature of t ...more |
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| Well-written, but couldn't quite get into it (a pity, since it's one of the few female-written female-lead Western litrpgs I could find). I've read a whole bunch of (particularly Chinese web) novels about 'holographic' games - especially ones where p ...more | |
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| The first lit rpg (stories that are linked to or use some form of the systems of a roleplaying or computer game) I read was Quag Keep, long before the term came into being. It's become a genre heavily dominated by male writers, with primarily male pr ...more | |
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| I found this very interesting, giving a background of authorial life details at the time of writing each of her books. Some fun tidbits too, such as Heyer disliking Ngaio Marsh's Alleyn. [Though, if she'd only read the first couple of Alleyn books th ...more | |
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Basically a kind of advertisement for England - I'd recommend it for anyone feeling homesick, or perhaps planning a holiday there. Also greatly appreciate the introduction of the term 'holloway'. A word/concept that just aches to be pivotal in a novel ...more |
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Bryson's an accomplished storyteller, and so can make entertaining a survey of parts of the human body, and the progress of medical science toward vaguely understanding them. I won't rate it on the science, since it's been a while since I made any stu ...more |
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| Definitely one of the more unusual childhoods I've encountered. Also an admirably happy marriage, which is nice to see. ...more | |
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| On a similar line to the first but (as with John Smith's writing) with more of an awareness of being funny. Though pleasant enough to listen to, not truly compelling. ...more | |
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| Interesting for the process of growth and change and evolution of a media property. Feels a little laboured in parts as it tries to echo the humour of the source. | |
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| Gentle village saga. Harriet was fabulous, and I liked Caroline, despite her apparent desire to be a doormat. | |
“I blame Doctor Who. Mr Spock. The Scooby Gang: both the ones in the Mystery Machine and the ones with the stakes. I've spent my life with stories of people who don't walk away, who go back for their friends, who make that last stand. I've been brainwashed by Samwise Gamgee.”
― Stray
― Stray
“A metric fuckton of dumb so epically mind-destroyingly beyond a bad idea that there's not a chance they would go there.”
― Lab Rat One
― Lab Rat One
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| The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2011: Reading Plans | 44 | 301 | Aug 20, 2011 01:54PM | |
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| Challenge: 50 Books: Vicki's 2011 Books | 13 | 61 | Dec 10, 2011 06:01AM | |
| Building a SciFi/...: Favorite Fantasy Written by a Woman | 115 | 1530 | Oct 10, 2012 04:19PM | |
| Aussie Readers: 2012 Aussie Authors - with a twist! | 491 | 394 | Dec 21, 2012 07:26PM | |
| SOS: Serious Over...: FL1: Team #7 ~ Curious Raccoons | 320 | 89 | Apr 09, 2013 04:39PM | |
| Australian Women ...: Speculative fiction reviews | 145 | 101 | Jul 01, 2013 06:47PM | |
| Aussie Readers: Annual Aussie Author Challenge 2013 | 632 | 378 | Dec 21, 2013 09:08PM |
“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”
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“Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.”
― The Silent Speaker
― The Silent Speaker
“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
― A Civil Campaign
― A Civil Campaign
“Horses are of a breed unique to Fantasyland. They are capable of galloping full-tilt all day without a rest. Sometimes they do not require food or water. They never cast shoes, go lame or put their hooves down holes, except when the Management deems it necessary, as when the forces of the Dark Lord are only half an hour behind. They never otherwise stumble. Nor do they ever make life difficult for Tourists by biting or kicking their riders or one another. They never resist being mounted or blow out so that their girths slip, or do any of the other things that make horses so chancy in this world. For instance, they never shy and seldom whinny or demand sugar at inopportune moments. But for some reason you cannot hold a conversation while riding them. If you want to say anything to another Tourist (or vice versa), both of you will have to rein to a stop and stand staring out over a valley while you talk. Apart from this inexplicable quirk, horses can be used just like bicycles, and usually are. Much research into how these exemplary animals come to exist has resulted in the following: no mare ever comes into season on the Tour and no stallion ever shows an interest in a mare; and few horses are described as geldings. It therefore seems probable that they breed by pollination. This theory seems to account for everything, since it is clear that the creatures do behave more like vegetables than mammals. Nomads appears to have a monopoly on horse-breeding. They alone possess the secret of how to pollinate them.”
― The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
― The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
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Andrea, thank you for accepting my friend request.I've downloaded and look forward to reading Stray.
Wishing you the very best!
Taylor wrote: "I ordered the paperback version and it arrived today. I'm so stoked! I can't wait to read it again! I'm talking about And All The Stars."I hope it works well for you in the re-read. :)
I ordered the paperback version and it arrived today. I'm so stoked! I can't wait to read it again! I'm talking about And All The Stars.
Taylor wrote: "I must say that And All the Stars is one of the best books I have ever read."I'm glad you liked it Taylor. :)
I must say that And All the Stars is one of the best books I have ever read.
Louise wrote: "can't wait for the novel to come out down under, And All the Stars sounds exciting."It's as out as it will be in Australia. Not available in stores except by special order. (Can take around six weeks for it to show up on catalogue listings though.)
Wendy Darling wrote: "This excites me GREATLY. You have no idea. Thanks for the heads up! Now you'll have to put up with us harassing you about it from now until then, hah.I'm not sure any amount of harassment could overcome my current Star Wars: The Old Republic addiction. But I am making progress. It'll be a next year release I think.
Andrea wrote: "Thanks for the friend request, Wendy!As for the survivalist story...well, it mutated somewhat, but...
You and Flannery totally derailed me from thebook I was theoretically putting out in March, and I've been working on this ever since. Though have only managed to move the poor girl an inch or two."
This excites me GREATLY. You have no idea. Thanks for the heads up! Now you'll have to put up with us harassing you about it from now until then, hah.
And thank you for accepting! I'm glad to be in touch more regularly. :)
