From the Bookshelf
A few quick book recs:
Pegasus by Robin McKinley. Though I'll freely admit that Robin McKinley has never written a book I didn't like, I really liked Pegasus. As in, I'm threw a small fit in my computer chair when I realized that the second book isn't coming out until 2012. Pegasus was just a delight. I loved Sylvie and Ebon's friendship, her relationship with her parents, and her at times exasperation with what's expected of a princess. But what was most skillful is the way McKinley portrays the relationship of the humans and the pegasi, whose cultures are so different and who can't speak to each other without extreme difficulty. Also, though when I first heard that the pegasi have hands in her world I felt a bit leery of the idea, it really worked out and made them very different than just winged horses. And the cover is gorgeous--wish I could have it as a painting.
The Scorch Trials by James Dasher. This is the sequel to The Maze Runner, and I gobbled it down with the same speed I did the first book. Zombie-like terrors, desert crossings, mysteries within mysteries, deceit and betrayals--this book has a lot going on. But for such an action-packed book, I love how Dashner never skimps on the emotional resonence or his characters inner lives. Like the first one, this book ends on a cliff-hanger, so I can't wait for the third book and, hopefully, the secrets it will reveal about WICKED and its plans.
Plain Kate by Erin Bow. I'm writing this literally thirty minutes after finishing Plain Kate. And I have dinner to eat and a TU/OSU basketball game to get to, so that ought to tell you something. This book was really a pleasure to read. Quiet and understated, it introduces its world without a lot of flash and bang, but it doesn't need it. I loved Kate with her stubbornness and her practicalness. And I ending up reading about half of her cat Taggle's lines aloud to Matt or my office mates. Just the language itself is really lovely and often unexpected. I can't wait to see what Bow writes next.
So that's what I loved recently. How about you?
Pegasus by Robin McKinley. Though I'll freely admit that Robin McKinley has never written a book I didn't like, I really liked Pegasus. As in, I'm threw a small fit in my computer chair when I realized that the second book isn't coming out until 2012. Pegasus was just a delight. I loved Sylvie and Ebon's friendship, her relationship with her parents, and her at times exasperation with what's expected of a princess. But what was most skillful is the way McKinley portrays the relationship of the humans and the pegasi, whose cultures are so different and who can't speak to each other without extreme difficulty. Also, though when I first heard that the pegasi have hands in her world I felt a bit leery of the idea, it really worked out and made them very different than just winged horses. And the cover is gorgeous--wish I could have it as a painting.
The Scorch Trials by James Dasher. This is the sequel to The Maze Runner, and I gobbled it down with the same speed I did the first book. Zombie-like terrors, desert crossings, mysteries within mysteries, deceit and betrayals--this book has a lot going on. But for such an action-packed book, I love how Dashner never skimps on the emotional resonence or his characters inner lives. Like the first one, this book ends on a cliff-hanger, so I can't wait for the third book and, hopefully, the secrets it will reveal about WICKED and its plans.
Plain Kate by Erin Bow. I'm writing this literally thirty minutes after finishing Plain Kate. And I have dinner to eat and a TU/OSU basketball game to get to, so that ought to tell you something. This book was really a pleasure to read. Quiet and understated, it introduces its world without a lot of flash and bang, but it doesn't need it. I loved Kate with her stubbornness and her practicalness. And I ending up reading about half of her cat Taggle's lines aloud to Matt or my office mates. Just the language itself is really lovely and often unexpected. I can't wait to see what Bow writes next.
So that's what I loved recently. How about you?
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