Comments | desfontaines: Books for the Year

desfontaines

Books for the Year

Dec 30, 2006 10:23

At the start of this year, I decided to keep track of the books I read. I actually set it up as a private journal entry on 01-01, and it was easy to go back to it each time I needed to add another title ( Read more... )

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desfontaines December 30 2006, 18:09:38 UTC

If I'm remembering correctly, I liked the story of Venus better, but the writing in Courtesan was better.

Eragon was fun -- I want to read the rest of the series.

Kushiel's Dart was one of those "I definately don't LOVE it, but I absolutely DON'T want to put it down." Another one that I want to continue with the series, although not for awhile.

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desfontaines December 30 2006, 23:35:58 UTC

Cool! Thank you!

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saltatoria December 30 2006, 15:51:22 UTC

I'm curious about how you felt about "Kushiel's Dart". I think we might have talked about it at some point, but I could be confusing you with someone else.

desfontaines December 30 2006, 18:17:45 UTC

I don't think we ever talked about it. In fact, I don't think we've seen each other since the book was handed to me.

I have a friend who was completely enchanted by the series, all the way to the point that she wants the same tattoo on her back; it definately did not strike similar chords in myself. However, the political intrigue was absolutely compelling.

And yay on stealing the idea! :)

saltatoria December 30 2006, 19:10:39 UTC

See, for me, it was easier to get into the courtesan storyline than the political stuff. It was intriguing, but I kept getting confused. I had to keep names on a list next to me so I could keep everyone straight.

I started reading the second one in the series. It's just as good, but I keep putting it aside to rest my brain. Too many brass hats. ;)

Oh, and I want the tattoo as well, but a much smaller version. I haven't decided where to put it yet.

desfontaines December 30 2006, 23:33:34 UTC

It's a cool design... I'm just a little perplexed by the idea of doing it to cover one's entire back. :)

saltatoria December 30 2006, 15:56:21 UTC

Oh, and I'm totally stealing this idea. I'm going to go for fifty next year too. :)

tina_inara December 30 2006, 16:27:45 UTC

Yes, great idea; I'm stealing it too!:-)

Brust rocks.

desfontaines December 30 2006, 18:18:45 UTC

Yay for stealing idea! I do need to read Dragon and Dzur still. I'm glad that Jody introduced me to the Vlad books!

tina_inara December 31 2006, 00:39:23 UTC

Fritz got me hooked on them; I've read all of them so far, and LOVE them! Can't wait for the next one to come out. In the meantime, I'd like to read the Khaavren books.

akitrom December 30 2006, 18:27:33 UTC

I'm curios about TIME and NEWSWEEK. I subscribe to the latter and only occaissionally pick up the former, but it seems they overlap a good deal. (Not just in news reporting, but in arts and education articles, too. )

How much are you getting, reading both?

desfontaines December 30 2006, 23:35:32 UTC

Enough to be worth the entire $4 I payed to have both of them for a year. :) Not to mention the tax write-off for donating them to the library. Some stuff overlaps, but definately not everything. I am noticing, though, that as time goes on I'm skipping more and more articles in both of them.