Reading roundup

[hamsterwoman]

I've had quite a bit of time for reading in the two months of vacation, and have been keeping my usual reading log, more or less. So here's the backlog:

31. David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry (Book 4 - I think - of the Belgariad) -- I've read some number of things by Eddings(es), and had always thought him/them to be a bit of a hack. Then, last

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[aome]

Re: Swordspoint - It's been a couple of years since I read that, so I've forgotten a lot of the details, but I remember being struck by a couple of things.
1) How completely open sexuality is in this universe - I mean, no one bats an eye as to whether people are m/f, m/m, f/f, changing every other day, or what. I've never read any other book where it wasn't *some* kind of issue, even if it was generally accepted.
2) That there wasn't really any grand climax. Okay, Alec was captured (if I remember rightly) and then freed and ... then the story ends, and I remember thinking ... "that's it?" I guess I had expected more in terms of plot development and crescendo. The story overall I found okay, but not whelming enough to pursue it further - in fact, I didn't know there WAS a sequel. You said you think the writing is better in that one?

Oh, and I remember completely missing the clues that Richard was illiterate until about halfway through. :P

If you ever want to read Lamb, I could lend it to you (unless, of course, your library already has it). It's in three main parts: Jesus' childhood, his young-adulthood (the 'missing years' between youth and suddenly appearing to do his 3-year Messianic stint) wherein he pursues different philophies, and the aforementioned final three years/death. You've probably heard that it's all told from the POV of Jesus' Best Friend Biff. I found the "childhood" segment to be hilarious, the young-adulthood kind of hit-and-miss, and, of course, the finale is a lot more serious. So - the whole tone changes throughout the book and, like the "You Suck", wasn't a consistent LOL page-turner. But it was entertaining enough, as long as you're not the type to be offended by the idea of Jesus attempting Buddhism in the Himalayas. :D

[hamsterwoman]

OK... for some reason LJ apparently posted my reply as a separate comment on the post and now won't let me copy it... or link to it... *sigh* Um, it's thataway

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