I added a couple of folks in the last several weeks, on LJ and DW, and realized I never actually linked to my intro post from DW, so let me do that now (for anyone who's interested; it's fairly long and definitely not anything that people ~need~ to know): LJ/DW, since it's a locked post.

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Spent some time browsing the newly open Yuletide tagset ( ( Read more... )

It has been roughly a million years since my last reading roundup, even though I have been reading a bit. Trying to catch up on the writing up side of it:

29. Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station (Rivers of London novella, # 5.7 according to Goodreads, which I guess puts it before The Hanging Tree?) -- cute, short and sweet, a sort of side story ( Read more... )

58. Jonathan Kellerman, The Murderer's Daughter -- a non-Alex Delaware novel, although Delaware does make a brief appearance, and I think I remember Grace mentioned in a recent Delaware book? I mean, all of Kellerman's realistic crime books take place in the same universe, so that's nothing new, but it does drive home how much more I enjoy reading ( Read more... )

49. Lynn Flewelling, The Oracle's Queen (Tamir Trilogy #3) -- I read the first two books of this a long time ago, before I started my LJ, but I remember really liking the first one -- it was the good kind of creepy. The second one must've been somewhat of a letdown (as middle books of trilogies often are), because I didn't bother tracking down the ( Read more... )

28. Melina Marchetta, Froi of the Exiles -- well, this is a neat trick that I don't think any sequel has managed till now -- it retroactively made me like the first book less. Which is not to say that I hated Froi -- I didn't, and am in the middle of reading Quintana. But I had liked Finnikin a lot for the subversion of tropes I'm sick of seeing ( Read more... )

2. Cassandra Clare, A Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices #1) -- So, I wasn't going to read this series, because I got the impression that it was steampunk, and I'm not really a fan of steampunk. But aome was really enjoying the books, so I was considering changing my mind on this account, and then she gave me the first one as a New Year's present, which ( Read more... )

I am so, so behind on books, I don't think I can do my usual fully detailed write-ups with quotes and stuff. I just need to get this stuff out there and the books off the pile on my desk and back to the library.

10. Scott Westerfeld, Goliath (conclusion of the Leviathan trilogy) -- it was better than I was afraid it might be. ( Major spoilers! )

Reprising this from two years ago, when it was made up, mostly on accident:


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44. Sarah Monette, The Virtu -- So. ( Spoilers )

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! I think I've thanked everyone individually, but if I've missed you accidentally -- THANK YOU! :D I will do a post about the birthday later (it was fun!), but for now:

33. Justine Larbalestier, Liar -- back when this book first came out and the various YA authors whose blogs I follow were talking about how ( Read more... )