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inkvoices

2016 Big Book List

Jan 08, 2017 18:46

It's that time of year again - here's the books (and grahic novels) I read in 2016, organised by how much I enjoyed them and how highly I'd recommend them (rather than just dumping them on you).

( The Big Book List 2016 Edition )

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Comments 8

jesterlady January 8 2017, 20:32:31 UTC

Books are good. Reading is good.

inkvoices January 9 2017, 20:09:33 UTC

And this comment is good <3

alphaflyer January 9 2017, 22:43:07 UTC

WOW. I have no time to read anything other than the occasional fic ... \0/

Retirement. Bring it on!!!

inkvoices January 10 2017, 21:12:20 UTC

I think this was a lot of travelling time and stealing from sleep time, but I'm fast reader (of fiction) so that helps.

When you get there, just let me know if you want any recs ;)

sugar_fey January 10 2017, 06:06:46 UTC

Sounds like you had a good reading year! The best books I read in 2016 were The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss and The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra.

inkvoices January 10 2017, 21:15:33 UTC

A productive reading one at least :) I think I might have gotten harsher with my ratings? Ooo, hadn't heard of those two. The Tsar of Love and Techo sounds especially interesting. (I believe it was you who recommended Deathless back in the day and damn but I loved that one; and I've read a few more Valente since :) )

kiss_me_cassie January 11 2017, 20:07:34 UTC

I loved the first book of Miss Peregrine but the 2nd book was bleh and then by the time I got to the end of the 3rd (which I kinda felt obligated to see if it improved and it definitely did NOT.)I was like "THANK GOD! ITS OVER!" So yeah, I get you on that one.

Dicey;s Song is one of those books I feel like I should have read at some point and did not. I think it's on my massive, private to-read list. (as opposed to my public good reads only semi-massive list. :))

inkvoices January 12 2017, 19:03:40 UTC

I thought it had very strong opening, but then lost itself. The children's voices were never of a consistent age - characters that were sixteen sounded younger than that, characters that were meant to be children but had been around a long time oscillated between naive and wordily, and none of that matched the opening. And the story got lost and bogged down. The end 'big action' scene was compartively dull compared the beginning. The gimmick, with the old photos, was a nice touch and I did like how the children tended to come across as a nice balance between creepy/ghoulish and magical/wonderous, but I can't help thinking maybe a set of short stories based on those photos would have worked better? Or a story that wasn't forced to fit the photographs? I debated carrying on with the trilogy, but heard from various people it wasn't worth it so I didn't bother ( ... )