books in the blood
It seems I have read far too many books lately to be able to do individual posts about them all, so I've decided to just list them instead, under these headings:
Fantastic = the best of the best - the books I feel the urge to tell everyone about, multiple times, including strangers on the bus.
Great = the rest that were best - books I really enjoyed and will re-read often.
Good = books that I enjoyed, but when recommending them to other say, "save your money and get them from the library", because us book-lovers can't afford everything :o)
Okay = I don't regret reading it, but can't help feeling it could have been better.
(Forgettable = I find myself wondering why these books were published, at least without a solid editorial session.)
I tend to recommended almost every book I read, because there's always someone, somewhere who I know will like it. (Even the Forgettable 'Breaking Dawn' has it's fans, after all *grins*.) So I did like every book here, although I'm open to a chat about why you think I should really have put one under another heading ;o) Hell, the whole point of posting this list is because I like to chat about books, so if anyone wants to chat to me about any of these, for any reason, bring it on. I'd love to book-natter with you!
Fantastic
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Great
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (sequel to Lies of Locke Lamora)
The Last Watch by Sergei Lukyenenko (fourth book in the 'Night Watch' series)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Good
HIVE (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) by Mark Walden
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire by Derek Landy
Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong (the latest book in the 'Otherworld' series)
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
The Chysalids by John Wyndham
Valiant by Holly Black
Knife by RJ Anderson
Numbers by Rachel Ward
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Cure by Michael Coleman
Okay
Blood Price by Tanya Huff
(Just under half of the books on this list can be found in the Young Adult section. Guess I must be on a YA streak at the moment.)
Fantastic = the best of the best - the books I feel the urge to tell everyone about, multiple times, including strangers on the bus.
Great = the rest that were best - books I really enjoyed and will re-read often.
Good = books that I enjoyed, but when recommending them to other say, "save your money and get them from the library", because us book-lovers can't afford everything :o)
Okay = I don't regret reading it, but can't help feeling it could have been better.
(Forgettable = I find myself wondering why these books were published, at least without a solid editorial session.)
I tend to recommended almost every book I read, because there's always someone, somewhere who I know will like it. (Even the Forgettable 'Breaking Dawn' has it's fans, after all *grins*.) So I did like every book here, although I'm open to a chat about why you think I should really have put one under another heading ;o) Hell, the whole point of posting this list is because I like to chat about books, so if anyone wants to chat to me about any of these, for any reason, bring it on. I'd love to book-natter with you!
Fantastic
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Great
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (sequel to Lies of Locke Lamora)
The Last Watch by Sergei Lukyenenko (fourth book in the 'Night Watch' series)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Good
HIVE (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) by Mark Walden
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire by Derek Landy
Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong (the latest book in the 'Otherworld' series)
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
The Chysalids by John Wyndham
Valiant by Holly Black
Knife by RJ Anderson
Numbers by Rachel Ward
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Cure by Michael Coleman
Okay
Blood Price by Tanya Huff
(Just under half of the books on this list can be found in the Young Adult section. Guess I must be on a YA streak at the moment.)