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Wasted most of my eve online.
*sigh*
Here, have a cookie...Bogie Baggins. Ganked from someone smarter'n me.
Had a good afternoon; crit group met and discussed the books we'd read this year, brain candy and learning epiphanies and inspirations alike.
Realized I hadn't written out my "what I've read this year" in some time. So, lessee.
This year I've read:
SEAROAD by Ursula LeGuin
Thought-provoking coastal town.
HOUSE OF SHARDS by Walter Jon Williams
Could read a lot more of this.
GHOST COUNTRY by Sara Paretsky
Loved the concept, was pissed by the execution. She can do so much better than this...
THE BURNING FENCE by Craig Lesley
THE RAVEN'S GIFT by Jon Turk
A TASTE FOR ADVENTURE by Anik See
...Of these three memoir-ish books. Liked the Anik See's the best, then Jon Turk's. Lesley's I had trouble getting into.
THE FIG EATER by Jody Shields
1910 Vienna amateur-and-obsessed sleuth and her husband the Inspector.
EAT PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert
Doin' it acros India, Indonesia and Italy...
DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE by Isabel Allende
Upper-crust Chilean daughter runs away to San Francisco in the Gold Rush. Vivid, dripping with detail. Unlike DUST, every detail is needed, every conversation adds to the epic woman's (and a related man's) adventure.
Read the above three at roughly the same time, which was mind-bending from a gender roles and women's-place-in-society-over-time standpoint).
TRANSCENDENCE by Stephen Baxter
Read too much about the author; was expecting a great deal and found myself underwhelmed. To be fair, this is an epic trilogy and I picked up one from mid-series.
DOPPELGANSTER by Laura Resnick
Funny, well-crafted mind candy.
THE COMPASS ROSE by Ursula LeGuin (short stories)
Older classics.
PERMEABLE BORDERS by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (interlinked shorts)
Intriguing characters.
THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern
Fantastic world.
FEAST DAY OF FOOLS by James Lee Burke
Descriptions to die for.
Started and not finished yet:
THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant
Will get back to this one.
BREATHING LESSONS Anne Tyler
I think I'm done trying.
DUST by Charles Pellegrino.
Interesting concept, totally unreal situations, desperately needed an editor. Could have been done in 2/3 the wordcount, or the same wordcount but more realistically done.
Online graphic Novels I've read during the year: (among other webcomics).
Girl Genius!
Sunset Grill
Family Man
Unsounded
Dicebox
Skin Deep
Faery Underground
Wapsi Square
Kaspall
Lackadaisy
The Meek
Dresden Codak
Quiltbag
*sigh*
Here, have a cookie...Bogie Baggins. Ganked from someone smarter'n me.
Had a good afternoon; crit group met and discussed the books we'd read this year, brain candy and learning epiphanies and inspirations alike.
Realized I hadn't written out my "what I've read this year" in some time. So, lessee.
This year I've read:
SEAROAD by Ursula LeGuin
Thought-provoking coastal town.
HOUSE OF SHARDS by Walter Jon Williams
Could read a lot more of this.
GHOST COUNTRY by Sara Paretsky
Loved the concept, was pissed by the execution. She can do so much better than this...
THE BURNING FENCE by Craig Lesley
THE RAVEN'S GIFT by Jon Turk
A TASTE FOR ADVENTURE by Anik See
...Of these three memoir-ish books. Liked the Anik See's the best, then Jon Turk's. Lesley's I had trouble getting into.
THE FIG EATER by Jody Shields
1910 Vienna amateur-and-obsessed sleuth and her husband the Inspector.
EAT PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert
Doin' it acros India, Indonesia and Italy...
DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE by Isabel Allende
Upper-crust Chilean daughter runs away to San Francisco in the Gold Rush. Vivid, dripping with detail. Unlike DUST, every detail is needed, every conversation adds to the epic woman's (and a related man's) adventure.
Read the above three at roughly the same time, which was mind-bending from a gender roles and women's-place-in-society-over-time standpoint).
TRANSCENDENCE by Stephen Baxter
Read too much about the author; was expecting a great deal and found myself underwhelmed. To be fair, this is an epic trilogy and I picked up one from mid-series.
DOPPELGANSTER by Laura Resnick
Funny, well-crafted mind candy.
THE COMPASS ROSE by Ursula LeGuin (short stories)
Older classics.
PERMEABLE BORDERS by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (interlinked shorts)
Intriguing characters.
THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern
Fantastic world.
FEAST DAY OF FOOLS by James Lee Burke
Descriptions to die for.
Started and not finished yet:
THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant
Will get back to this one.
BREATHING LESSONS Anne Tyler
I think I'm done trying.
DUST by Charles Pellegrino.
Interesting concept, totally unreal situations, desperately needed an editor. Could have been done in 2/3 the wordcount, or the same wordcount but more realistically done.
Online graphic Novels I've read during the year: (among other webcomics).
Girl Genius!
Sunset Grill
Family Man
Unsounded
Dicebox
Skin Deep
Faery Underground
Wapsi Square
Kaspall
Lackadaisy
The Meek
Dresden Codak
Quiltbag