sleepy sleepy sleepy
ahem.
1. In case anyone had forgotten, halfamoon starts tomorrow (today?) Eee.
2. also, womenverse starts a new round.
3. And there's a We Love Women friending meme going round.
4. In other news, I am cold and should sleep. soon.
5. Updated booklist (finishing off 2012, adding 2013)
2012:
The Irish Rogue by Emma Jensen (re-read, and still as delightful)
Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull (annual re-read)
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (re-read)
Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
Magic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey
Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
Winds of Fury (only the Elspeth bits, Ancar and Falcon's Breath are boring and dull) by Mercedes Lackey
Winds of Change by Mercedes Lackey (a re-read, skipping the Skif and Nyara and Fbane bits--except the paragraphs of Van teasing the shit out of him)
(I shall have to do some sort of year in review, but DREADNAUGHT WAS STILL AMAZING)
2013
Chicks Dig Timelords by various (a bit disappointing. I've read and heard enough "this is how I discovered Doctor Who!" stories to be a bit disinterested in them now. It also didn't really seem to cover anything that hadn't been written in meta on the internets. Also, as a woman who was in oldskool Who fandom, I get annoyed at being talked about like I'm a unicorn.)
Elizabeth and the Major by Lynn Collum
An Unlikely Father by Lynn Collum
A Risky Rogue by Pat Cody (I recall disliking this a great deal, and while I can sort of see why, I spent most of it amused. And then the end happened and I was snickering a lot. Also, I choose to believe that after the book, the happy couple went off to be spies for Britain in, like, America or something)
The Constant Companion by Marion Chesney (not remotely familiar, so I've never actually read it. Not quite up to her normal standards, but not as awful as I'd expected)
His Lordship's Pleasure by Marion Chesney (again, feels a bit rough around the edges, but not the worst thing I've read)
Virtue's Reward by Jean R Ewing (re-read. still rather entertaining)
Valor's Reward by Jean R Ewing (re-read. Not as entertaining as the first, with a bit too much 'dude knows best')
Love's Reward by Jean R Ewing (it's a pity I only have three of six. This one wasn't a re-read, though)
Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey (this and the other two are actually not as good as remembered, and rather disappointing, in the end. Frustrating.)
Arrows Flight by Mercedes Lackey
Arrows Fall by Mercedes Lackey
Winds of Fate (the Elspeth chapters) by Mercedes Lackey (I was trying to remember how it all goes further on. It's frustrating, because the Elspeth stuff in all three is entertaining, but the larger story stuff is sort of meh. Especially her fascination with villains and their sexual deviancy. LACKEY, I GIVE NO FUCKS ABOUT FALCONSBANE)
1. In case anyone had forgotten, halfamoon starts tomorrow (today?) Eee.
2. also, womenverse starts a new round.
3. And there's a We Love Women friending meme going round.
4. In other news, I am cold and should sleep. soon.
5. Updated booklist (finishing off 2012, adding 2013)
2012:
The Irish Rogue by Emma Jensen (re-read, and still as delightful)
Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull (annual re-read)
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (re-read)
Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
Magic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey
Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
Winds of Fury (only the Elspeth bits, Ancar and Falcon's Breath are boring and dull) by Mercedes Lackey
Winds of Change by Mercedes Lackey (a re-read, skipping the Skif and Nyara and Fbane bits--except the paragraphs of Van teasing the shit out of him)
(I shall have to do some sort of year in review, but DREADNAUGHT WAS STILL AMAZING)
2013
Chicks Dig Timelords by various (a bit disappointing. I've read and heard enough "this is how I discovered Doctor Who!" stories to be a bit disinterested in them now. It also didn't really seem to cover anything that hadn't been written in meta on the internets. Also, as a woman who was in oldskool Who fandom, I get annoyed at being talked about like I'm a unicorn.)
Elizabeth and the Major by Lynn Collum
An Unlikely Father by Lynn Collum
A Risky Rogue by Pat Cody (I recall disliking this a great deal, and while I can sort of see why, I spent most of it amused. And then the end happened and I was snickering a lot. Also, I choose to believe that after the book, the happy couple went off to be spies for Britain in, like, America or something)
The Constant Companion by Marion Chesney (not remotely familiar, so I've never actually read it. Not quite up to her normal standards, but not as awful as I'd expected)
His Lordship's Pleasure by Marion Chesney (again, feels a bit rough around the edges, but not the worst thing I've read)
Virtue's Reward by Jean R Ewing (re-read. still rather entertaining)
Valor's Reward by Jean R Ewing (re-read. Not as entertaining as the first, with a bit too much 'dude knows best')
Love's Reward by Jean R Ewing (it's a pity I only have three of six. This one wasn't a re-read, though)
Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey (this and the other two are actually not as good as remembered, and rather disappointing, in the end. Frustrating.)
Arrows Flight by Mercedes Lackey
Arrows Fall by Mercedes Lackey
Winds of Fate (the Elspeth chapters) by Mercedes Lackey (I was trying to remember how it all goes further on. It's frustrating, because the Elspeth stuff in all three is entertaining, but the larger story stuff is sort of meh. Especially her fascination with villains and their sexual deviancy. LACKEY, I GIVE NO FUCKS ABOUT FALCONSBANE)