Day 2 - Book ramblings
So as some of you are aware, I don't tend to sleep much. Which means I tend to read a lot. In the last couple of weeks (maybe week and a half?) I've read The Memory Collector by Meg Gardiner, Phantom Evil and The Killing Edge by Heather Graham, Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs, and Hide by Lisa Gardner. All were reasonably interesting and perfectly fine ways to pass the time, but I probably wouldn't recommend any of them, really. This is why I don't generally do book posts! :P
I'm currently working on hello, darkness by Sandra Brown, which I'd guess will be about the same, but then I next have Making History by Stephen Fry, which queer_theory recommended, so I'm looking forward to that one, if only as something different.
Recommended series
The Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks. It is a high fantasy novel. In this society, magic is used as parts of light, with each part of the spectrum having a particular quality to it. Most magic users are only adept at using one aspect of the spectrum. Some can use two. Even fewer can use three. One of the leaders of this society is the "prism", someone who can use all of the colors. The series is set in a tumultuous time, politically, so not only is the magic dealt with, but there are a lot of interesting political machinations/intrigue as well. I liked the way the society and the story were set up, and I loved most of the main characters. I devoured the first two, and I'm finding it really difficult to wait for the third.
The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. (I also read her Alpha and Omega series, but I didn't care for that one as much.) These series are urban fantasy set in a world where fairies revealed themselves to the general population, and then werewolves followed suit. There are other supernatural entities, such as vampires, but they are not yet revealed openly. The Mercy Thompson series is (surprise!) centered on Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson, a coyote shapeshifter. It touches on other supernatural beings (such as when she was called upon to help solve murders in the fairy community) and on her dealings with the local wolf pack, headed by Alpha wolf Adam Hauptman. As with the Lightbringer series, I like the world set up and the plot, but I really like the characters.
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I raced through all 14 of these in just a couple of weeks, so I cannot actually vouch for their quality, but they were a damned entertaining read. They are urban fantasy, in a world where the supernatural is not officially acknowledged, but where Harry Dresden has an ad in the yellow pages proclaiming himself as a wizard and where he is a consultant with the "special" division of the Chicago PD. There are some interesting twists in the stories, but again, it is the characters I like, particularly, in this case, Harry Dresden. I really enjoyed reading his wry humorous tone.
As a related aside, if anyone has any mystery, thriller, urban fantasy, or high fantasy books they'd like to recommend, I'm always on the lookout for new things to read! :)
I'm currently working on hello, darkness by Sandra Brown, which I'd guess will be about the same, but then I next have Making History by Stephen Fry, which queer_theory recommended, so I'm looking forward to that one, if only as something different.
Recommended series
The Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks. It is a high fantasy novel. In this society, magic is used as parts of light, with each part of the spectrum having a particular quality to it. Most magic users are only adept at using one aspect of the spectrum. Some can use two. Even fewer can use three. One of the leaders of this society is the "prism", someone who can use all of the colors. The series is set in a tumultuous time, politically, so not only is the magic dealt with, but there are a lot of interesting political machinations/intrigue as well. I liked the way the society and the story were set up, and I loved most of the main characters. I devoured the first two, and I'm finding it really difficult to wait for the third.
The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. (I also read her Alpha and Omega series, but I didn't care for that one as much.) These series are urban fantasy set in a world where fairies revealed themselves to the general population, and then werewolves followed suit. There are other supernatural entities, such as vampires, but they are not yet revealed openly. The Mercy Thompson series is (surprise!) centered on Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson, a coyote shapeshifter. It touches on other supernatural beings (such as when she was called upon to help solve murders in the fairy community) and on her dealings with the local wolf pack, headed by Alpha wolf Adam Hauptman. As with the Lightbringer series, I like the world set up and the plot, but I really like the characters.
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I raced through all 14 of these in just a couple of weeks, so I cannot actually vouch for their quality, but they were a damned entertaining read. They are urban fantasy, in a world where the supernatural is not officially acknowledged, but where Harry Dresden has an ad in the yellow pages proclaiming himself as a wizard and where he is a consultant with the "special" division of the Chicago PD. There are some interesting twists in the stories, but again, it is the characters I like, particularly, in this case, Harry Dresden. I really enjoyed reading his wry humorous tone.
As a related aside, if anyone has any mystery, thriller, urban fantasy, or high fantasy books they'd like to recommend, I'm always on the lookout for new things to read! :)