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I would post about all the things that have gone wrong today but presumably if I did that something else would happen just to spite me. So instead here are the books I read in January:
The Next Queen of Heaven- Gregory Maguire I really don't know what to say about this book. I'm not sure it was up to his usual standard but it was full of interesting characters it just... IDK it felt like a mid-season finale rather than an actual ending (to steal the language of TV for a moment) and I really wanted to know more about some of the characters but then I think that might have been the point. An odd start to the year.
Specials- Scott Westerfeld I think I left too long between reading the first 2 books in this trilogy and this one, I'd slightly forgotten the plot of Pretties. Still once I got back into the swing of things I really enjoyed it again- even if the Cutters are incredibly disturbing as a group. I really like Tally as a character and I love her friendship/relationship/whatever it is at any given moment with Shay.
Wicked Lovely- Melissa Marr I enjoyed this a lot, I think I'd have liked it MORE if I'd understood some more about the Faerie world and the different courts and I can't quite decide if it wasn't there or if I just wasn't focussing properly when reading *g* But I liked the main cahracters a lot and it's a nice take on a lot of the main myths about interactions between faeries & humanity. I'll definitely try and pick up the sequels at some point.
My Lord John- Georgette Heyer This is Georgette Heyer's unfinished masterpiece, it was supposed to be a trilogy about John- Henry V's brother- and she'd done so much research (a card for every single date during the years she was covering with every relevant event on it) but when it came to write it she kept having to stop to write her Regency novels and so she never finished. I love her histories, they're beautifully researched but they're still all about the characters and the stories not the research and John is a fascinating person- can you imagine your father suddenly becoming King when you're still a boy? So I LOVED this as far as she'd written it and now desperately wish it didn't just END a few months before Henry IV died.
Extras- Scott Westerfeld So this is what, now a post-post apocalyptic world? I was at least as fascinated to see one way in which the world had developed after the events of the original trilogy as I was by the actual story. Aya's a nice character though and I liked the Sly Girls too but mostly I realised I just wanted to see more of Tally & Shay & David.
Instructions- Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess I LOVE this poem/story and the idea behind it and desperately want a child old enough to read it to (... I wonder if my goddaughter would like it for her 3rd birthday this year). Personally, sadly, I'm not desperately fond of Charles Vess' illustrative style but that said they are still lovely just not as special as the ones for Blueberry Girl.
- The Next Queen of Heaven- Gregory Maguire
- Specials- Scott Westerfeld
- Wicked Lovely- Melissa Marr
- My Lord John- Georgette Heyer
- Extras- Scott Westerfeld
- Instructions- Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess
The Next Queen of Heaven- Gregory Maguire I really don't know what to say about this book. I'm not sure it was up to his usual standard but it was full of interesting characters it just... IDK it felt like a mid-season finale rather than an actual ending (to steal the language of TV for a moment) and I really wanted to know more about some of the characters but then I think that might have been the point. An odd start to the year.
Specials- Scott Westerfeld I think I left too long between reading the first 2 books in this trilogy and this one, I'd slightly forgotten the plot of Pretties. Still once I got back into the swing of things I really enjoyed it again- even if the Cutters are incredibly disturbing as a group. I really like Tally as a character and I love her friendship/relationship/whatever it is at any given moment with Shay.
Wicked Lovely- Melissa Marr I enjoyed this a lot, I think I'd have liked it MORE if I'd understood some more about the Faerie world and the different courts and I can't quite decide if it wasn't there or if I just wasn't focussing properly when reading *g* But I liked the main cahracters a lot and it's a nice take on a lot of the main myths about interactions between faeries & humanity. I'll definitely try and pick up the sequels at some point.
My Lord John- Georgette Heyer This is Georgette Heyer's unfinished masterpiece, it was supposed to be a trilogy about John- Henry V's brother- and she'd done so much research (a card for every single date during the years she was covering with every relevant event on it) but when it came to write it she kept having to stop to write her Regency novels and so she never finished. I love her histories, they're beautifully researched but they're still all about the characters and the stories not the research and John is a fascinating person- can you imagine your father suddenly becoming King when you're still a boy? So I LOVED this as far as she'd written it and now desperately wish it didn't just END a few months before Henry IV died.
Extras- Scott Westerfeld So this is what, now a post-post apocalyptic world? I was at least as fascinated to see one way in which the world had developed after the events of the original trilogy as I was by the actual story. Aya's a nice character though and I liked the Sly Girls too but mostly I realised I just wanted to see more of Tally & Shay & David.
Instructions- Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess I LOVE this poem/story and the idea behind it and desperately want a child old enough to read it to (... I wonder if my goddaughter would like it for her 3rd birthday this year). Personally, sadly, I'm not desperately fond of Charles Vess' illustrative style but that said they are still lovely just not as special as the ones for Blueberry Girl.