breaking my reading record
This should be fun because my space bar is not working properly.
Burning Water and Children of the Night by Mercedes Lackey: I'm an unapologetic Lackey fan- of her high fantasy. I have most of her books now and have only read two series, so I'm making an effort to read more of her books this year. Also, I'm trying to read the few urban fantasy books I have left so I can post the ones I don't like on the trade sites. Anyway, Burning Water didn't work at all for me. I thought there was sloppy writing, Diana Tregarde certainly has a high opinion of herself and she's almost too perfect which then necessitates the idiot plot, I hated the ever-changing POVs, and I found the book to be full of fail (and Lackey's note at the end just made the fail worse). I wouldn't have bothered to finish if this book wasn't on my TBR Challenge list. Another frustrating thing about this series is that the first book written is actually the middle book chronologically, which I forgot about until I was several chapters in. So when I read Children of the Night, I found quite a few inconsistencies. I also found Lenny and Keith to be heartbreaking, knowing what happens to them later. I didn't get the sense that these people lived in NY City, even though I was told over and over again that they did. The band parts bored and disgusted me and I won't even get into how sickened I was by the groupies and the rape. I think the thing that annoyed me the most about this series though was the constant repetition of phrases like ack emma and the Apple. I'll read Jinx High, but I'm not expecting much.
City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin: I'm not quite sure why I didn't read this book back when I read Rocannon's World and Planet of Exile, which was several years ago now, so this book was a bit of a weaker read for me because of my seive-like memory. Le Guin's writing here is great, but I didn't like the plot much, I kept feeling sorry for Falk, and I prefer Le Guin's books from after she stopped "writing like an honorary man."
Catalyst by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough: I really shouldn't say much about this book because I will start foaming at the mouth. It was awful and I didn't even like most of the cats! I think it's time to stop reading McCaffrey/Scarborough collabs.
The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn: I find it kind of strange that I'm not a huge romance genre fan and I was very much not in the mood to read a romance right now, but I don't think I've ever read a romance for Valentine's Day so I decided to this year. And I ended up being drawn in anyway. I didn't even like the hero much at first, but he grew on me. I hated the Dowager throughout though and I kept hoping she'd get run over by a carriage or something. I will be reading the second book next month and the only thing I'm not looking forward too is more of the pain in the ass Duchess. I've found that I like Quinn's newer books better than her pre-Bridgerton books.
Burning Water and Children of the Night by Mercedes Lackey: I'm an unapologetic Lackey fan- of her high fantasy. I have most of her books now and have only read two series, so I'm making an effort to read more of her books this year. Also, I'm trying to read the few urban fantasy books I have left so I can post the ones I don't like on the trade sites. Anyway, Burning Water didn't work at all for me. I thought there was sloppy writing, Diana Tregarde certainly has a high opinion of herself and she's almost too perfect which then necessitates the idiot plot, I hated the ever-changing POVs, and I found the book to be full of fail (and Lackey's note at the end just made the fail worse). I wouldn't have bothered to finish if this book wasn't on my TBR Challenge list. Another frustrating thing about this series is that the first book written is actually the middle book chronologically, which I forgot about until I was several chapters in. So when I read Children of the Night, I found quite a few inconsistencies. I also found Lenny and Keith to be heartbreaking, knowing what happens to them later. I didn't get the sense that these people lived in NY City, even though I was told over and over again that they did. The band parts bored and disgusted me and I won't even get into how sickened I was by the groupies and the rape. I think the thing that annoyed me the most about this series though was the constant repetition of phrases like ack emma and the Apple. I'll read Jinx High, but I'm not expecting much.
City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin: I'm not quite sure why I didn't read this book back when I read Rocannon's World and Planet of Exile, which was several years ago now, so this book was a bit of a weaker read for me because of my seive-like memory. Le Guin's writing here is great, but I didn't like the plot much, I kept feeling sorry for Falk, and I prefer Le Guin's books from after she stopped "writing like an honorary man."
Catalyst by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough: I really shouldn't say much about this book because I will start foaming at the mouth. It was awful and I didn't even like most of the cats! I think it's time to stop reading McCaffrey/Scarborough collabs.
The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn: I find it kind of strange that I'm not a huge romance genre fan and I was very much not in the mood to read a romance right now, but I don't think I've ever read a romance for Valentine's Day so I decided to this year. And I ended up being drawn in anyway. I didn't even like the hero much at first, but he grew on me. I hated the Dowager throughout though and I kept hoping she'd get run over by a carriage or something. I will be reading the second book next month and the only thing I'm not looking forward too is more of the pain in the ass Duchess. I've found that I like Quinn's newer books better than her pre-Bridgerton books.