I Should've Put This Up Months Ago...

[valiantarcher]

So, at the beginning of the summer I wrote up a reading list of books I needed to read before school started again. I pretty promptly got to work on it, and then got stuck around the end of June. *coughs*NexttimeIhateabookIshouldprobablyjustputitdownnotignoreitandhopeit'llgetfinishedeventuallyanyway*coughs* Also, I got caught up in some other

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[meltintall3]

Let's see... which Sayers? If it's not a Lord Peter, it'll lack zest. Or so I found with The Documents in the Case and the few short stories about the travelling salesman that were in something or another... On the OTHER hand! The Whimsey Papers pt. 1

Lady of Quality is not on my list of books by Heyer that I've read, so I'd say try The Grand Sophy or Friday's Child instead. Cotillion is supposed to be one of her best, but I don't actually remember characters/situations, so!

Gaskell is easier to read than Dickens. The Arkadians should take less than four hours to read but is a smidge formulaic though amusing. And I love The Outlaws of Sherwood despite (because of?) its heavy angsting.

Mostly, I think it's a very nice list full of books I would be happy to read. :)

[valiantarcher]

Em, whichever is next in the Wimsey series! XD I'm thinking it's Murder Must Advertise, but I'm not positive. Ooh, yay, the Papers! :D

Well, there are only a few Heyers around here, and I found A Lady of Quality at a booksale, so... I'll keep the others in mind, though, thanks. :)

True, she is! :) I've only read one book by her---I got stuck on Wives and Daughters and really busy during that semester, so I haven't tried her in years. :">
Oh, good! I thought it looked easy to get through, so I'll keep that in mind. :)
Haha, yeah. I'm not a huge fan of McKinley in general, but hopefully I'll enjoy it. :) Or, rather, I guess only Beauty stands out positively to me, and maybe The Blue Sword stands out negatively, and the rest I've read didn't stand out that much. ;))

Yay! :D So it's not a complete loss. ;))

[valiantarcher]

Oh, yes, I thought I'd heard good things about Murder Must Advertise before, so I'm glad to hear it's one of your favourites! :) I think the last one I read was Five Red Herrings, so...well, it looks like Have His Carcase is actually next. Oops. :"> Ack, well, Murder Must Advertise would be the one after that. :D

I love North and South! :D That's the only Gaskell I've actually read---I didn't get far enough in Wives and Daughters for it to count. Have you read Cranford? That's the one I have out from the uni library to read, so I'm hoping I'll enjoy it. (Or, rather, the one my sister has out for me to read---it's nice to have a sister who took a summer class. ;) )

[valiantarcher]

:) Nice! That sounds lovely---I just managed to finish the Heyers I was reading, so Cranford should be the next one to read. :)

[valiantarcher]

Yep. Mainly Regency Romances. She also wrote more modern mysteries, but I think she's mostly remembered for her romances. ;))

[valiantarcher]

It depends. ;)) I really, really disliked Lady of Quality, but Charity Girl was decent, even if I didn't like the ending (I tend to be pretty picky about what romances/couples I like, and I wasn't very fond of how that turned out). I also read one of her mysteries, though I can't remember the title, and it was pretty good. She's definitely not up on the level of Austen or Gaskell, or Sayers or Doyle or Christie, but you can give her a try and might find her a fun read. Just steer clear of Lady of Quality. ;))

(Hurrah! :D Which one was it? I still haven't read my Sayers for the year. :">)

[valiantarcher]

Well, let me know if you manage to read anything by her! :) Hehe, yes. If you want details on why I so thoroughly disliked the book, go poke in the Books thread on NW (should be the most recent page), or I can dig up the post and repost here or something. But only if you're really interested. ;))

(Oh, that's the last one, right? :) I always forget how funny Sayers is until I'm actually reading her. :D )

[valiantarcher]

Aww, that's too bad! :( Are they not open at all until the renovations are done? Hehe, alright, glad to have been of use with that review then. ;))
How neat---I didn't know you read Dee Henderson either! :D Oh, yes, I still need to read her new one---my sister got it right after Christmas but I haven't had time/thought about stealing it from her. ;)) Which of the O'Malley books was your favourite? Ah, she is? I knew that she'd talked about Jennifer's book for a while, but I didn't know it was finally coming out. :D
Woah, I bet that was quite the experience. Reading Holocaust accounts is always so bittersweet, at least in most first-person accounts---the teller survived, but so many others didn't. I'd like to go to the Holocaust museum sometime, but I have no plans/reasons in the foreseeable future really to go to D.C., so...

(True! I think that sounds about right. I actually have a copy from a booksale, but, again, I haven't gotten far enough to read it. ;)) )

[valiantarcher]

I should hope so. My youngest sister would probably curl up and go into a decline if our library renovated and didn't set up a makeshift one somewhere. ;))

Neat! :D Mmhmm, it's kind of hard to choose favourites. ;)) You'll have to let me know what you think of Jennifer's story, particularly if you read it before I do, which you probably will. :D (Oh, yes, how is Wunder doing? I haven't talked to her in ages.) Yes, I have read the Uncommon Heroes series, but it's been a long while and they're not as memorable to me as the O'Malley series apparently. ;)) I remember the one where the lady was CIA and went undercover without telling the guy and talked with him without him knowing it was her, and that's about all that stands out right now. ;))

(Argh, that happens to me too at museums. Some of my sisters just like to quickly glance at things and keep moving, and I usually like to read all the cards and such, so I rarely get to spend all the time I like looking.)