My recent reading has consisted of wen_spencer's Ukiah Oregon books. I'd only read Tinker before, and considered it an entertaining, though flawed book. The books in the Ukiah Oregon series, however, are much better. They are very tight in their plotting and tell the story through one person's tight third person narrative (telling only what the narrating ( Read more... )

The weekend after Easter has been spend rereading old favourites, like Sherwood Smith's Crown & Court duet and Tamora Pierce's Alanna series in addition to more adult stuff. Both of the series are the kind of YA books that I might never have read but for my longtime membership in the DWJ List. I only discovered them in my late twenties, and only ( Read more... )