Recent books (re)read (National Put Quotes in Your Blog Month)

[charlie_ego]

The little food machine (whom I shall also probably refer to as Princess Baby The First) is quiet right now for once, so I shall indulge myself with a quick post instead of doing the sixteen other things I really ought to be doing. (By the way, this post is dedicated to Harvey Karp's Happiest Baby on the Block, without which you would not be

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[ase]

I read The Thief for the first time last week! I was mildly entertained, until the end, and then I went, "what? I must read the sequel!" I am not sure it was a good novel, but it held my attention enough that I will be reading the sequel.

[charlie_ego]

I don't think Thief is a bad book at all, really -- honestly, what I don't like about it is that I intensely dislike having information withheld from me on purpose. Others' mileage varies.

You will probably also be rather taken aback by one large disturbing thing in Queen, just to warn you. I would encourage you not to let that ruin your enjoyment of the rest of it, which I really like :) (And, though I don't like it either, I can actually defend the Disturbing Thing, but I shall wait until after you read it.)

[nolly]

Deep Secret is the one I read. I didn't exactly hate it; I just thought it felt like it had a book before it, only it apparently doesn't.

[charlie_ego]

It's certainly possible -- I have lost track of when her books do and don't have other ones that take place in the same universe. But even the ones that don't act like they do, which is why you may not like her work in general, because it's all like that :)

[julianyap]

Yeah, the only problem with recommending the Attolia books to people is that it starts with The Thief and you really can't skip it.

It's a little like recommending Sandman to people. The tone of Preludes and Nocturnes is so different from everything else. Though I have had some luck starting people on either Seasons of Mist or Fables and Reflections

[charlie_ego]

And yeah, I don't dislike Thief. It's just not as good -- and I hate having information withheld on purpose. (I used to think that I hated Turner doing first person, but then I read the first couple of chapters of Conspiracy, which is available online, and is told from first-person Sophos POV, and I really liked that.)

Hmm, I haven't read Sandman. I take this to mean I should start?