Books 30-33: More Hugo Reading

[darthparadox]

30. Feed by Mira Grant
31. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
32-33. Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis

These were the other novels (besides Cryoburn that I read for the Hugo ballot this year. I also started Dervish House by Ian McDonald, but set it down because it didn't engage me very well and I wanted to get on with the rest of the

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[scarywhitegirl]

I just read The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms recently as well, and liked it quite a bit, though I didn't come to that realization fully until I was about halfway through the book. Somehow, that was the point when all of the unusual names finally clicked for me, and I could "get" what was going on.

Any rate, I liked it well enough to buy her second book, and the third one is on my wishlist for when it comes out. :)

(Also, I got this totally Celestial Bureaucracy (Exalted) vibe from it, and have recommended it to cochese as such. :) )