Comments | etrangere: 2006 by the number

etrangere

2006 by the number

Jan 14, 2007 20:07

Bookish meme stolen from generalblossom

Books read during the year not counting re-reads & borrowed books & manga & comic books

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a: laurent kloetzer, a: susanna clarke, a: patricia mckillip, a: charles sheffield, review, a: barbara hambly, a: steven erikson, a: lois mcmaster bujold, a: julie czerneda, a: ian mcdonald, a: ellen kushner, medium: books, a: r scott bakker, a: lynn flewelling, a: michael swanwick, a: naomi novik, a: pamela dean, a: jacqueline carey, a: ursula leguin, a: tad williams, a: mary gentle, meme: book, a: greg egan, a: cj cherryh, a: dorothy sayers, a: jonathan stroud, a: robin hobb, a: neal stephenson, a: dianna wynne jones, a: martha wells, a: michael stackpole, a: george rr martin

Comments 8

darksumomo January 14 2007, 23:14:25 UTC

I haven't read the Kushiel books, but they seem to be getting a major push from the publisher. Also, the woman on the cover art is hot. Beyond that, what would you say to me to get me to read those books?

etrangere January 14 2007, 23:21:25 UTC

The Kushiel book are trashy fantasy. It's good trashy fantasy, but it's definitly of the guilty pleasure variety. On the plus side the world building is excellent. It's a different version of Europe wonderfully informed of legends and mythology. The spin of the Christian mythos is very interesting, and the bits of Celtic, Norse, Latin & Greek mythologies are equal enticing. The writing style is very good. It's lush, a little bit purple, but it does flow beautifully if you don't mind lyrical stuff. The porn doesn't take over the plot, thankfully, but the plot isn't exactly believable either. It's a bit like a James Bond movie, if James Bond was a whore ^_^ the plot does get weirdly contrived so that the main character's asset of being a godly masochist allow her to succeed. Not exactly likely, but fun to read. The sex is relatively well written as far as sexy fantasy go. It's definitly better than the Anita Blake novels, for exemple, but you find better in fanfics. I like the fact that a big part of the plot is based on a Lesbian ( ... )

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etrangere January 15 2007, 06:50:04 UTC

I hope you like it ^^

carmentalis January 15 2007, 10:37:06 UTC

There's some really interesting stuff in that list. *adds to memories for future reference*

etrangere January 15 2007, 11:32:23 UTC

Some of them I did a deeper review of during the year, if you want to check ^^

it feels weird laying out all a year's reading in a post!

carmentalis January 16 2007, 11:18:59 UTC

I'll have to do a bit of digging on the reviews once I have the time to compile my next book shopping list.

Odd sometimes to see what you read in a year, isn't it? Especially the mix.

generalblossom January 15 2007, 20:38:49 UTC

I started a meme *jumps in excitement*, yay!

I am a bit envious of your list, in the sense you read so much sf/f I mean to have read. It´s not like I did not have acess to some of it, some of those are languishing unread somewhere around here, just 2006 seems to have been a not too much sf/f year. I need a shot of really good sf particularly, wish me luck in 2007.

And as often happens, I totally agree with your opinions on most of those books ( or the ones I have read with a couple quibbles now and then)

etrangere January 15 2007, 20:48:01 UTC

I always read so much SF/F and so little else. I should have more variation ^^ (actually I read other stuff, all the Sayers novel ^^)

Don't hesitate to voice the quibbles ^^