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hamsterwoman

Reading roundup of massiveness

Apr 16, 2009 20:21

14. Jim Butcher, Princeps' Fury (Book 5 of Codex Alera) -- I found the beginning rather boring and thought I was in for another book I wouldn't much care for, like #2 and 3 in the series, but things really picked up when ( Spoilers start here. BIG spoilers. )

swordspoint, discworld, a: elizabeth bear, robin mckinley, ya, a: peter s. beagle, ebear, a: cate tiernan, a: jim butcher, a: robin mckinley, a: terry pratchett, reading, a: melissa marr, a: ellen kushner

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travels_in_time April 17 2009, 04:34:10 UTC

I've got a story where Jack Harkness meets up with the Nac Mac Feegle (Awfully Wee Billy, especially), here. (I know you're not into Doctor Who/Torchwood, so don't feel obligated to read it--I'm just mentioning it, just in case. *g*)

hamsterwoman April 17 2009, 16:46:32 UTC

Ah, thanks for the link! I've actually somehow managed to read at least one Jack Harkness story (not even a crossover) despite having no interest in DW or Torchwood) and I've picked up enough about the characters and the world by osmosis from my f-list that I'll definitely give it a shot!

aome April 17 2009, 10:31:03 UTC

I'm skipping the spoilers, but I'm intrigued by a couple of the books you mentioned positively, so I'll keep my eyes open for them.

hamsterwoman April 17 2009, 16:18:34 UTC

I definitely recommend A Hat Full of Sky, since I think you liked Wee Free Men (and I thought this one was as funny as WFM but better overall), and I think Chalice is lovely, too, has McKinley's pretty writing and quiet worldbuilding without, say, the weird/annoying elements in Deerskin.

I know you've read Swordspoint but forget if you read Privilege of the Sword... if you haven't, I'd rec that over/ahead of The Fall of the Kings for the same universe.

nutmeg3 April 17 2009, 12:16:05 UTC

I'm still reading The Fall of the Kings, so I'm avoiding your comments, but I am enjoying it, though I miss my Alec and St Vier, even if we hear a bit about them occasionally.

hamsterwoman April 17 2009, 16:21:59 UTC

I'll be curious to see what you thought of Kings once you finish!

I missed St Vier, too (Alec, not so much, but I've always liked Richard far more). Privilege of the Sword is my favorite of the three novels, and I liked Swordspoint more than Kings because it had Richard in it, but I still enjoyed Kings and revisiting the world.

nutmeg3 April 18 2009, 00:22:30 UTC

I'm all about point-of-view characters or something. I preferred St Vier in Swordspoint but then I got to know Alec in Privilege and so I loved him, too. Also, I just ordered (because I couldn't find it locally) the new F&SF , because it has a new Riverside story in it, I think set between Privilege and Kings, but I may be misremembering. And another Riverside story will be out in an anthology of urban fantasy, I think next year.

hamsterwoman April 18 2009, 01:17:05 UTC

Ah, good to know, about the short stories! I've definitely preferred the novels, but I will certainly read the Riverside stories if I can find them, especially if they're set between Privilege and Kings.

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sheiannasherra April 17 2009, 15:33:10 UTC

I'm also skipping the spoilers since some of these sound like ones I'm going to want to read. I haven't read any Robin McKinley in ages though I don't know why! I'll have to see if I can find Chalice and any others that I may have missed.

I'm so happy that you liked A Hat Full of Sky (probably my favorite of the 3 books for all the reasons you listed, though I love all 3 of them) and The Last Unicorn, another one of my all time favorites.

I really need to write the next entry to "books I've been reading" too but I just haven't been feeling very motivated lately. *sigh* allergies...

hamsterwoman April 17 2009, 16:27:36 UTC

I think you would like Chalice! -- it's a very Tully/Stark sort of book.

Yeah, Hat is definitely my favorite of the three Tiffany books. I quite liked Wee Free Men, but it was competing against Amazing Maurice in the Pterry for kids category, and there's just not much that can compete with talking rats in my book ;P Wintersmith just felt a bit off to me, not sure why... could well be due to the fact that I'd read it out of order, ahead of Hat. Never had that be a problem with the grown-up Discworld books, but Tiffany's is a growing-up story, so that could well be different.

And, of course, The Last Unicorn was beautiful and now I no longer have to feel undereducated in the field of fantasy :)

It took me forever to write these up, too, 'cos I wasn't feeling motivated either (and I don't have the excuse of allergies). I finally did the last five yesterday so that I could return the books to the library when I go to collect Jhegaala (yay, more Vlad!)

sheiannasherra April 17 2009, 19:54:18 UTC

I'm hoping that I can get around to writing my book list up tomorrow if my sinuses aren't driving me too crazy. Right now I'm feeling totally out of it with my sinuses like over inflated balloons! Argh!

hamsterwoman April 17 2009, 20:59:03 UTC

Ouch! Hope you feel better soon!

loupnoir April 17 2009, 15:43:19 UTC

Are you a speed reader? I'm always amazed at how many books you've read when you post.

hamsterwoman April 17 2009, 16:05:54 UTC

Nah, I just have the long train commute ~2.5 times a week, which gives me 10-11 hours reading time a week. Also, this roundup was way long because I haven't done one since late February, so this is for a month and a half, two months. And quite a few of these books were under 300 pages because they were YA, so they went by faster. But mostly it's the commute.