Reading roundup (finishing up 2018)

Jan 01, 2019 19:14

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77. K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun -- I saw
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a: katherine fabian, a: jo walton, a: k.d.edwards, a: mary robinette kowal, a: jim butcher, a: ben aaronovitch, reading, a: iona datt sharma, a: ursula vernon

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jaelle_n_gilla January 2 2019, 10:34:05 UTC
Thanks for the Aaronovitch link - I missed that one. I am in the middle of Lies Sleeping, so that comes in handy.

I knew about the Dresden xmas special and loved it. So sweet!

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hamsterwoman January 2 2019, 10:38:45 UTC
You're very welcome! I believe it was included in the back of some special editions of Lies Sleeping, so reading it after that is probably the best time (although I don't think it includes any spoilers for the book).

The Dresden story was very sweet! And reminded me that I do miss the universe. It's been WAAY too long!

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gelsey January 2 2019, 14:43:55 UTC

I have that MRK book in my tbr glad to hear it's good

Also I've very much enjoyed some of Jo Walton's books.

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hamsterwoman January 2 2019, 22:34:57 UTC
I enjoyed the MRK a lot -- and it was also a less depressing read than I'd been expecting, so that was nice.

I've read only one Jo Walton novel so far -- Philosopher Kings -- and, hmm, "appreciated" is probably a better word than "enjoyed" for how I felt about it. I also started and want to push myself this year to finish My Real Children, which, ditto. But it seems like I find it much easier to read (/hear) Jo Walton talk about books than to read her own fiction.

Possibly what this means is that I should read Among Others, which will have fiction AND books? It's definitely something I'd like to get to!

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gelsey January 2 2019, 23:50:01 UTC
The King's Peace and The King's Name are among some of my favorites ever. Beware the first opens with a rape, but it's not gratuitous and definitely drives the plot.

Tooth and Claw is regency dragons, so it's a blast too.

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hamsterwoman January 2 2019, 23:59:21 UTC
Oh, yeah, I definitely want to read the regency dragons one!

The King's Peace and The King's Name I actually haven't heard of before! Wiki says they're an Arthuriana riff -- are they really? I tend to bounce off Arthuriana, but the blurb doesn't make the first book sound terribly Arthurian...

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lyssa027 January 4 2019, 07:03:15 UTC
I liked how Christmas Days foreshadows what happened in Peace Talks. I wonder who dies/gets hurt...

Did you read the short story with Molly going to Alaska yet as her first duty as the winter lady?

[if you didn't, I don't want to accidentally spoil you with what I want to say]

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hamsterwoman January 4 2019, 07:06:46 UTC
Did you read the short story with Molly going to Alaska yet as her first duty as the winter lady?

I haven't! Where was that one?

And, yeah, I thought the foreshadowing was very intriguing!

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lyssa027 January 4 2019, 07:22:32 UTC
The story is definitely in Brief Cases, but it originally came from a short story book called Shadowed Souls, which I had totally bought just for that story way before Brief Cases

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hamsterwoman January 4 2019, 08:38:11 UTC
Oh, right! I definitely need to track down Brief Cases.

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