An experiment

[justice_turtle]

Well, we'll see how long this lasts, but I've always thought it might be interesting to keep a reading log... and I've been reading quite a bit of new stuff lately. (I go through phases of Reading and Not Reading.)

Comments

[roseandheather]

While I must put in a disagreement with your statement that L.A. Graf write The Best Tie-In Bones Ever - a title which belongs to Her Magnificence The Lady Diane Duane, who has written gems like Doctor's Orders, The Wounded Sky, Spock's World, and the entire Rihannsu quintet, all of which feature the good doc at his witty, julep-loving, sarcastic best - they do indeed write Damn Good Books, and a Damn Good McCoy at that. ;)

WWII-era Britain you say? I can has ISBNs? *is a complete slut for WWII-Britain fiction*

[justice_turtle]

I must admit, I'm not quite sure what an ISBN is. O_O They're these books (Amazon links).

'*is a complete slut for WWII-Britain fiction*'

Ditto. I'm especially fond of the sort that was written in WWII Britain, which these are not (they're from 2009), but... yeah, I saw them reviewed on kalquessa's LJ and was like "WWII ENGLAND? GIMME NAO". *g*

As to Diane Duane - I tend to look askance at her writing, because she's a bit sloppy in her research (though I've only read her Marvel Comics tie-ins, and it must be admitted I'm picky as blazes about Marvel accuracy), but she is good with characterization. (Her Venom is fantastic, and I say that as someone who's always grumbling about the way the character gets invariably screwed over.) I shall have to try one of hers. *puts "Doctor's Orders" on library list*

[primsong]

I loved "Doctor's Orders" - must agree with mintcloud on the Impressiveness of the Bones there.

The ISBN is that little dash-filled string of numbers books have that identifies that particular book, usually on the back cover and if not there you'll find it tucked into the general classification info (publisher, etc.) in the front. They used to be 10 digits, but now the system is transitioning to 13 digits so new books often have *two* numbers on them now, one for the old 10-digit, one for the 13s.

[solo_by_choice]

I think I read that Horta one once...I don't even remember my opinions on it. The other DS9 book sounds awesome--especially if it has a good Odo!

Also, I love the Janus Gate books! I need to read them again, even though old Chekov and Sulu depress me immensely. I don't even remember what Bones got up to in that one (which is weird since he's my absolute favorite) [I totally agree with mintcloud about Diane Duane, though. I've never read any of her non-Trek works, but she writes so beautifully and I love the detail she puts into her alien worlds, especially in Doctor's Orders]

[justice_turtle]

It has a FANTASTIC Odo. Absolutely superb. :D Highly recommended.

Bones doesn't have a whole lot to do in the Janus Gate books, as far as I can recall (I've only just started re-reading), but he does it so well. ;D (He's my absolute favorite too.)

[pitry]

I have a problem with Connie Willis. She keeps on dropping huge huge huge hints way way way too early into the story, and then pretend they weren't so huge and that you didn't understand what it's all about halfway to the book.

So when the rest is entertaining like To Say Nothing Of The Dog I can survive the books and even enjoy it, but I didn't manage to finish Blackout.