Books 2013

[ms_geekette]

January 2013
1. Jennifer Crusie - Strange Bedpersons

February 2013
2. Alex Adams - White Horse
3. Emma Bull - War for the Oaks

March 2013
4. Kevin J. Anderson - Death Warmed Over: Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I
5. James S.A. Corey - Leviathan Wakes

Comments

[hamsterwoman]

Ooh, how did you like War for the Oaks? (I read it a couple of years ago, and despite the datedness, and the musicness, which I don't really care about, as you know, it became my favorite urban-fantasy-with-fairies and remains in that spot)

[ms_geekette]

Heh, I was looking for this post yesterday, b/c I knew I had it scheduled to post and I wanted to stick a cut in if I needed one. I see I didn't need a cut at all...I really did not read many books this past year.... :-/

For War for the Oaks, I think I ended up comparing it to Dresden's fae-universe and perhaps also Lost Girl's (Canadian fantasy show that is exclusively fae/mythological creatures). I kinda wanted *more* from it, you know? But I appreciate it for what it is, b/c I don't know if urban fantasy would be a *thing* without it.

I'm not really gung-ho on fairies as it is, so I don't know if I have a favorite fae book. I might like Dresden's fae a bit better since they've had more time to be more fleshed out, but then there are lots of series out there that are all fae that I haven't read at all.

I've been meaning to try another book/story by Emma Bull, but haven't gotten around it. Also, it seems she really hasn't written that much.

[hamsterwoman]

A couple of folks on my flist watch Lost Girls and posted about it, so I know a little bit about the premise, though I haven't watched it myself. I find Bull's Fae more authentic and more scary than Dresden's (and Dresden's Lady/Queen/Mother thing needlessly complex, too). But, yeah, part of the interest in WftO is how foundational it is to the sub-genre.

I've only read one other short story by Emma Bull, "Silver and Gold", in an anthology, and liked it a lot (for a short story). But I've wanted to read more things by her, and, yeah, not so much that I've found...

[ms_geekette]

I am slowly going back through old comments (gah, I am so behind on LJ right now), but what I meant by "more" is that I wanted to see more of Bull's fae world. It felt authentic, but ultimately it seems like we were only given a medium taste. It felt like the story ended early, in a way, you know? Maybe it's b/c I'm more used to reading series these days where authors can get more involved and spend more time on things, but Bull could've written another book (or 5) in this setting oh-so-easily. I guess she's not going to since it's been so "long." :-/