Comments | profshallowness: A multitude of stuff

profshallowness

A multitude of stuff

May 27, 2007 12:16

I watched the Bones finale last night, and it just encouraged me to get the DVD if I can. ( spoilers )

heroines, bones, tv, books, the o.c., dvds, reading

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svalar_unnir May 27 2007, 17:26:49 UTC

I really like what I've read of McKinley so far. Spindle's End was quite good, and Rose Daughter, her second retelling of Beauty and the Beast, is exquisite. I'll have to check out TBS : )

Reposted to finish my point. profshallowness May 27 2007, 21:15:56 UTC

I'm definitely looking forward to reading more by her. TBS is, I think, the third book she published, but I have no idea how much that matters in terms of her standard of writing throughout her career.

Re: Reposted to finish my point. svalar_unnir May 30 2007, 03:14:18 UTC

She's definitely developed a lot (read Beauty and then Rose Daughter, for example), but I still found Beauty, which I think was her first published novel, quite enjoyable. And I just noticed that my copy of RD has gone missing. Hmm.

rez_lo May 27 2007, 19:52:46 UTC

If you liked The Blue Sword you might want to read The Hero and the Crown, which is about the hero who first owned the blue sword. It's great, not least because it turns several classical fairy-tale tropes on their heads.

profshallowness May 27 2007, 21:10:45 UTC

Thanks for the rec! I noticed that it said in my copy that there were more books set in the same 'verse. I'll definitely hunt it down, as I really liked the world and cultures.

jaq_of_spades May 27 2007, 22:58:44 UTC

I've been reading a lot of disposable paperbacks recently (breastfeeding!) and the ones that stand out in the 3am haze must be fairly memorable, I figure. So, if you're still keen to hunt down a decent Regency, try anything by Liz Carlyle. Sabrina Jeffries is also fairly reliable, I think.

On the women with swords genre, I'll always have a soft spot for Katherine Kerr's Deverry novels, though they are more fantasy than historical fiction. And I think its Morgan Lleweyln (sp?) who wrote the Horse Goddess and Grania, both heavy on the woman-with-sword action!

profshallowness May 28 2007, 10:47:02 UTC

Thank you for all the recs, I'll look out for them! I am definitely interested in reading more Regencies, it's just that I've been getting frustrated with what I have read, but the ones that stand out in the 3am haze must be fairly memorable, I figure sounds fair enough to me :) (And for the record, the song now playing on the radio is KLF's 3 a.m. Eternal'!!!)