Book Poll!

[rachelmanija]

I brought some books with me, and also poked through the parents' library, which turned up some oddities. Please vote for whatever you think will be either good, or produce an amusing review.

Poll

Comments

[sovay]

Contrarywise, by Zohra Greenhalgh.

I thought I was the only person who'd ever heard of these! There was a sequel, Trickster's Touch; I haven't read either of them since high school. I have absolutely no idea if they would hold up.

[telophase]

I've read them! Contrarywise hit me at exactly the right moment: I was obsessed with the Trickster archetype at the time. I've read it a couple of times since then, but not in a long, long time. I've read the sequel, too, but don't remember anything about it. (Unless that was the one with the author self-insert?)

[rachelmanija]

This is vaaaaaguely coming back to me now! It's a totally literal insert, right? The author has a lengthy conversation with the Trickster God?

[telophase]

Yes! I seem to remember not being impressed with that much at the time, which is astounding as I could suck up all manner of tripe.

[coffeeandink]

I bought a copy of The Grounding of Group Six last year because I had fond memories of it from high school, but I haven't reread it yet.

[katie_m]

mysterious elite clique of Russian hipsters

...I was not expecting that phrase.

[rachelmanija]

I am concerned that the book will fail to live up to the glories promised in that phrase.

[rachelmanija]

mysterious elite clique of Russian hipsters book reviewed!

[katie_m]

\o/

[fadethecat]

The Grounding of Group Six messed with my head something fierce way back when I read it. (And for some reason I kept thinking, for the longest time, that it was actually a novelization of a movie. Maybe because the writing style reminded me of some of those?) I still don't know what the heck that book was trying to do.

[cmattg]

Also possibly because the cover(at least on my copy) had a photo of the Group. No idea who they got to model.

[fadethecat]

Oh! That's probably where I got the impression, then.

[lady_ganesh]

Tankborn sounds promising, but I think you need a break.

"mysterious elite clique of Russian hipsters" totally sold me.

[rachelmanija]

Mysterious elite clique of Russian hipsters Joseph Bruchac werewolf novel reviewed!

[lady_ganesh]

Shiny!