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vilakins

Books read in 2012

Jan 02, 2013 18:56

This is a slightly incomplete list as I know I read more swap books from the local second-hand bookshop but I can't remember them all. I've bolded my top three. The first is there because although I hated the murder aspect the description of the artist character is just brilliant; the other two are highly recommended although they're very different ( Read more... )

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ultrapsychobrat January 2 2013, 07:06:17 UTC

Oh, I agree about Laurie King's book--the artist is fantastic! You still read an incredible number of books, full-time job or not. Your list reminds me--I have to get out my Georgette Heyer books and reread them.

vilakins January 2 2013, 09:13:22 UTC

And I have to get back into them. I know the highly recced ones are yet to come.

astrogirl2 January 2 2013, 15:03:22 UTC

Ooh, a very nice year of reading there, I think! Almost all the ones I've read, I liked, some of them a lot. I think The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland was one of my faves from last year.

I remember being deeply annoyed by The Laertian Gamble as well. I mean, I'm used to a lot of Trek novels being bad, but you expect a lot better from Sheckley!.

vilakins January 2 2013, 22:44:06 UTC

I thought I'd restrict myself to three or I'd be bolding most of them! I've recced it to two enquirers on DW. :-)

Deeply annoyed? That's all? I expect a lot better from any writer; it was worse than a lot of the fanfic I've backed away from. I finally found where I'd put it (out of sight) and will post some excerpts to warn others off.

astrogirl2 January 2 2013, 23:05:29 UTC

I don't actually really remember quite what my reaction was, other than being very negative. It was quite a while ago, and I think I've blocked the details of the book out of my brain. :)

san_valentine January 2 2013, 15:43:31 UTC

If I remember the title correctly, the Georgette Heyer, 'These Old Shades', features a character called the Earl of Avon who has a striking resemblance in looks and character to another Avon we both know.

vilakins January 2 2013, 22:46:56 UTC

He does indeed, though he predated our one and I doubt Terry Nation read Heyer. Her Avon has an excellent line in snark and haughtiness, and I imagined him as looking like ours.

lost_spook January 4 2013, 12:51:09 UTC

:lol: I seem to remember a Heyer conversation - and you're still stuck on the really early ones there, aren't you? (Oh, no, I see there's Devil's Cub as well, that one's a little more like her later style. ;-D)

I keep a book diary - I started it as a teenager and never quite stopped. I must have missed writing some in over the years, but it's fairly complete. I just got into the habit, and it is useful.

Also, looking at your stats, which was the novel that was both historical detection and historical romance?

vilakins January 5 2013, 03:29:53 UTC

I keep forgetting to order more Heyer, but I will.

I rely on the library reading history for mine but I should note the ones I read that aren't from there. I'm just not that organised even though I keep thinking of cataloguing my books and DVDs.

I didn't save the spreadsheet so I now have no idea. I can't have counted one twice as I used a pivot table so something odd happened.

lost_spook January 5 2013, 09:35:14 UTC

:-)

Heh, I've never got around to cataloguing my books and DVDs. Although, actually, what's worse is I don't need to. I know what I have (well, except for which PG Wodehouse titles, they're all so similar and it's not like looking at the summaries helps much). Which maybe is a bit scary now that I come to think of it. Although it's in alphabetical order and the NF is in vague Dewey order, which helps... :lol:

Oh, shame, I was intrigued!