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Wednesday books (on Thursday)
Feb. 14th, 2013 06:37 pmWhat I've read lately:
The Winter Prince, by Elizabeth Wein. An alternate-universe Arthurian novel from the point of view of the Mordred character, in which thibngs turn out rather better than the original, at least so far. There are four sequels that take place in Aksun (in Africa), best I can tell.
Red Embers, by Dorothy Lyons. A first read. It's all about young women playing polo as talented amateurs in the late 1940s. I wonder how much of it is historically accurate.
Midnight Moon, by Dorothy Lyons. Reread of a horse book from my youth. Enjoyable in a nostalgic sort of way.
Shapeshifter, by Holly Bennet. An accidental reread of a retelling of the story of Sive, a minor character in the legends of Finn mac Cumhail. One of the Wiscon YA ARCs. Competent, but not really worth a reread.
Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter, by R.J. Anderson. This was interesting, because I read a very early version of this in the early 1990s when we were both on the FidoNet writing echo. Since then, she's published five or six books, and I've become a professional technical writer and copyeditor. I quite enjoyed this reading (a major improvement, not suprisingly, over the earlier version), and look forward to reading the sequel.
Fool Moon, by Jim Butcher. Second of the Dresden Files books, read on the iPad.
(not read)
An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil, by Jim Munroe. This was in the YA ARC pile at Wiscon, but it's actually a self-published adult novel. It had a catchy blurb and first page or two, but 20 pages in, I uttered the Eight Deadly Words and picked up something else.
What I'm currently reading:
carried over from last week:
Retreat, Hell!, as an audiobook
Figures of Earth, by James Branch Cabell, as a bathroom book
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris, as a kitchen book
Sylvester, Or The Wicked Uncle, by Georgette Heyer, as an iPhone book
Wayfarer, by R.J. Anderson. The sequel to Faery Rebels, I'm only a few pages in.
What I plan to read:
Doris Egan's Ivory trilogy. Didn't get to it last week, but it's high up on the queue.
The Sirens Sang of Murder, by Sarah Caudwell. The third of the Hilary Tamar books. Borrowed from Pat WINOLJ I don't know how long ago; I want to read it so I can return it.
Backroom Boys, by Francis Spufford. On the iPad, so it'll only get read if I'm where the light is poor. I really am trying to make a hole in the pile of physical books.
The Winter Prince, by Elizabeth Wein. An alternate-universe Arthurian novel from the point of view of the Mordred character, in which thibngs turn out rather better than the original, at least so far. There are four sequels that take place in Aksun (in Africa), best I can tell.
Red Embers, by Dorothy Lyons. A first read. It's all about young women playing polo as talented amateurs in the late 1940s. I wonder how much of it is historically accurate.
Midnight Moon, by Dorothy Lyons. Reread of a horse book from my youth. Enjoyable in a nostalgic sort of way.
Shapeshifter, by Holly Bennet. An accidental reread of a retelling of the story of Sive, a minor character in the legends of Finn mac Cumhail. One of the Wiscon YA ARCs. Competent, but not really worth a reread.
Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter, by R.J. Anderson. This was interesting, because I read a very early version of this in the early 1990s when we were both on the FidoNet writing echo. Since then, she's published five or six books, and I've become a professional technical writer and copyeditor. I quite enjoyed this reading (a major improvement, not suprisingly, over the earlier version), and look forward to reading the sequel.
Fool Moon, by Jim Butcher. Second of the Dresden Files books, read on the iPad.
(not read)
An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil, by Jim Munroe. This was in the YA ARC pile at Wiscon, but it's actually a self-published adult novel. It had a catchy blurb and first page or two, but 20 pages in, I uttered the Eight Deadly Words and picked up something else.
What I'm currently reading:
carried over from last week:
Retreat, Hell!, as an audiobook
Figures of Earth, by James Branch Cabell, as a bathroom book
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris, as a kitchen book
Sylvester, Or The Wicked Uncle, by Georgette Heyer, as an iPhone book
Wayfarer, by R.J. Anderson. The sequel to Faery Rebels, I'm only a few pages in.
What I plan to read:
Doris Egan's Ivory trilogy. Didn't get to it last week, but it's high up on the queue.
The Sirens Sang of Murder, by Sarah Caudwell. The third of the Hilary Tamar books. Borrowed from Pat WINOLJ I don't know how long ago; I want to read it so I can return it.
Backroom Boys, by Francis Spufford. On the iPad, so it'll only get read if I'm where the light is poor. I really am trying to make a hole in the pile of physical books.
