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Wednesday books (on Thursday)
Mar. 7th, 2013 10:14 amWhat I've read lately:
Fire, by Kristin Cashore. The sequel to Graceling, on the iPad (thank you, Hennepin County Library). I did not like this one anywhere near as well as the first. It has major structural problems, and there's an awful lot of confused (and confusing) but essentially tedious military stuff. I like several of the characters, and I like the fact that one character who was initially shown as quite skeevy demonstrates the ability to grow into a decent human being, but mostly I was glad when I was done.
Silver Birch, by Dorothy Lyon. The prequel to Midnight Moon, and the author's first book, IIRC. Enjoyable.
Rook, by Daniel O'Malley. By the end, it fell somewhat off the peak of appreciation I referred to last week, but still worth reading. Notable for major Bechdel pass by a male author. A sequel is apparently forthcoming, and I look forward to reading it.
Retreat, Hell!, by W.E.B. Griffin, as an audiobook. The 10th and last (so far) of the Corps series. Ends a couple of ongoing plot threads, but leaves a bunch of others dangling. Apparently the author's son has taken up writing (or co-writing) in the existing series, so maybe a future book will wrap things up somewhat.
Seattle Sleuth, by Alex MacKenzie, on the iPhone. A detective novel set (obviously) in Seattle shortly after the end of WWI. This took me several tries to get started on -- I didn't so much bounce off of it as put it down and just pick up something else instead. (And it is no fault of the book or author that I don't like reading books on the Kindle for iPhone app as well as I do various ePub readers, but it was a factor.) This time I passed the hump and finished it. I liked the characters (including a couple of subsidiary ones), and the mystery plot was woven through nicely. Recommended, with the caveat that I found it a slow start.
Arrow, by R.J. Anderson. The third of the Faery Rebels books. Rather a sad book about a war waged by a megalomaniac faery and the havoc she wreaks. The eventual victory isn't quite pyrrhic, but much is lost in the process.
What I'm currently reading:
carried over from last week:
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris, as a kitchen book
The Silver Stallion, by James Branch Cabell, as a bathroom book. The sequel to Figures of Earth, and I definitely don't like it as well, at least so far (50 pages in).
Danse de la Folie, by Sherwood Smith, as an iPhone book. Who knew that Sherwood Smith (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sartorias) wrote Regency romances? I hadn't, anyway. I bought it a couple of weeks ago when someone else recommended it, and am about a third of the way through. So far, at least, it's enjoyable but not at all transgressive -- it follows the mode of the genre rather than playing with it. But there's a lot of book left to read. (As long as I'm talking about book format, I'll mention that I purchased this one as an unlocked Kindle book, and I quite like the format of this one much better than the standard Kindle format.)
Tortall and Other Lands, by Tamora Pierce, on the iPad. Short stories set in the land of Tortall. I hadn't meant to start this one, but last night I couldn't sleep, and after finishing Fire, needed something else to read on the iPad -- and this was handy. I think I'll be virtuous and save the rest of the stories for later.
What I plan to read:
The Unknown Ajax, by Georgette Heyer. The next Heyer romance (alphabetically), for the iPhone. This one was delayed a week because I had file problems, but I now have a version that has all the missing italics.
Doris Egan's Ivory trilogy. It's next in the bedside queue. Really. No more library books. Well, maybe one.
Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore. The third of the Graceling books, I've requested it from the library, but it hasn't come in yet. This one is only available in hard copy, whereas I read the other two as ebooks.
Jurgen, by James Branch Cabell, once I finish The Silver Stallion. And then I think I'll be done with Cabell.
Fire, by Kristin Cashore. The sequel to Graceling, on the iPad (thank you, Hennepin County Library). I did not like this one anywhere near as well as the first. It has major structural problems, and there's an awful lot of confused (and confusing) but essentially tedious military stuff. I like several of the characters, and I like the fact that one character who was initially shown as quite skeevy demonstrates the ability to grow into a decent human being, but mostly I was glad when I was done.
Silver Birch, by Dorothy Lyon. The prequel to Midnight Moon, and the author's first book, IIRC. Enjoyable.
Rook, by Daniel O'Malley. By the end, it fell somewhat off the peak of appreciation I referred to last week, but still worth reading. Notable for major Bechdel pass by a male author. A sequel is apparently forthcoming, and I look forward to reading it.
Retreat, Hell!, by W.E.B. Griffin, as an audiobook. The 10th and last (so far) of the Corps series. Ends a couple of ongoing plot threads, but leaves a bunch of others dangling. Apparently the author's son has taken up writing (or co-writing) in the existing series, so maybe a future book will wrap things up somewhat.
Seattle Sleuth, by Alex MacKenzie, on the iPhone. A detective novel set (obviously) in Seattle shortly after the end of WWI. This took me several tries to get started on -- I didn't so much bounce off of it as put it down and just pick up something else instead. (And it is no fault of the book or author that I don't like reading books on the Kindle for iPhone app as well as I do various ePub readers, but it was a factor.) This time I passed the hump and finished it. I liked the characters (including a couple of subsidiary ones), and the mystery plot was woven through nicely. Recommended, with the caveat that I found it a slow start.
Arrow, by R.J. Anderson. The third of the Faery Rebels books. Rather a sad book about a war waged by a megalomaniac faery and the havoc she wreaks. The eventual victory isn't quite pyrrhic, but much is lost in the process.
What I'm currently reading:
carried over from last week:
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris, as a kitchen book
The Silver Stallion, by James Branch Cabell, as a bathroom book. The sequel to Figures of Earth, and I definitely don't like it as well, at least so far (50 pages in).
Danse de la Folie, by Sherwood Smith, as an iPhone book. Who knew that Sherwood Smith (
sartorias) wrote Regency romances? I hadn't, anyway. I bought it a couple of weeks ago when someone else recommended it, and am about a third of the way through. So far, at least, it's enjoyable but not at all transgressive -- it follows the mode of the genre rather than playing with it. But there's a lot of book left to read. (As long as I'm talking about book format, I'll mention that I purchased this one as an unlocked Kindle book, and I quite like the format of this one much better than the standard Kindle format.)Tortall and Other Lands, by Tamora Pierce, on the iPad. Short stories set in the land of Tortall. I hadn't meant to start this one, but last night I couldn't sleep, and after finishing Fire, needed something else to read on the iPad -- and this was handy. I think I'll be virtuous and save the rest of the stories for later.
What I plan to read:
The Unknown Ajax, by Georgette Heyer. The next Heyer romance (alphabetically), for the iPhone. This one was delayed a week because I had file problems, but I now have a version that has all the missing italics.
Doris Egan's Ivory trilogy. It's next in the bedside queue. Really. No more library books. Well, maybe one.
Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore. The third of the Graceling books, I've requested it from the library, but it hasn't come in yet. This one is only available in hard copy, whereas I read the other two as ebooks.
Jurgen, by James Branch Cabell, once I finish The Silver Stallion. And then I think I'll be done with Cabell.
