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Dec. 19th, 2011 10:01 amOK, so I fell off the book-recording wagon.
What have I read since?
Sanderson: Way of Kings (I can't find a post for this one; I mentioned I had it not that I'd read it) - Sanderson is good on his own account too, yay. I actually like this one better than Mistborn I think. Epic fantasy on an epic scale, this may be my new decades-long huge-series obsession :-p
GRRM: A song of Ice and Fire (5 volumes to date). Gosh this is unremittingly DOOM and GLOOM. Also Martin is not at all afraid to kill off viewpoint characters (yo, don't get attached). Interesting in that none of the characters are presented as entirely "good", but also few are entirely "bad" - almost all do things both good and bad, both clever and stupid. It's not a happy read but I did enjoy it and will certainly be reading the rest. I read this in e-form so I didn't have to heft about huge books, which was a good choice I think.
Phillipa Gregory:the White Queen/the Red Queen. Licence taken with history of course, but not as much as in some works (The Tudors, I am LOOKING AT YOU). Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beufort respectively. Two women's perspectives on (parts of) the Wars of the Roses (there are to be other books in the series too). I enjoyed them, enough to buy the latest.
Xinran: What the Chinese don't eat. Collected columns, some interesting, some dull. Definitely not as good as her more continuous prose works.
various: Chicks Dig Timelords. Collection of essays and interviews by female fans of Dr Who. Mildly interesting.
(I forgot the author): the Last Ringbearer. Very interesting take on the Lord of the Rings by a Russian fan. I found the writing rather clunky which I attribute to the difficulty of the translation.
What have I read since?
Sanderson: Way of Kings (I can't find a post for this one; I mentioned I had it not that I'd read it) - Sanderson is good on his own account too, yay. I actually like this one better than Mistborn I think. Epic fantasy on an epic scale, this may be my new decades-long huge-series obsession :-p
GRRM: A song of Ice and Fire (5 volumes to date). Gosh this is unremittingly DOOM and GLOOM. Also Martin is not at all afraid to kill off viewpoint characters (yo, don't get attached). Interesting in that none of the characters are presented as entirely "good", but also few are entirely "bad" - almost all do things both good and bad, both clever and stupid. It's not a happy read but I did enjoy it and will certainly be reading the rest. I read this in e-form so I didn't have to heft about huge books, which was a good choice I think.
Phillipa Gregory:the White Queen/the Red Queen. Licence taken with history of course, but not as much as in some works (The Tudors, I am LOOKING AT YOU). Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beufort respectively. Two women's perspectives on (parts of) the Wars of the Roses (there are to be other books in the series too). I enjoyed them, enough to buy the latest.
Xinran: What the Chinese don't eat. Collected columns, some interesting, some dull. Definitely not as good as her more continuous prose works.
various: Chicks Dig Timelords. Collection of essays and interviews by female fans of Dr Who. Mildly interesting.
(I forgot the author): the Last Ringbearer. Very interesting take on the Lord of the Rings by a Russian fan. I found the writing rather clunky which I attribute to the difficulty of the translation.