Five more books...
Oct. 5th, 2014 04:36 pmHere's what I've read since last time (mid-September):
1. Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter - the one bad thing about WorldCon is that I came home with not only a pile of books to read, but a recs list at least twice as long, mostly of folks I'd not heard of, Stephanie Saulter being one of them. ( Read more... )In short, it's really great, highly recommended!
2. Summer of the Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara - I'd had this sitting on my bookshelf for a while, as it's the first of a series that sounded interesting. Our protagonist is a survivor of the Hiroshima bomb, now living in the US and working as a landscape gardener, whose past comes back to haunt him. I wanted to enjoy it more than I did, but it's first person (which I am so done with, after many many urban fantasies) and I struggled to empathise with the main character. So, another promising series I don't need to buy! ;)
3. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - another one where I'm working through my TBR bookcase (yes, it's not a pile, it's an entire bookcase). Enjoyed this very much, didn't see the twist coming until it hit, though the requisite romantic sub-plot made me toy with the idea of skipping some pages but the author managed to pull it back into manageable levels.
4. Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie - I have been waiting for this book since I read Ancillary Justice over the summer and it did not disappoint me. Not quite as good as the first one, but there was definitely plenty going on there that I didn't see coming in advance. My only minor qualm was that ( spoilers ) Really looking forward to seeing where the third book goes, but I have no idea when that might be... :(
5. And I'm currently reading Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor, which is excellent so far but definitely comes into the category of 'books I am glad I've read but will never want to re-read'.
1. Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter - the one bad thing about WorldCon is that I came home with not only a pile of books to read, but a recs list at least twice as long, mostly of folks I'd not heard of, Stephanie Saulter being one of them. ( Read more... )In short, it's really great, highly recommended!
2. Summer of the Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara - I'd had this sitting on my bookshelf for a while, as it's the first of a series that sounded interesting. Our protagonist is a survivor of the Hiroshima bomb, now living in the US and working as a landscape gardener, whose past comes back to haunt him. I wanted to enjoy it more than I did, but it's first person (which I am so done with, after many many urban fantasies) and I struggled to empathise with the main character. So, another promising series I don't need to buy! ;)
3. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - another one where I'm working through my TBR bookcase (yes, it's not a pile, it's an entire bookcase). Enjoyed this very much, didn't see the twist coming until it hit, though the requisite romantic sub-plot made me toy with the idea of skipping some pages but the author managed to pull it back into manageable levels.
4. Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie - I have been waiting for this book since I read Ancillary Justice over the summer and it did not disappoint me. Not quite as good as the first one, but there was definitely plenty going on there that I didn't see coming in advance. My only minor qualm was that ( spoilers ) Really looking forward to seeing where the third book goes, but I have no idea when that might be... :(
5. And I'm currently reading Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor, which is excellent so far but definitely comes into the category of 'books I am glad I've read but will never want to re-read'.
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