The last five books I've read...
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graculusThe last five books I've read:
1. Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire - first in a new urban fantasy series, this time one where our hero is a cryptozoologist who studies/protects the 'monsters' of New York. I could have done without the heavy romantic subplot, to be perfectly honest, but that's my usual reaction to urban fantasy summed up in 9 words. ;)
2. The King's Bastard and The Uncrowned King by Rowena Corey Daniels - first two books of a fantasy trilogy, which I'd had hanging around for ages and never really got around to. Not bad, except for the author having a real thing about the hero's 'powerful thighs' (I swear, if you had a drinking game based on that, it'd be dangerous) and his ambivalent attitude towards the revelation that his BFF is gay and fancies him (it's fine, I'm freaked out by it, it's fine, what will the others think? Rinse and repeat...)
3. Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler. Another unfinished book, since I couldn't really see where this was going or why I ought to care. Also not really sure why this was considered a 'science fiction masterwork' by the publishers, given that it's set in the late 19th century US and is more about social mores of the time than anything else. Maybe that also gets explained in the last third that I didn't read?
4. Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal, which is the first book in a series set in the 18th century with magic ('glamour') being added to the list of acceptable things for young ladies to study. This was a bit of a disappointment, to be honest, after having it on my to-be-read list for so long. Don't know if I'll bother to pick up the rest of the series, given how underwhelmed I was by this one.
5. Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter - currently reading this. It was recced at WorldCon and based on what I've read so far it is definitely worth checking out if you like stories about genetic modification and what it means to be truly human.
1. Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire - first in a new urban fantasy series, this time one where our hero is a cryptozoologist who studies/protects the 'monsters' of New York. I could have done without the heavy romantic subplot, to be perfectly honest, but that's my usual reaction to urban fantasy summed up in 9 words. ;)
2. The King's Bastard and The Uncrowned King by Rowena Corey Daniels - first two books of a fantasy trilogy, which I'd had hanging around for ages and never really got around to. Not bad, except for the author having a real thing about the hero's 'powerful thighs' (I swear, if you had a drinking game based on that, it'd be dangerous) and his ambivalent attitude towards the revelation that his BFF is gay and fancies him (it's fine, I'm freaked out by it, it's fine, what will the others think? Rinse and repeat...)
3. Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler. Another unfinished book, since I couldn't really see where this was going or why I ought to care. Also not really sure why this was considered a 'science fiction masterwork' by the publishers, given that it's set in the late 19th century US and is more about social mores of the time than anything else. Maybe that also gets explained in the last third that I didn't read?
4. Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal, which is the first book in a series set in the 18th century with magic ('glamour') being added to the list of acceptable things for young ladies to study. This was a bit of a disappointment, to be honest, after having it on my to-be-read list for so long. Don't know if I'll bother to pick up the rest of the series, given how underwhelmed I was by this one.
5. Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter - currently reading this. It was recced at WorldCon and based on what I've read so far it is definitely worth checking out if you like stories about genetic modification and what it means to be truly human.
