Reading List

[rolanni]

Books Read in 2007

Carnival, Elizabeth Bear
Thunderbird Falls, C.E. Murphy
Miss Melville Regrets, Evelyn E. Smith
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al Madinah and Meccah, Sir Richard Burton
Changeling, Delia Sherman
Girl Genius, Omnibus Volume I, Phil and Kaja Foglio
An Assembly Such As This, Pamela Aidan
Definitely Dead, Charlaine Harris
To Ride a Rathorn, P.C. Hodgell
Deliverer, C J Cherryh
Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams, Phil and Kaja Foglio
Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess, Phil and Kaja Foglio
Tam Lin, Pamela Dean
Duty and Desire, Pamela Aiden
Unshapely Things, Mark Del Franco
Narbonic, Volume 4, Shaenon K. Garrity
Grey, Jon Armstrong
Time's Child, Rebecca Ore
The Margarets, Sheri S. Tepper

Comments

[schulman.livejournal.com]

How was The Margarets?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

How was The Margarets?

Well...

The set up was interesting enough that I read the whole thing to see how she was going to pull it off. I'm not ...entirely convinced... that she did pull it off. It was, however, a credible effort, and by no means a throw-it-across-the-room, which is my usual reaction to Tepper.

[difrancis.livejournal.com]

I only just found out that Sheri Tepper had a new book out. Did you like? I love her stuff. I wish I could find the second and third Marianne books.

Di

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Did you like?

It's an interesting set-up with an unusual narrative structure. I'm not sure it ultimately worked, but reading it shouldn't be a complete waste of time, especially since you know you already like Tepper's stuff.

[deire.livejournal.com]

I like Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner, CJ Cherryh, Foglio, Bear, and PC Hodegell. Would I like Miss Melville Regrets? I want to try it for the name, to be honest--that's my last name.

[readinggeek451]

You'd probably like Miss Melville Regrets. (I adored it.) It's wonderfully snarky. It isn't fantasy, although "middle-aged woman becomes an assassin by accident" isn't exactly realism, either.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

*icon envy*

[readinggeek451]

Thank you! I forget where I snarfed it from.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Would I like Miss Melville Regrets?

It's probable. I had a blast. It's a very thin, short book; the pacing is dern near perfect, and the voice is right on. Kind of a cross between Georgette Heyer and Thorne Smith.

READING LIST

[(Anonymous)]

YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY ROBIN D. OWENS LLADRANA SERIES.THE FIRST, A SHORT STORY ("SONG OF MARWEY")POSTED ON THE HARLEQUIN LUNA WEB SITE, THE LAST 3 ALL PUBLISHED BY LUNA: "GUARDIAN OF HONOR", "SORCERESS OF FAITH" AND "PROTECTOR OF THE FLIGHT"

Re: READING LIST

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recommendations; I know a lot of people are having fun with Robin's books.

Could I ask you to not use all caps when you post here? All caps equals SHOUTING and this is a refined joint. Thanks.