Books Read in 2008

[rolanni]

Most recent on top:

Season of the Witch, Natasha Mostert
Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan, Ferdinand Kuhn
Narbonic Five, Shaenon K. Garrity
Identical Strangers, Elyse Schein, Paula Bernstein
Moon Called, Patricia Briggs
Dust, Elizabeth Bear
Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West, Lesley Downer
Soon, I Will be Invincible, Austin Grossman

Comments

[reedrover]

May I recommend Heart of Stone and House of Cards by C.E.Murphy? I just finished re-reading Stone so that I could consume Cards this weekend. It has an interesting twist on urban fantasy: there are five Old Races as well as humans. The first book centers on our heroine interacting with a gargoyle who is accused of murder, though you do get to meet a selkie, a djinn, a dragon and a vampire as well as some other Extremely Odd Characters.

[sleary.livejournal.com]

Ah, Season of the Witch. I was seduced by the lovely cover and the flap copy, but ultimately it left me cold. It also illustrated for me the danger of writing a computer thriller: by the time it sees print, it'll be sadly dated.

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Alas, even Roger Zelazny's work has this problem; you can find it in Jack of Shadows...

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

The datedness of the computer stuff didn't bother me, actually. I tend to read all "computer thrillers" from the position of, This happened a couple years ago...

I was actually interested in the Memory Palace and the idea of modern-day alchemists practicing their art. What I couldn't understand why anyone, much less a brilliant, intellectually fearless, sensual adventurist -- would give him the time of day, sweet buns notwithstanding.

[silverdragonma.livejournal.com]

Have you read Iron Kissed yet? It is good.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Nope, just this morning started Blood Bound. Iron Kissed is in the TBR pile.

Yeah, with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir...