Books Read in 2010

[rolanni]

A Matter of Class, Mary Balogh
Chill, Elizabeth Bear
The Replacement, Brenna Yovanoff
Ghost Ship, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Merchanter’s Luck, C.J. Cherryh (reread)
Mr. Monster, Dan Wells
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
I Am Not a Serial Killer, Dan Wells
Deceiver, C.J.Cherryh
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Helen Simonson
Half Magic, Edward Eager
Unknown, Rachel Caine
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Sunshine, Robin McKinley
Bone Crossed, Patricia Briggs
‘Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield
The Ten-Cent Plague, David Hajdu
Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart

Comments

[hapaxnym.livejournal.com]

And *I* am wondering what you made of the Balogh. It's a pretty slight book -- no more than a novella -- but I thought she pulled off the complicated structure fairly cleverly. Enough so that when I finished it, I had to immediately read it again with my new knowledge, which made for an entirely different book. (Two books for the price of one!)

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I got the gimmick pretty quick (part of this is the fault of the publisher, who put the Maccomber quote about a "twist" on the front cover, so I was, yanno, *looking* for the twist), but my ghod, the structure of that book could support an elephant. It was a relief to read it. I've been reading a lot of memoirs and New Yorker articles, neither of which have much of a narrative thrust. The Balogh was well-done, and I was amused. But more than that, I was grateful -- it's rare you find so very solid a piece of work.