Books read in 2014

[rolanni]

34.   A Brother's Price, Wen Spencer (e)
33.   Spiral Path, Katharine Eliska Kimbriel (e)
32.   Earthly Delights, Kerry Greenwood (e)
31.   Night Broken, Patricia Briggs (e)
30.  Just My Type, Simon Garfield
29.  Bones of Faerie, Janni Lee Simner
28.  Dancer of the Sixth, Michelle Shirey Crean
27.  Tryst, Elswyth Thane (re-re-re-re-re-&c-read)
26.  The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
25.  The King of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner
24.  The Queen of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner
23.  The Thief, Megan Whalen Turner
22.  Cuckoo's Egg, C.J. Cherryh (re-re-re-&c-read)
21.  The Windflower, Laura London (Tom and Sharon Curtis) (re-read)
20.  Sparrow Hill Road, Seanan McGuire (e)
19.  Demon's Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan
18.  Refining Felicity, Marion Chesney
17.  Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury (re-read aloud w/Steve)
16. The Vanished Priestess, Meredith Blevins
15.  Nine Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny (re-read aloud w/Steve)
14.  Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
13.  Ghost Point, James A. Hetley, manuscript (read aloud w/Steve)
12.  Peacemaker, C.J. Cherryh (read aloud w/Steve)
11.  The Red Hot Empress, Meredith Blevins
10.  Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
9.  Black Widow: The Name of the Rose, Marjorie Liu, Daniel Acuna
8.  Agent of Change, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (e)
7.  The Emperor's Agent, Jo Graham (e)
6.  Eternity and a Day, Aline Hunter (e)
5.  Kindred Rites, Katharine Eliska Kimbriel (e)
4.  Billy the Kid, the Endless Ride, Michael Wallis
3.  The Steerswoman, Rosemary Kirstein (e)
2.  Uncovered, Jordan Matter
1.  Dancers Among Us, Jordan Matter

Comments

Beyond Price

[bookmobiler.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reminder. I've got to locate my copy of the Wen Spencer book I'm glad to know its available as an ebook. I wish she'd written a sequel. Not that I don't enjoy the Tinker books.

Re: Beyond Price

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I liked Tinker. I also had fun with Eight Million Gods.

[conuly]

Do you intend to read Conspiracy of Kings, the fourth Attolia book?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

No.

[gilraen2.livejournal.com]

I loved A Brother's Price and wished she would write more in that arena.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I'm still thinking about A Brother's Price.

On the one hand, I felt that I was sold a potential villain early on, who then not only didn't materialize, but sort of faded right away. This could, of course, Be Me.

In terms of genre-bending, and grafting genres -- well done.

In terms of story. . .as I said, I'm still thinking, but at this point, I'm inclined to feel that what made the story work on all its levels was the Whistler family, and their. . .interesting ancestors. Had our hero not come from such intrepid stock, I don't know that I would have liked him so well. As it was, I didn't like him much above half, which is my usual engagement with straight romance heroines, so that's more a compliment than a complaint.