recent reads & upcoming writes
31 Aug 2006 10:19 pmTo those of you who responded on the themes, I'll be adding you. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thejennabides and I are going to start tomorrow, and do two a week each. No critiques or comments are really necessary, but they are appreciated. These are mostly going to be snippets, so not really chronological, though I'll try to give some kind of context if I see the scene/bit as happening within the overall stories' flow.
So tired, braindead this week, not sleeping enough, reading too much, hiding from everything mostly, so I apologize for not being that talky on LJ and never around on AIM and barely responding when I'm on either. Just pretty much in that omg-thirty-days-omg-omg mode, the last desperate leg of this project before we settle down to the one-year phase. Sigh.
Been awhile since I've done any reviews, so here goes.
( Heroics for Beginners )
( Nine Layers of Sky )
( The Anubis Gates )
( Amnesia Moon )
( Melusine )
( Privilege of the Sword )
( Rain Storm )
( Dragon's Eye )
Now I'm reading Butcher's third book in the Dresden Files, Grave Peril, and after that, the fourth book, Summer Knight. Not sure I'm as into the third as I was the first two. Hope it's not wearing thin, but we'll see. Also up for the damage, Bring it On, another Retrievers Novel by Laura Anne Gilman; she and Butcher got to me first and other than them, I'm sick of the storyline in which our intrepid hero is either a detective or a thief who finds things for people. Yeah, yeah, yeah, over it as much as last millenium's LK Hamilton's Anne-Rice retreads. And finally on the stack, Scott Lynch's Lies of Locke Lamora, another AU fantasy, but seemed like it was worth a shot.
The world needs more good urban fantasy, though. I keep saying that, but I wish someone else would write it, too, so I didn't feel entirely alone -- so long as it's not got vampires or werewolves. I am, once again saying for the record, so completely over vampires and werewolves. Getting that way about witches, too. If it weren't for Butcher's Harry being delightfully stubborn and imperfect, I probably would've thrown him against a wall halfway through the first book. Vampires, werewolves, witches, oh please.
And now, back to reading.
thejennabides and I are going to start tomorrow, and do two a week each. No critiques or comments are really necessary, but they are appreciated. These are mostly going to be snippets, so not really chronological, though I'll try to give some kind of context if I see the scene/bit as happening within the overall stories' flow.So tired, braindead this week, not sleeping enough, reading too much, hiding from everything mostly, so I apologize for not being that talky on LJ and never around on AIM and barely responding when I'm on either. Just pretty much in that omg-thirty-days-omg-omg mode, the last desperate leg of this project before we settle down to the one-year phase. Sigh.
Been awhile since I've done any reviews, so here goes.
( Heroics for Beginners )
( Nine Layers of Sky )
( The Anubis Gates )
( Amnesia Moon )
( Melusine )
( Privilege of the Sword )
( Rain Storm )
( Dragon's Eye )
Now I'm reading Butcher's third book in the Dresden Files, Grave Peril, and after that, the fourth book, Summer Knight. Not sure I'm as into the third as I was the first two. Hope it's not wearing thin, but we'll see. Also up for the damage, Bring it On, another Retrievers Novel by Laura Anne Gilman; she and Butcher got to me first and other than them, I'm sick of the storyline in which our intrepid hero is either a detective or a thief who finds things for people. Yeah, yeah, yeah, over it as much as last millenium's LK Hamilton's Anne-Rice retreads. And finally on the stack, Scott Lynch's Lies of Locke Lamora, another AU fantasy, but seemed like it was worth a shot.
The world needs more good urban fantasy, though. I keep saying that, but I wish someone else would write it, too, so I didn't feel entirely alone -- so long as it's not got vampires or werewolves. I am, once again saying for the record, so completely over vampires and werewolves. Getting that way about witches, too. If it weren't for Butcher's Harry being delightfully stubborn and imperfect, I probably would've thrown him against a wall halfway through the first book. Vampires, werewolves, witches, oh please.
And now, back to reading.