November 2003 Archives

Denner's Wreck by Lawrence Watt-Evans

I happened across this at the Friends of the LIbrary book sale. A discussion had recently come up on Usenet, so it was kind of neat to find the book. I'm enjoying it. Reminds me a little of Card's Treason, but that's probably just the "abandoned on a colony planet" + "magic" motif.

Hidden Warrior by Lynn Flewelling.

And finally, her latest book. Now I have to wait again for the last book in this trilogy to come out. If she starts another trilogy, I may collect the books as they're published, but wait to read them, so I can just read them all at once. She's a marvelous writer. Do check out the excerpts on her web site.

The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling.

I'm catching up to her latest book, and am using that as an excuse to re-read all her existing books, which I really enjoy.

Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling.

I'm catching up to her latest book, and am using that as an excuse to re-read all her existing books, which I really enjoy.

Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling.

I'm catching up to her latest book, and am using that as an excuse to re-read all her existing books, which I really enjoy.

Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling.

I'm catching up to her latest book, and am using that as an excuse to re-read all her existing books, which I really enjoy.

Mother of Kings by Poul Anderson.

I just couldn't get into this one. When I saw it on the shelf at the library, I guess it reminded me of Harrison's Hammer and Cross series, which I did enjoy reading. But this book seemed perhaps too spare and close to the sagas it draws from. I wasn't emotionally invested in the characters, and gave it up after perhaps 50 pages.

Dragon Venom by Lawrence Watt-Evans.

The third book in the trilogy.

If I'd written about the book when it was fresh in my mind, I would probably have more to say... but it's been a month. The book will be staying on my reread shelf, however.

The Dragon Society by Lawrence Watt-Evans.

Dragon Weather by Lawrence Watt-Evans.

I recently bought the latest volume in the series, and am re-reading.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

I read this one for my book club. It's a book I would probably never have read otherwise. At this point, my strongest memory is of an exceedingly silly metaphor from the middle of the book: "Her pupils dilated, pulsing in and out like small, ferocious olives." Um. Have you ever seen a furious olive?

I appear to have been on hiatus since 10/6... I need to go back and fill-in, at least with titles.