mschatelaine: Elaine with Ruby cat looking around her shoulder (Default)
2007-02-11 10:27 pm
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More books

I don't know that I'm going to put many comments up about the books that I've read, but here's the latest two -

The Demon and the City by Liz Williams; sequel to Snake Agent, I enjoyed this book immensely

Gloriana, or, The Unfulfilled Queen by Michael Moorcock; easy to read and sometimes very funny, with similarities to the Gormenghast books. I found the mannered prose and dialogue style to be less successful than Jack Vance's.
mschatelaine: Elaine with Ruby cat looking around her shoulder (Default)
2007-01-09 07:32 pm
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Another book

Wow, I'm ploughing through them this year. I just finished Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang.

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mschatelaine: Elaine with Ruby cat looking around her shoulder (Default)
2007-01-06 06:53 pm
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Books read this week

I'll do this challenge thing, since I was so disgusted at my lack of reading new books last year.

Zima Blue by Alastair Reynolds

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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

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(I did this last year as well - lets' see if I can keep it up a little longer.)