Reading List Update: #82-85
Nov. 28th, 2007 01:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jedibuttercupSleep? Packing? I know not these words. *rubs tired eyes* Estimated time of departure: T minus 6 hours. On the bright side, all that laundry, and the dishes that used to be stacked all over the counter and in the sink? Done. Darn nerves are good for something.
Anyway. Four more books since I last posted, November 4. One historical sea-novel, one fairy-tale fantasy, one military sci-fi, and one modern fantasy.
82. Post Captain, by Patrick O'Brian. Paperback, 527pp. 2nd of the Aubrey-Maturin series. The first book taught me to like Aubrey and Maturin; this book taught me to love them. It folded and spindled them and even set them against each other at points, with the sea action all mixed up with debts and jealousy over girlfriends and trekking all the way across Spain wearing the skin of a bear, and-- just, awesome. I'll definitely be picking up more of the series.
83. Fortune's Fool, by Mercedes Lackey. Hardback, 362pp. 3rd "Tale of the Five Hundred Kingdoms". Cute, but not anywhere near as good as the first, or even the second. I love fairy tale derivations and extrapolations, but a lot of this one felt rushed; the author fell back on "Because he's lucky that way!" as an explanation for Deities Ex Machina far too often. However, as characters, I did like the hero and heroine. Probably good for a rainy day not-thinking-too-hard fluff reread in the future.
84. With the Lightnings by David Drake. Paperback, 400pp. 1st of the RCN series. This one was reccommended to me by a fellow LJer. Who completely failed to mention, among his other praise, that this series is more or less Aubrey & Maturin in space. Which: see above. ♥♥♥ An action-packed, and well-rounded, beginning; can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the series.
85. The Adept by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris. Paperback, 321pp. 1st of the Adept series. Reread. Wow, now I know why I fell for Dresden so quickly; I'd forgotten about Sir Adam Sinclair. The hero of the Adept series is a modern white wizardly type who, together with a varied secondary cast, goes around saving people from evil or otherwise dangerous magical problems. Except that he's a titled Scot, reincarnated instead of longlived, has a very Good reputation, and has a cover job as a psychiatrist. In other words, Dresden is everything I liked about Sir Adam except brought down to where real people live and overcharged with action. Sir Adam's tale still makes for pleasant rereading, though.
Next up: Whatever comes to hand whilst on my trip to Austin. I still haven't packed yet, so I've no idea what that'll be.
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Anyway. Four more books since I last posted, November 4. One historical sea-novel, one fairy-tale fantasy, one military sci-fi, and one modern fantasy.
82. Post Captain, by Patrick O'Brian. Paperback, 527pp. 2nd of the Aubrey-Maturin series. The first book taught me to like Aubrey and Maturin; this book taught me to love them. It folded and spindled them and even set them against each other at points, with the sea action all mixed up with debts and jealousy over girlfriends and trekking all the way across Spain wearing the skin of a bear, and-- just, awesome. I'll definitely be picking up more of the series.
83. Fortune's Fool, by Mercedes Lackey. Hardback, 362pp. 3rd "Tale of the Five Hundred Kingdoms". Cute, but not anywhere near as good as the first, or even the second. I love fairy tale derivations and extrapolations, but a lot of this one felt rushed; the author fell back on "Because he's lucky that way!" as an explanation for Deities Ex Machina far too often. However, as characters, I did like the hero and heroine. Probably good for a rainy day not-thinking-too-hard fluff reread in the future.
84. With the Lightnings by David Drake. Paperback, 400pp. 1st of the RCN series. This one was reccommended to me by a fellow LJer. Who completely failed to mention, among his other praise, that this series is more or less Aubrey & Maturin in space. Which: see above. ♥♥♥ An action-packed, and well-rounded, beginning; can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the series.
85. The Adept by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris. Paperback, 321pp. 1st of the Adept series. Reread. Wow, now I know why I fell for Dresden so quickly; I'd forgotten about Sir Adam Sinclair. The hero of the Adept series is a modern white wizardly type who, together with a varied secondary cast, goes around saving people from evil or otherwise dangerous magical problems. Except that he's a titled Scot, reincarnated instead of longlived, has a very Good reputation, and has a cover job as a psychiatrist. In other words, Dresden is everything I liked about Sir Adam except brought down to where real people live and overcharged with action. Sir Adam's tale still makes for pleasant rereading, though.
Next up: Whatever comes to hand whilst on my trip to Austin. I still haven't packed yet, so I've no idea what that'll be.
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