Reaper Camelot Players
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maribouGrail Quest: The Camelot Spell, by Laura Anne Gilman
I got this from the library by mistake, because they didn't mention the 'Grail Quest' bit and I thought it was a book for grown-ups. Not that I mind kid's books, I love them, but I tend to avoid the Highly Packaged Looking ones, which this definitely is. I almost didn't bother to check it out. Glad I did anyway, it is actually highly engaging, funny, and the characters are loveable and interesting. Being able to write really excellent packagy kids' books is a sure sign of a reliable writer, since they are few and far between, and there are plenty of good authors out there whose packagy stuff is pretty inferior.
(205/250)
The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas, by Jack Sheehan
Enh. I expected more depth, or more literary merit, or something. But it was still interesting - hard to make a man like Benny Binion boring, I guess. And it wasn't *bad* - I guess what I was really looking for wouldn't have struck me as being able to be stamped with 'approved by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce'. And this could've been.
(206/250)
Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
I love this book; it's one of my five favorite Pratchetts, for sure, and I think this was a second rereading. Still holds up. One thing I sometimes forget I love about Terry Pratchett is how tender and delicate he can be.
(207/250)
I got this from the library by mistake, because they didn't mention the 'Grail Quest' bit and I thought it was a book for grown-ups. Not that I mind kid's books, I love them, but I tend to avoid the Highly Packaged Looking ones, which this definitely is. I almost didn't bother to check it out. Glad I did anyway, it is actually highly engaging, funny, and the characters are loveable and interesting. Being able to write really excellent packagy kids' books is a sure sign of a reliable writer, since they are few and far between, and there are plenty of good authors out there whose packagy stuff is pretty inferior.
(205/250)
The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas, by Jack Sheehan
Enh. I expected more depth, or more literary merit, or something. But it was still interesting - hard to make a man like Benny Binion boring, I guess. And it wasn't *bad* - I guess what I was really looking for wouldn't have struck me as being able to be stamped with 'approved by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce'. And this could've been.
(206/250)
Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
I love this book; it's one of my five favorite Pratchetts, for sure, and I think this was a second rereading. Still holds up. One thing I sometimes forget I love about Terry Pratchett is how tender and delicate he can be.
(207/250)
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Date: 2006-11-08 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-08 04:37 am (UTC)My favorite favorite of the Discworld books I've read is probably The Truth - what's yours?
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Date: 2006-11-08 04:41 am (UTC)I still need to finish The Truth. I think my favourite is probably Sourcery, but I keep feeling like I'm forgetting one.