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Crash Strides; Eyes of Guernica
May. 16th, 2009 10:37 pmCrash Course in Reference, by Charlotte Ford
This was aimed at a reference person working solo in a small library, but it was still pretty interesting for me to read. She has a good perspective.
(95/275)
The Strides of Vishnu, by Ariel Glucklich
Wonderfully fascinating book on (some parts of) Indian philosophy, with lots of interesting bits from archaeology and anthropology mixed in. Sadly marred by a) crappy printing and b) crappy proofing - a sentence should not refer to someone as a second wife AND a third wife, SAME person, in the SAME sentence... I don't care how long the sentence is - and there were lots more examples as irritating as that one. I expect better from OUP.
(96/275)
Eyes of Crow, by Jeri Smith-Ready
I was a bit dubious about this romantic fantasy because the author's only other book that I'd read (and enjoyed) was about a vampire radio station. And this one was all pastoral-mildly-post-apocalyptic-y. Seemed a bit of a leap. But I *really* enjoyed the world-building/how-magic-works and was also down with characterization, plot, dialogue, etc. Definitely looking forward to the 2nd one.
(97/275)
Guernica, by Dave Boling (ARC)
A touching novel about some people who lived in Guernica during the bombing or were otherwise tied to the town. Historical novels often come in one of 2 flavors: 1) the story is more important and the history is window-dressing, or 2) the history is more important and the story is window-dressing. While I enjoy both, I tend to favor type 1. This is type 2 but I still liked reading it. And if you tend to favor type 2, you will probably love it.
(98/275)
This was aimed at a reference person working solo in a small library, but it was still pretty interesting for me to read. She has a good perspective.
(95/275)
The Strides of Vishnu, by Ariel Glucklich
Wonderfully fascinating book on (some parts of) Indian philosophy, with lots of interesting bits from archaeology and anthropology mixed in. Sadly marred by a) crappy printing and b) crappy proofing - a sentence should not refer to someone as a second wife AND a third wife, SAME person, in the SAME sentence... I don't care how long the sentence is - and there were lots more examples as irritating as that one. I expect better from OUP.
(96/275)
Eyes of Crow, by Jeri Smith-Ready
I was a bit dubious about this romantic fantasy because the author's only other book that I'd read (and enjoyed) was about a vampire radio station. And this one was all pastoral-mildly-post-apocalyptic-y. Seemed a bit of a leap. But I *really* enjoyed the world-building/how-magic-works and was also down with characterization, plot, dialogue, etc. Definitely looking forward to the 2nd one.
(97/275)
Guernica, by Dave Boling (ARC)
A touching novel about some people who lived in Guernica during the bombing or were otherwise tied to the town. Historical novels often come in one of 2 flavors: 1) the story is more important and the history is window-dressing, or 2) the history is more important and the story is window-dressing. While I enjoy both, I tend to favor type 1. This is type 2 but I still liked reading it. And if you tend to favor type 2, you will probably love it.
(98/275)
