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This Silver Stepsister Killed Bone
Mar. 2nd, 2011 08:21 pmBone Crossed, by Patricia Briggs
Mercy Thompson; I dig. The vampire politics in this one were really interesting.
(22/200)
The Stepsister Scheme, by Jim C. Hines
The first several chapters of this were... I didn't feel like they were anything special, straightforward and adventury, nothing that would be out of place on a slightly more daring Disney imprint. But then, well, wow! Things took a turn for the darker (and better) that had me totally entranced for the last huge chunk of the book, and made me appreciate the rest of it more. Love.
(23/200)
Someone Killed His Editor, by Josh Lanyon
Fun, fluffy romantic mystery set at a mystery writer's convention. Our Hero is a cozy writer struggling with market irrelevance and The Romantic Interest is a broody cop with whom he has history. I did not love this as much as I love the Russell Quant series (shoutout to Anthony Bidulka! Saskatchewan's finest!), but it was the next best thing... so I will be reading more of them later. Very comfortable and sympathizable writing, with some teeth.
(24/200)
Picture This!, by Lynda Barry
OMG THIS BOOK IS SO FUCKING BRILLIANT I CAN NOT EVEN TELL YOU. You would have to read it. Then you would run around saying NO REALLY YOU HAVE TO READ IT to everyone you know who cares about art or drawing or figuring out how to let yourself be yourself instead of freaking out all the time. WOW. I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK SO MUCH. And if anyone says "oh, I don't know, it's good and all that..," I start RABIDLY EXPLAINING how amazing it is. That reminds me, I need to go send this book and another book to my aunt for her birthday! Right now!! There, I sent it. (Along with Marian Bantjes' _I Wonder_, which is wonderful in fairly different but not unconnected ways.)
(26/200)
Silver Borne, by Patricia Briggs
You can tell how much I like this series by how closely together I am readin' 'em. This one was also tasty. The main plot sort of felt like she'd been reading Charles de Lint, but in a good way. I know some people think her books are lacking in characterization, but I think this one really delved into the ways in which the wolf pack remain individuals - often at odds - even though they are all so tied together. Showing, not telling. Thumbs up.
(27/200)
Mercy Thompson; I dig. The vampire politics in this one were really interesting.
(22/200)
The Stepsister Scheme, by Jim C. Hines
The first several chapters of this were... I didn't feel like they were anything special, straightforward and adventury, nothing that would be out of place on a slightly more daring Disney imprint. But then, well, wow! Things took a turn for the darker (and better) that had me totally entranced for the last huge chunk of the book, and made me appreciate the rest of it more. Love.
(23/200)
Someone Killed His Editor, by Josh Lanyon
Fun, fluffy romantic mystery set at a mystery writer's convention. Our Hero is a cozy writer struggling with market irrelevance and The Romantic Interest is a broody cop with whom he has history. I did not love this as much as I love the Russell Quant series (shoutout to Anthony Bidulka! Saskatchewan's finest!), but it was the next best thing... so I will be reading more of them later. Very comfortable and sympathizable writing, with some teeth.
(24/200)
Picture This!, by Lynda Barry
OMG THIS BOOK IS SO FUCKING BRILLIANT I CAN NOT EVEN TELL YOU. You would have to read it. Then you would run around saying NO REALLY YOU HAVE TO READ IT to everyone you know who cares about art or drawing or figuring out how to let yourself be yourself instead of freaking out all the time. WOW. I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK SO MUCH. And if anyone says "oh, I don't know, it's good and all that..," I start RABIDLY EXPLAINING how amazing it is. That reminds me, I need to go send this book and another book to my aunt for her birthday! Right now!! There, I sent it. (Along with Marian Bantjes' _I Wonder_, which is wonderful in fairly different but not unconnected ways.)
(26/200)
Silver Borne, by Patricia Briggs
You can tell how much I like this series by how closely together I am readin' 'em. This one was also tasty. The main plot sort of felt like she'd been reading Charles de Lint, but in a good way. I know some people think her books are lacking in characterization, but I think this one really delved into the ways in which the wolf pack remain individuals - often at odds - even though they are all so tied together. Showing, not telling. Thumbs up.
(27/200)
