Crafting Midnight Well; Snow Rose
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maribouMidnight Pearls, by Debbie Viguié
I quite liked this retelling of The Little Mermaid. I doubt it would stand up to much plot/assumption scrutiny, but it's not really meant to. And the voice was good.
(150/300)
Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan, by Nicole Rousmanière (British Museum catalog)
I sort of zoned out during some of the essays, but the pictures were SO SO SO gorgeous. Drool.
(151/300)
The Rose Bride, by Nancy Holder
This is a retelling of a fairy tale I don't remember - "The White Bride and the Black Bride" - but which I can only assume is a Cinderella variant. The prose is a bit florid at times and the juxtaposition of vaguely French culture/character names with definitely Greco-Roman gods is weird. But still, I liked it. Good storytelling.
(152/300)
The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson
Like in the prequel, Mistborn, it's still way too easy to picture everything that happens in this book as being played out by RPGers - the characters and world-building and plot just have that role-playing feel somehow ... but it's REALLY GOOD anyway and so I spent most of the book sucked in enough that I'm not thinking about it. If it was being played out by gamers, all the gamers would be *really good at it*. Still, it's a bit odd. Elantris and the kid's book of his I read don't bring out this reaction in me.
(153/300)
Snow, by Tracy Lynn
And this one was a retelling of Snow White. Kinda Edwardian steampunk, a little bit. It was fun. And this series is major popcorn.
(154/300)
I quite liked this retelling of The Little Mermaid. I doubt it would stand up to much plot/assumption scrutiny, but it's not really meant to. And the voice was good.
(150/300)
Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan, by Nicole Rousmanière (British Museum catalog)
I sort of zoned out during some of the essays, but the pictures were SO SO SO gorgeous. Drool.
(151/300)
The Rose Bride, by Nancy Holder
This is a retelling of a fairy tale I don't remember - "The White Bride and the Black Bride" - but which I can only assume is a Cinderella variant. The prose is a bit florid at times and the juxtaposition of vaguely French culture/character names with definitely Greco-Roman gods is weird. But still, I liked it. Good storytelling.
(152/300)
The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson
Like in the prequel, Mistborn, it's still way too easy to picture everything that happens in this book as being played out by RPGers - the characters and world-building and plot just have that role-playing feel somehow ... but it's REALLY GOOD anyway and so I spent most of the book sucked in enough that I'm not thinking about it. If it was being played out by gamers, all the gamers would be *really good at it*. Still, it's a bit odd. Elantris and the kid's book of his I read don't bring out this reaction in me.
(153/300)
Snow, by Tracy Lynn
And this one was a retelling of Snow White. Kinda Edwardian steampunk, a little bit. It was fun. And this series is major popcorn.
(154/300)
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Date: 2008-08-17 07:58 am (UTC)(You should have heard my raving about the evilness of the Wizard after finishing _Wicked_).
-B.
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Date: 2008-08-17 05:25 pm (UTC)Snow I do think you would really like, on the fluffy mindcandy level - it's not as romancy and the Edwardian / late Victorian steampunk stuff is cool. If it were mine, I'd even send it to you, but I've been reading almost all library books lately & it's already back at the library ...