Dead Light Lords; Irredeemable Glass City
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maribouThe Glass Demon, by Helen Grant
Thoughtful, creepy fun. Shades of both I Capture the Castle and Shirley Jackson, though not quite up to their incredibly high standard.
(179/200)
Chicks Dig Time Lords, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea
Pop-culture geekery. <3. Especially the recollections of random voice actresses for parts of the canon I've never paid any attention to before:).
(180/200)
A Trick of the Light, by Louise Penny
I love this series of mysteries, I sink wholeheartedly into each one, and then when they're over, I have trouble explaining anything about them. Definitely character-driven, I can give you that much:).
(181/200)
The House of Dead Maids, by Claire Dunkle
Slight, haunting, but not quite all there. I was disappointed, & wonder whether I would've appreciated it better if I'd read Wuthering Heights, despite only tenuous plot connections. I liked it, but it's far from Dunkle's best.
(182/200)
Naked City, edited by Ellen Datlow
Like most original anthologies, uneven. Like most Datlow anthologies, mostly very good. I liked what a wide variety of stories plausibly showed up under the "urban fantasy" banner. Some of my favorite stories in here weren't things I would've previously labeled that way.
(183/200)
Irredeemable, vol 4. and vol. 5, by Mark Waid et al
The shock of the premise and the initial unfolding of same were more exciting than these later volumes are... but they're still telling a decent story.
(184/200, 107/100; 191/200, 110/100)
Thoughtful, creepy fun. Shades of both I Capture the Castle and Shirley Jackson, though not quite up to their incredibly high standard.
(179/200)
Chicks Dig Time Lords, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea
Pop-culture geekery. <3. Especially the recollections of random voice actresses for parts of the canon I've never paid any attention to before:).
(180/200)
A Trick of the Light, by Louise Penny
I love this series of mysteries, I sink wholeheartedly into each one, and then when they're over, I have trouble explaining anything about them. Definitely character-driven, I can give you that much:).
(181/200)
The House of Dead Maids, by Claire Dunkle
Slight, haunting, but not quite all there. I was disappointed, & wonder whether I would've appreciated it better if I'd read Wuthering Heights, despite only tenuous plot connections. I liked it, but it's far from Dunkle's best.
(182/200)
Naked City, edited by Ellen Datlow
Like most original anthologies, uneven. Like most Datlow anthologies, mostly very good. I liked what a wide variety of stories plausibly showed up under the "urban fantasy" banner. Some of my favorite stories in here weren't things I would've previously labeled that way.
(183/200)
Irredeemable, vol 4. and vol. 5, by Mark Waid et al
The shock of the premise and the initial unfolding of same were more exciting than these later volumes are... but they're still telling a decent story.
(184/200, 107/100; 191/200, 110/100)
