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maribouIn the Language of Love, by Diane Schoemperlen
It took me several months to gather the impetus to finish this novel, but it has stayed with me pretty well. Much like Margaret Laurence and Margaret Atwood, though not really in the same league. Still, the images and the characters and the story she is telling were rich, and worth my time.
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Exploring the Invisible, by Lynn Gamwell
This book is a history of how science has influenced art. The text was a bit dry, but full of interesting bits, and the art was splendid.
(233)
Shifting Shadows, by Patricia Briggs
Short stories still not (usually) my favorites, but this book was fun. It did have the effect of getting me interested in her Alpha and Omega series, which I'd been studiously ignoring until now.
(234)
Afterworlds, by Scott Westerfeld
There are so many reasons why this book should have irritated me but instead I love love love love loved it. Did I mention, I loved it? I really dug both the protagonists and the two stories sort of ... balanced each other out. Either one by itself would've been too much of its genre, but taken together they were a pure delight.
(235)
My Drunk Kitchen, by Hannah Hart
Hannah Hart is still my favorite drunken chef. I had hoped I would love her book even more than her videos, but sadly I only liked it. I tend not to think some sorts of things are funny unless I have body language and vocal inflections as well as words and pictures, so that is probably what happened. Still. Ebullient, charming, comfortable and open-hearted.
(239)
The Less than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, vol. 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims, vol. 2: Wanderlust Kings, and vol. 3: Ten Days of Perfect Tunes, by E. K. Weaver
Oh man. I started reading this as a webcomic (which you can still do for free) and then I just knew about 3 chapters in that I MUST read it in print. And I was right, and it was absolutely ... it's so good I don't know how to talk about it. And then I mailed all three comics to my friend and he was as excited as I was. :)
(240, 241, 242; O38, O39, O40)
Echopraxia, by Peter Watts
Not quite as earthshakingly excellent as Blindsight but still a damn fine read. Watts churns up ideas like no one else writing, and he gets me excited about them like no one else writing, *even though* said ideas are usually incredibly depressing.
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Buffy Season 9, vol. 5: The Core, by Joss Whedon et al
I really enjoy this series while I am reading it but it does not stick in my brain at all. I seem to remember particularly liking some of the art this time around. Otherwise I couldn't even tell you what it was about. I'm sure saving the world was involved somehow. ;)
(244; O41)
It took me several months to gather the impetus to finish this novel, but it has stayed with me pretty well. Much like Margaret Laurence and Margaret Atwood, though not really in the same league. Still, the images and the characters and the story she is telling were rich, and worth my time.
(232)
Exploring the Invisible, by Lynn Gamwell
This book is a history of how science has influenced art. The text was a bit dry, but full of interesting bits, and the art was splendid.
(233)
Shifting Shadows, by Patricia Briggs
Short stories still not (usually) my favorites, but this book was fun. It did have the effect of getting me interested in her Alpha and Omega series, which I'd been studiously ignoring until now.
(234)
Afterworlds, by Scott Westerfeld
There are so many reasons why this book should have irritated me but instead I love love love love loved it. Did I mention, I loved it? I really dug both the protagonists and the two stories sort of ... balanced each other out. Either one by itself would've been too much of its genre, but taken together they were a pure delight.
(235)
My Drunk Kitchen, by Hannah Hart
Hannah Hart is still my favorite drunken chef. I had hoped I would love her book even more than her videos, but sadly I only liked it. I tend not to think some sorts of things are funny unless I have body language and vocal inflections as well as words and pictures, so that is probably what happened. Still. Ebullient, charming, comfortable and open-hearted.
(239)
The Less than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, vol. 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims, vol. 2: Wanderlust Kings, and vol. 3: Ten Days of Perfect Tunes, by E. K. Weaver
Oh man. I started reading this as a webcomic (which you can still do for free) and then I just knew about 3 chapters in that I MUST read it in print. And I was right, and it was absolutely ... it's so good I don't know how to talk about it. And then I mailed all three comics to my friend and he was as excited as I was. :)
(240, 241, 242; O38, O39, O40)
Echopraxia, by Peter Watts
Not quite as earthshakingly excellent as Blindsight but still a damn fine read. Watts churns up ideas like no one else writing, and he gets me excited about them like no one else writing, *even though* said ideas are usually incredibly depressing.
(243)
Buffy Season 9, vol. 5: The Core, by Joss Whedon et al
I really enjoy this series while I am reading it but it does not stick in my brain at all. I seem to remember particularly liking some of the art this time around. Otherwise I couldn't even tell you what it was about. I'm sure saving the world was involved somehow. ;)
(244; O41)
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Date: 2014-12-23 05:06 am (UTC)May not grab the Watts book, though. I'm not up to much depression right now.
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Date: 2014-12-23 05:10 am (UTC)The Westerfeld is excellent for "not up to much depression" and as someone who loved the Uglies (etc) series on audio and then really wasn't as into them without the amazing reader... this one is him levelling up.
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