I will fully admit to blatantly stealing this meme from CE Murphy’s journal. I thought it was a neat idea, and it occurred to me that I might be a tiny bit busy in November. So I am writing this to you from the not-so-distant past of early October, so that you have something to…
Books
Book related posts (from a reader’s point of view – see ‘Writer’s Life’ for writing posts).
Review: Blameless by Gail Carriger
I have been trying to write this review for a week, but I just haven’t had the time or mental capacity to use phrases like “elegant romp”, “rousing caper” and “holy crap, giant killer mechanical ladybugs!” in a sentence – even though all of those are accurate.
Review: Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
I urge you to give Shades of Milk and Honey a try. It is a charming tale, a quick and easy read. And the formatting is just gorgeous. I applaud the typesetter on this one, and that’s rarely something that makes me stop to think. [This review contains spoilers.]
Review: The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
There is so much to address about The Black Prism. We have a very ambitious new fantasy world, a unique and fairly complicated magic system, an interesting political set-up, and some pretty ambiguous characters. The Black Prism [is] a spicy recipe for a series that I will definitely be lining up to finish.
Laurie Halse Anderson’s SPEAK
This is the situation: Some guy thinks a rape scene is pornography, and wants to keep the book out of the hands of “impressionable teenagers”. Myra McEntire has already said everything that I was thinking about on the subject. (McEntire has a YA of her own, due to be released in May of 2011, which…