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eseme

Reading and walking update

May 22, 2011 20:59

Life has been busy lately! I drove down to Rochester to see two of my friends get married. It was a lovely wedding, and I got to see many of my friends, which was truly wonderful.

While the weather was totally uncooperative for walking, I was able to get a bunch of reading done!

( Book reviews and walking totals )

walking, books, travel, plans, authors, reading, friends

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ashbet May 23 2011, 15:35:59 UTC

Those Lee/Miller books sound really interesting!!

I just read a couple of short stories by Elizabeth Bear in two anthologies (this is how well Kira and I know each other -- we had totally separate anthologies that we'd been reading, "Year's Best SF 14" and "Lovecraft Unbound," and we each found a story that we thought the other would like . . . and it turned out that they were both Elizabeth Bear stories set in the same universe!! We're now searching for more, because there's supposed to be a novella floating around :)

-- A <3

eseme May 23 2011, 22:32:54 UTC

Lee and Miller's work is good. I will freely admit that I started reading them because the authors are local to my library, but I had heard really great things.

If you want a small taste and like contemporary fantasy (which you should, I met you on an LKH list), check out Sharon Lee's solo written book, Carousel Tides. It's not urban fantasy, as it is set in a fictional town very similar to Old Orchard Beach, Maine (which is not at all urban). And it's good. I drove down to the book release party - if you look at my travel tag and scroll back a bit you'll fin the entries from November (the party itself was October 30). And the Books tag should have a mini-review or plot description.

aldersprig loves Elizabeth Bear's work. The other book she sent me home with is by Bear. I'd say you are onto a good thing!

aldersprig May 24 2011, 00:06:46 UTC

Elizabeth Bear! *bounce* Which 'verse?

ashbet May 24 2011, 00:38:33 UTC

The stories were "Boojum" and "Mongoose" -- Lovecraft-flavored space opera!

-- A :)

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aldersprig May 24 2011, 00:07:29 UTC

I'm glad you enjoyed Remnant Population :-)

I have yet to read anything of my birthday or loan books. :-/

eseme May 24 2011, 00:15:34 UTC

Oh no!

Well, you've been busy. I was shocked that I managed to get four books read - I'd been feeling like I had no free time.

Of course, I managed the last two by ignoring dishes (which I need to work on tonight). Not the best way to get reading time.

But yes, you lent out a very cool book. You'll get it back the next time we meet up.