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I don't know if anyone even still reads this, but I've finally transferred all my book lists over to Goodreads instead of here. I'm not sure whether I'll actually keep that list updated any better than this one, but as of now at least its a couple years more up to date than my LJ lists. -
Books of 2019
Yeah so I just missed last year entirely. At some point I should get back to putting these all on Goodreads so they can also generate recommendations for me...
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1) 01-19 Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed - Another classical Arabian setting for fantasy. Disappointed upon ( Read more... ) -
Books of 2018
Better late than never, right?
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1-3) N. K. Jemisin: Inheritance Trilogy (ebook, finished 01-28) Another excellent trilogy by Jemisin, set in another completely different fantasy setting. It was around the time I finished this that I decided I'd read only women authors for the rest of the year ( Read more... ) -
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1) James S. A. Corey: Leviathan Wakes (audio, finished 01-17) The first book of the Expanse series, I started the audio version pretty immediately after finishing the first season of the Syfy TV adaptation. The series has been described as "Game of Thrones in space", which isn't too far off, but ( Read more... ) -
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1-4) Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2-5) (paper, finished 02-01) Finished the rest of the series in about a month. It was a bit teenagery at times (and probably more predictable for me than for its intended audience), but still very good. At the time of writing this I've borrowed the ( Read more... ) -
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1) Gregory Benford and Larry Niven: Bowl of Heaven (paper, finished 01-30) Cool concept (if a bit Ringworld-y), but the book suffered quite a bit from what seemed like occasional editing lapses. It's like the authors occasionally forgot who was with which other group of characters or something. (Also the ( Read more... ) -
Books of 2014
Better late than never, I guess?
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1) Terry Pratchett: Raising Steam (paper, finished 01-10) This latest Discworld novel seemed to lack something of the others, perhaps because it seemed a bit too fast-paced. Like, there wasn't enough time for character development since he was focusing on the progress of the ( Read more... ) -
Today in Boston
I don't know who reads this any more, since even when I do get around to reading my friends page from time to time it's pretty empty, but I decided LJ is a good place for this, since the lack of other posting means it'll be easy to find in the future if I need to ( Read more... ) -
Books of 2013
Alright, so I guess this has become my book journal. Here are the ones I've read so far in 2013 (to be updated as I read more, as usual).
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1) David Brin: Otherness (paper, finished 01-06) A collection of short stories exploring the quite interesting theme Brin calls "otherness", hence the title. Mostly involving ( Read more... ) -
Books of 2012
Wow, three posts in all of the past year. I've updated more frequently than that, of course, since I edit each year's books post to include new ones as I finish them. I'm a couple weeks late finally posting this one, though.
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1) George R. R. Martin: A Game of Thrones (Kindle, finished 01-12) After watching the entire ( Read more... )