Week 29 (133 since 01/01/07)

[lesyeuxouverts]

159. The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susannah Clarke
160. Rogue Squadron by Michael A Stackpole
161. Wedge's Gamble by Michael A Stackpole
162. The Krytos Trap by Michael A Stackpole

On a Star Wars kick, planning to reread my way through the X-wing books with a possible detour via I, Jedi. I've joined bookmooch.com and I'm looking forward to receiving

Comments

[jamesmcgraw]

Ooh, Susannah Clarke! Awesome! My favourite is Mr Simonelli...

[lesyeuxouverts]

I think I liked the ladies themselves best. They were creepy and mysterious !

[landfill_sky]

I loved The Ladies Of Grace Adieu. I also like the ladies themselves best, they were right on sisters :)
I read it initially just because I absoltely adored Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell :)

[lesyeuxouverts]

I read it because I stole borrowed it from Dan because of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. How awesome were the sisters though ? And what's her name, Rumplestiltskin lady ?

[matt_doyle]

I just re-read the X-Wing books, and they were every bit as good as I remembered... except that Stackpole tends to use reeally trite, cheesy dialogue one-liners as chapter enders. This never bothered me before, but it did now.

[lesyeuxouverts]

His dialogue is rather cheesy, there are so massive plotholes and the characterisation is a bit superficial. But they're still enjoyable. I can see why I loved them so much a few year ago.
I'm debating I, Jedi. It's a bit Mary-Sueish ...

[matt_doyle]

It is to some extent, but Corran also screws up a lot, and not just superficially. That helps.

[lesyeuxouverts]

True that. I'm just not sure I'm the mood for a big dose of Corran !

[themikado]

Ack, I never finished The Ladies of Grace Adieu did I? Bring it up with you tomorrow. ;)

[lesyeuxouverts]

Bossy bossy bossy.
You're lucky I haven't given it back yet ! Yes, I'll bring it with xx