Books

[solestria]

I went to my very first book club meeting ever on Tuesday, which was neat. At the end, people were asking what books the members had been reading and loving lately, and I realized that it's been a few months since I've read any book that I've truly loved. So now I want to read one

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[moonandserpent]

Cory Doctrow's Little Brother. Possibly the best YA novel I have ever read.

[cos]

I'm currently reading Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner and loving it.

Also re-reading The Westing Game which was read to us by our teacher when I was in 6th grade. Enjoying it a lot, and making a lot more sense of it this time :)

Also picked up a new Lakoff, Whose Freedom?, which I've just started.

that i think you'd like, too?

[jazzfish]

Steven Brust, Agyar. It does many things well, including only mostly redeeming its protagonist. (Do not read too much about this book if you decide you're going to read it; half the fun's figuring out for yourself what's going on and it's terribly easy to spoil.)

Ellen Kushner, The Privilege of the Sword (also Swordspoint).

John M. Ford, Heat of Fusion and Other Stories. Worth the price of admission for his pitch-perfect Hemingway pastiche alone. ("I would write more about this battle, but there are no words, or at least no words that are worth the rates this magazine will pay me.")

[devotdsatellite]

the glass castle
the plot against america
when i am engulfed in flames
world war z

[solestria]

At the moment, I have a slight preference for fiction, but I'm really open to either.

[chesire_smile]

Yay for the Austen recommendation! :)