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hawkwing_lbBooks 169-171, Fiction 159-161:
159. Thin Air, Rachel Caine.
Sixth book in the Weather Warden series. Not especially deep, but fast-paced fun nonetheless.
160. The Devil's Right Hand, Lilith Saintcrow.
Third book in the Dante Valentine series. The previous two stood alone quite comfortably. This one doesn't: just enough happens to get the story rolling along, but there's no real conclusion.
Which is not to say it's a bad book. But I'd like to have had some warning, that's all.
(And I'm not entirely sold on the whole relationship arc. It seems to be hitting some of my emotional squick buttons.)
161. Ha'penny, Jo Walton.
Set a couple of weeks after the events of Farthing. It is a good book. An excellent book, in fact, and in addition to working amazingly well on a thriller/mystery level, it deals with tyranny and the ubiquity thereof and complicity therein, and the problem of the Great Man theory of history. (Referred to explicitly in the text.)
Viola Lark and Detective Inspector Carmichael are compelling characters, too.
...hm. Perhaps I should write up a more complete review and submit it to the college paper. Deadline's not til Wednesday.
And I've had about as much time off as I can expect to get away with until the end of term. Expect the usual round of whingeing about essays, college reading, and such, to recommence post haste.
159. Thin Air, Rachel Caine.
Sixth book in the Weather Warden series. Not especially deep, but fast-paced fun nonetheless.
160. The Devil's Right Hand, Lilith Saintcrow.
Third book in the Dante Valentine series. The previous two stood alone quite comfortably. This one doesn't: just enough happens to get the story rolling along, but there's no real conclusion.
Which is not to say it's a bad book. But I'd like to have had some warning, that's all.
(And I'm not entirely sold on the whole relationship arc. It seems to be hitting some of my emotional squick buttons.)
161. Ha'penny, Jo Walton.
Set a couple of weeks after the events of Farthing. It is a good book. An excellent book, in fact, and in addition to working amazingly well on a thriller/mystery level, it deals with tyranny and the ubiquity thereof and complicity therein, and the problem of the Great Man theory of history. (Referred to explicitly in the text.)
Viola Lark and Detective Inspector Carmichael are compelling characters, too.
...hm. Perhaps I should write up a more complete review and submit it to the college paper. Deadline's not til Wednesday.
And I've had about as much time off as I can expect to get away with until the end of term. Expect the usual round of whingeing about essays, college reading, and such, to recommence post haste.
