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hawkwing_lb) wrote2014-09-04 10:53 pm
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Books 2014: Write to me and escape
Books 2014: 151-155
151-152. Yasmine Galenorn, Bone Magic and Harvest Hunting. Berkley, 2010.
Oh, the terribleness of these books. Such terribleness. Such angst. Such faerie/werewolf/magic/vampire/poly/queer sex. It's kind of glorious, in an utterly terrible all-the-urban-fantasy-clichés way.
153. C.J. Redwine, Defiance. Atom, 2012.
Can't remember who told me I should read this. They weren't exactly right. Bog-standard YA dystopia narrative, clearly drawing on John's Apocalypse/millenarian reified symbols for its setting (not as imaginatively as Faith Hunter's debut trilogy, alas), with a little too much illogical specialness thrown in. Not my sort of book, but probably appeals to the Divergent readership.
154. Elizabeth Bear, One-Eyed Jack. Prime, 2014.
An excellent urban fantasy set in 2002 Las Vegas, that plays with metafictionality while never breaking the fourth wall. Well recommended.
155. Laurie R. King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, or, On the Segregation of the Queen. St. Martin's Press, 1994. This edition Picador 2014.
Why did no one ever hit me over the head with the amazingness that is this book before? IT IS BRILLIANT GIVE ME ALL THE SEQUELS NOW.
151-152. Yasmine Galenorn, Bone Magic and Harvest Hunting. Berkley, 2010.
Oh, the terribleness of these books. Such terribleness. Such angst. Such faerie/werewolf/magic/vampire/poly/queer sex. It's kind of glorious, in an utterly terrible all-the-urban-fantasy-clichés way.
153. C.J. Redwine, Defiance. Atom, 2012.
Can't remember who told me I should read this. They weren't exactly right. Bog-standard YA dystopia narrative, clearly drawing on John's Apocalypse/millenarian reified symbols for its setting (not as imaginatively as Faith Hunter's debut trilogy, alas), with a little too much illogical specialness thrown in. Not my sort of book, but probably appeals to the Divergent readership.
154. Elizabeth Bear, One-Eyed Jack. Prime, 2014.
An excellent urban fantasy set in 2002 Las Vegas, that plays with metafictionality while never breaking the fourth wall. Well recommended.
155. Laurie R. King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, or, On the Segregation of the Queen. St. Martin's Press, 1994. This edition Picador 2014.
Why did no one ever hit me over the head with the amazingness that is this book before? IT IS BRILLIANT GIVE ME ALL THE SEQUELS NOW.
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*Well, almost all of them, perhaps. I think at least one is a misfire, but hey. That happens.
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I am equal parts YAY WHOLE NEW SERIES and OH GOD HOW DID I MISS THIS UNTIL NOW.
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(Wait till you meet Kim. That made me very happy.)
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It's a conspiracy to make sure I never have any money again ever, isn't it? You're all in it together. GIVE ME THE BOOKS.
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The good news is, none of these books are new, so most of them should be available by library.
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