Tired now, but still talking
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hawkwing_lbFiction 12, 13 & 14, Books 13, 14, 15:
Lilith Saintcrow, Working for the Devil and Dead Man Rising.
Yes. Just yes. These books were exactly what I wanted when I was reading them. Juicy worldbuilding, a broken-in-interesting-ways main character, a sufficient amount of violence, explosions, a slight leavening of angst, and just the right degree of fraught-ness. (Fraught-ness is not a word. If anyone has the right word for what I'm describing here, please let me know.)
Overall, I think, Dead Man Rising is a better book than Working for the Devil - it certainly worked better for me - but both of them are solidly good.
Brian Jacques, Triss.
I hadn't picked up a new Redwall novel in five years until this one, and I don't think it's the warm fuzzies of youth at work (considering that I reread Martin the Warrior and Mariel of Redwall only last year, and did not find them terrible) when I say that this is the worst Redwall book I've ever read. Truly. The jacket blurb is the most interesting thing about it.
January 14, 2007 Progress Notes:
The duellist of Alusind
Words today: 1,002
Words total: 5,000
Reason for stopping: Study. Bah.
Exercise: No exercise today for me. Bad me.
Tyop du Jour: N/A
Words MS Word Doesn't Know: swordhanger, smallsword
Mean Things: wrongfully accused of murder
Books in progress: Jim Butcher, Storm Front, Henry Chadwick, The Early Church.
Yes, Storm Front is still in progress. I do not think I like it, much.
Lilith Saintcrow, Working for the Devil and Dead Man Rising.
Yes. Just yes. These books were exactly what I wanted when I was reading them. Juicy worldbuilding, a broken-in-interesting-ways main character, a sufficient amount of violence, explosions, a slight leavening of angst, and just the right degree of fraught-ness. (Fraught-ness is not a word. If anyone has the right word for what I'm describing here, please let me know.)
Overall, I think, Dead Man Rising is a better book than Working for the Devil - it certainly worked better for me - but both of them are solidly good.
Brian Jacques, Triss.
I hadn't picked up a new Redwall novel in five years until this one, and I don't think it's the warm fuzzies of youth at work (considering that I reread Martin the Warrior and Mariel of Redwall only last year, and did not find them terrible) when I say that this is the worst Redwall book I've ever read. Truly. The jacket blurb is the most interesting thing about it.
January 14, 2007 Progress Notes:
The duellist of Alusind
Words today: 1,002
Words total: 5,000
Reason for stopping: Study. Bah.
Exercise: No exercise today for me. Bad me.
Tyop du Jour: N/A
Words MS Word Doesn't Know: swordhanger, smallsword
Mean Things: wrongfully accused of murder
Books in progress: Jim Butcher, Storm Front, Henry Chadwick, The Early Church.
Yes, Storm Front is still in progress. I do not think I like it, much.
