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hawkwing_lbBooks 2009: 22-28
22. Elizabeth Bear, Seven for a Secret.
A short book, in the New Amsterdam universe. It's 1938, in a London under a Prussian force of occupation, and many interesting, beautiful, and bittersweet things transpire.
Short, and sweet, and I could have kept reading it forever.
23. Ilona Andrews, Magic Strikes.
The third Kate Daniels novel. Fun, and smarter than the general run of urban fantasy.
24. Rachel Caine, Undone.
A new book in the Weather Wardens universe. Fun, but not smarter than the general run of urban fantasy. Or, rather, it didn't hit my kinks the way the Andrews book did.
25-28. Tamora Pierce, The Circle of Magic, comprising Sandry's Book, Tris's Book, Daja's Book, and Briar's Book.
My second time reading through this young adult series. I admit, I would've loved to have found these when I was ten or twelve, but even still, I love them. Four children/teenagers with different but interconnected magical talents help stop disasters and learn about themselves and the world. Pierce has a real gift for characterisation.
So now I need to front up and start doing work on this essay. "Paul and Israel: Interpreting Romans 11". I hate theology. This is me, making disgusted faces, because no one will ever say anything straight.
22. Elizabeth Bear, Seven for a Secret.
A short book, in the New Amsterdam universe. It's 1938, in a London under a Prussian force of occupation, and many interesting, beautiful, and bittersweet things transpire.
Short, and sweet, and I could have kept reading it forever.
23. Ilona Andrews, Magic Strikes.
The third Kate Daniels novel. Fun, and smarter than the general run of urban fantasy.
24. Rachel Caine, Undone.
A new book in the Weather Wardens universe. Fun, but not smarter than the general run of urban fantasy. Or, rather, it didn't hit my kinks the way the Andrews book did.
25-28. Tamora Pierce, The Circle of Magic, comprising Sandry's Book, Tris's Book, Daja's Book, and Briar's Book.
My second time reading through this young adult series. I admit, I would've loved to have found these when I was ten or twelve, but even still, I love them. Four children/teenagers with different but interconnected magical talents help stop disasters and learn about themselves and the world. Pierce has a real gift for characterisation.
So now I need to front up and start doing work on this essay. "Paul and Israel: Interpreting Romans 11". I hate theology. This is me, making disgusted faces, because no one will ever say anything straight.
