Book 106: The Dragon Token, by Melanie Rawn.


Book 107: Servant of a Dark God, by John Brown.

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Book 105: By the Mountain Bound, by Elizabeth Bear. Another great book, the prequel to All the Windwracked Stars. Very happy with Bear's writing, going to look for more of it.

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Book 103: This is annoying. I know I read something here... Why can't I remember what it was? *headdesk* Will edit to include it later.


Book 104: Canticle, by Ken Scholes. Second book in the series; it's been interesting learning more about the old world, and what had happened to it. Also, House Li Tam is totally the Second Foundation, down to getting their plans all screwed up despite all their manipulations.

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Argh. I keep forgetting to add books here, or not having time...

Book 98: Sunrunner's Fire, by Melanie Rawn. More politics, and settling down the last pretenders to the throne.

Book 99: Stronghold, by Melanie Rawn. Invaders and a shocking death.

Book 100: The Gathering Storm, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. Finally here, lots of Egwene and Rand. Looking forward to what's next.

Book 101: Small Favor, by Jim Butcher. They blew up the Shedd! Bastards!

Book 102: Turn Coat, by Jim Butcher. Now all the threads are coming together; be interesting to see how this latest conflict turns out.

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I don't think I'd mentioned yet, but we're all moved into the new house and mostly unpacked and set up now. It's a good thing. *grins* Since we're coming up on that time of year, too, if you need my new address, poke and let me know.

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Book 97: White Knight, by Jim Butcher. Just finished up this morning, in my attempt to catch up on the series. Lots of fun; yay for wizards blowing things up. Now off to read more Melanie Rawn, since Jess has been dying for me to finish the series so she can talk about it with me. *grins*

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Book 96: Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchett. Forgot this one, somehow. Lots of fun, as always -- much better than his last Diskworld book (Making Money), so I'm very happy to see him back to form.

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Book 92: Speech-less, by Matthew Latimer. Memoirs of a Republican speechwriter for the Bush administration (among others). Interesting reading, in a 'laws and sausages' sort of way, especially seeing his growing disallusionment with the changing state of the Republican party.

Book 93: The Star Scroll, by Melanie Rawn. Second book in this series; fun, wish I'd been able to get more enthusiasm for reading (and everything, really) so that it hadn't taken me several weeks to get through.

Book 94, 95: Time Streams, and Blood Lines, by J. Robert King, and Loren Coleman. The final two MtG books in the Artifacts cycle; not as good as the first ones, in my opinion, but decent enough for tie-in novels. (I also feel like they were handicapped by being more obviously tied to the current-at-the-time card series being released.)

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Just in case anyone's wondering, I'm still alive. Just been busy moving things into the new house, and then unpacking there. It's been really good, though, so yay for that.

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Book 89: The Sword of the Lady, by S. M. Stirling. The latest book in what he's now calling 'Emberverse,' (after the first book, 'Dies the Fire') about our world after a massive event makes all electronics, combustion engines, gunpowder, and other high technology stop functioning, and how humanity pulls itself together and survives again. The first books were definitely in SF-nal territory, along the line of 'SCA geeks save the world,' but with this latest series (following generally the sons and daughters of the first characters), it's edging more into fantasy, with evil cultists possessed by a malevolent power outside of space and time, and the return of the Old Gods, who send the main character on a quest for the sword of the title, which he'll require as High King, to defeat the evil and allow humanity to survive. It's still a quick, fun read, but it's a definite shift in tone and I'm finding myself less interested in this quest, than I was to see how imaginatively they could piece society back together again from the first books.


Book 90: Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville. I didn't find this book as difficult or confusing as all the talk I'd heard about it made it out to be. When I'd picked it up, I'd expected a dense, ambiguous possibly-fantasy, possibly SF tale, full of labyrinthine and confusing plots. Maybe this was more original and groundbreaking when it came out in 2001, but I've a feeling it was mostly an expectation that fantasy be 'epic quest through the wilderness' instead of Mieville's 'wierd fantastic city-scape.' It was still an interesting read, it just wasn't nearly as convoluted as I'd heard it made out to be; I'll have to check out the rest of her work some time.


Book (ish) 91: Escape Pod, and Pod Castle. With all the extra driving I've been doing, to move stuff into the new house, I've started listening to these two podcasts of short SF and fantasy stories, respectively. At 30 to 45 minutes apiece, they're the perfect length for my drive, and they've done an exceptional job of picking intriguing stories and good readers for them. If you've got a bit of time to fill, I'd recommend checking these out. (There's also a horror podcast called Pseudopod, too, if that's your thing.)

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