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Mini-rants #1
Nov. 26th, 2008 08:22 amOkay, thanks to a suggestion by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
julianyap, I'm going to try something new. I usually don't post about books unless I can write a long rant, but I'm going to try in addition posting a little bit about every book I read (except maybe the ones I don't finish).
Antsy Does Time (Shusterman): Fun and quirky (for example, a character called "Skaterdud") and darker than it first appears. YA. I liked!
Speeding Bullet (Shusterman): Less fun than Antsy. Judith Krantz for the YA crowd, gone somewhat-darkly wrong.
Photographing the Southwest, Vol 2: Arizona (Martres): These books rock. Arizona is beautiful, and this book is probably worth it for the pics of slot canyons alone. Though I think I might prefer Utah overall.
Throne of Jade (Novik): I thought I had this book on hold for, like, a year. Then it turned out I hadn't actually put it on hold. Anyway. Liked it, actually better than Her Majesty's Dragon (which I also liked quite a bit), except for the ending, where we find out that the villianous guy... is actually a villain. Whee.
Mothers and Other Monsters (McHugh): SF/mainstreamy-ish. These are really, really good stories, most of which broke my heart.lightreads and julianyap spring to mind as people who might like them.
julianyap, I'm going to try something new. I usually don't post about books unless I can write a long rant, but I'm going to try in addition posting a little bit about every book I read (except maybe the ones I don't finish).Antsy Does Time (Shusterman): Fun and quirky (for example, a character called "Skaterdud") and darker than it first appears. YA. I liked!
Speeding Bullet (Shusterman): Less fun than Antsy. Judith Krantz for the YA crowd, gone somewhat-darkly wrong.
Photographing the Southwest, Vol 2: Arizona (Martres): These books rock. Arizona is beautiful, and this book is probably worth it for the pics of slot canyons alone. Though I think I might prefer Utah overall.
Throne of Jade (Novik): I thought I had this book on hold for, like, a year. Then it turned out I hadn't actually put it on hold. Anyway. Liked it, actually better than Her Majesty's Dragon (which I also liked quite a bit), except for the ending, where we find out that the villianous guy... is actually a villain. Whee.
Mothers and Other Monsters (McHugh): SF/mainstreamy-ish. These are really, really good stories, most of which broke my heart.
lightreads and julianyap spring to mind as people who might like them.
