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What I Just Finished Reading

Kindred of Darkness by Barbara Hambly. I didn't think it was quite as strong as the previous entries in the James Asher series, but it's still a very good book. I particularly like Hambly's treatment of vampires as actual predators and threats, something I think has been lacking in recent vampire fiction. Was actually off vampires entirely until I picked up the first book in the series, Those Who Hunt the Night.

What I'm Currently Reading

Otherland: City of Golden Shadows by Tad Williams. I don't know if the first half of the book is really slow, or I'm just not in an SF headspace, but I'm finding it heavy going. Shame, because I do like Williams' work. Maybe I'll read Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn again when I'm done, but right now I'm not thinking I'll pick up the rest of the Otherland series.

What I'm Reading Next

Oh, I have no idea. I have stacks (literally, one upstairs, one down) of unread books. Right now I'm looking at either, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente, sequel to The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, or Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner if it's delivered before I finish Otherland and/or pick up another book.

Date: 2015-01-15 12:02 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] just-ann-now.livejournal.com
My vote (if I get a vote!) would be for The Lies of Locke Lamora, which I enjoyed very much. Unless Swordspoint arrives first. (You may want to read Swordspoint through twice, right off; many of us did, and you can miss a lot on the first reading.) I hope you like it! It seems to inspire very strong feelings of either "LOVE!" or "MEH!", hehe.

Edited Date: 2015-01-15 12:02 pm (UTC)

Date: 2015-01-15 12:19 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] hours-gone-by.livejournal.com
Of course you get a vote! Votes are like recs. ^_^

It seems to inspire very strong feelings of either "LOVE!" or "MEH!", hehe.

A lot of the best books do. :) I'll like the long-haired men, trust me.

Date: 2015-01-15 01:35 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] just-ann-now.livejournal.com
*eyes glaze over at the thought of Alec's beautiful hair*

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