Saturday, December 1st, 2007
I have no idea what I meant here, but I still remember enjoying this book.
[The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye, by A.S. Byatt]
I read a collection of fairy tales by A.S. Byatt over the weekend, including The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye, which I liked, even though one would think I had very little in [...]
Monday, November 19th, 2007
A Bed of Earth, by Tanith Lee: I remember reading Saint Fire, the second book in the Secret Books of Venus by Tanith Lee, about six years ago, and I’ve been meaning to finish the series ever since. Much to my delight, the other three books are at the local public library. Set in Venus, [...]
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
The Ladies of Grace Adieu, by Susanna Clarke: A collection of short stories set in the same universe as Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. (Well, one is supposed to be set in Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, but it still reads very much like the other stories in the book.) I’m perpetually delighted by the attention Clarke [...]
Saturday, November 4th, 2006
The following books were read in May 2006. (I’m still catching up on the backlog.)
His Majesty’s Dragon, by Naomi Novik: Dragons in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. The main character being a Royal Navy officer, Laurence, who stumbles across an egg of a rare Chinese breed, originally promised to Napoleon himself, and finds himself [...]
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Also tagged diana wynne jones, fantasy, kazuo ishiguro, literary fiction, naomi novik, napoleonic, neal stephenson, nonfiction, science fiction, technology, young adult
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Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
The following books were read in December 2005.
Cut to the Quick, by Kate Ross: The first of the Julian Kestrel mysteries featuring a Regency dandy as the detective. When you hear such a premise, the sort of protagonist brought to mind is a flippant, well-dressed wit whose trivial façade hides a sharp intellect. In a [...]
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Also tagged italian, italo calvino, kate ross, literary fiction, mystery, postmodern, regency, science fiction, translation, umberto eco, ursula k. le guin, william weaver
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I finished these books last month. My reactions have muted with time, so I’ll try to note down quickly my most memorable impressions.
Claudius the God, by Robert Graves: I’ve been meaning to read Claudius the God ever since I finished I, Claudius two years ago, and finally I’ve gotten around to borrowing it from Lamont. [...]
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Also tagged anne bishop, caroline stevermer, dorothy l. sayers, epistolary novel, fantasy, historical fiction, jean webster, literary fiction, mystery, orson scott card, patricia c. wrede, robert graves, roman empire, science fiction, steven brust, young adult
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Ahem. So you see, lately I’ve discovered that while Widener may not be the perfect library that contains all the books that have ever been published, it still has an impressive contemporary fiction collection. Ah, Hollis, how I love thee. In any case, I’m still prepared to believe that Widener has very nearly all books [...]
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Also tagged a.s. byatt, douglas adams, dystopia, fantasy, george r.r. martin, humor, kazuo ishiguro, laurie r. king, literary fiction, lois mcmaster bujold, margaret atwood, mystery, orson scott card, post-wwii, science fiction
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