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If you - by chance - happen to have caught my recent reads meme back in February, you probably know that I'm a fan of C. L. Wilson's Tairen Soul series.
Today I stumbled across On the Edge by Ilona Andrews, which nearly made me miss my train station (luckily the train ends there ;) ). Other than I.A.s Magic series, which wasn't exactly my cup of tea (in fact, had I recalled her as the author of that one, I probably wouldn't have picked it up), On the Edge gribbed me from page 1. It's a fast-paced, dark-humored, plot-driven 3rd person tale in which the romance is a fitting element to the structure (not the other way round as happens in most fantasy romance stories).
The style of writing and the plot details remind me a lot of what I love about C.L. Wilson's books. And the humor is darker - like L.K. Hamilton's early Anita Blake books (those before the series descended into utter porn after book 4) - without being needlessly gory in description.
( cut for small element but not plot-spoilers ) this is a book to take up (but probably not on a commuter train).
Only repercussion: just one book (so far?).
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Which books that left a lasting impression on you did you read - or reread - over the last three months?
To clarify things: only books that you read voluntarily and completely count. That means, if you tackled Emily Brontë for school, it does not count (probably with the exception that you are a rabid fan of hers and are absolutely in love with her prose ever since). If you have to go to your book pile and look up title and summary to list the book, it does not count.
( my count: 9 )
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Two days ago I answered the unread book meme and today that tempts me to make my list of books that left a lasting impression on my imagination. Books that I (voluntarily) reread multiple times, or books I remember almost word for word without rereading them multiple times.
( Books! )
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| 2008-12-10 10:18 |
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Ganked from ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) solo: the unread book meme
What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicise the ones you started but didn't finish.
( cut for convenience )
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| 2008-06-27 10:04 |
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Taken from Elbales:
"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Strike through what you consider a complete waste of paper & time.
5) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-)
( 28/100 and five intentions )
Sadly German classics are underrepresented. The quota would be better then. :)
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I finally went around and bought English TB in seven books. The first 4 arrived today. I *love* the bigger size, the color folding poster in the front and the glossary at the end (I didn't know about the last two things when deciding to spend the money!) Now if only books 3, 5, and 7 were here already...
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When it comes to the topic of dragons in fantasy literature, there's often this feeling of "the stories are told". People mention "Pern" (and probably the Dragonlord-Saga by Joanne Bertin) and a couple of shortstories and consider the topic closed. Truth be told, I'm not a fan of the Pern books, though I'm a fan of dragons -- of the bloodthirsty Western ones à la Fafnir a tad more than of the wise Eastern version. But that's a matter of taste. And action.
Then I realized that in the last few weeks I read two books which both shed a very different - and diametrically opposing - view on the dragons in fantasy literature. Both books are still on my mind after weeks have passed and I'm tempted to reread both of them (and the sequels to the second one); enough to warrant a book recommendation for them!
( Markus Heitz: Die Mächte des Feuers )
( Naomi Novik: His Majesty's Dragon )
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