So I've been writing fairly detailed reports of my non-fiction reading, but not much on my fiction reading. .
Recently I've been reading a lot of books recommended by Jo Walton's (aka![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
papersky) posts on tor.com Most of what I'm going to talk about in this post I read at least in part because of her recommendation. I don't want to read everything she writes about just most of it.
So on to new books.
Kage Baker's company novel's: I just stayed up all night reading the 2nd one of these, and now I want to read the next one. However so far each one is a complete story arc, which I think is a good thing. Still I very much want to know more.
C.J. Cherryh Alliance/Union books. I'd read Downbelow Station but didn't really get into in -- but I decided to give the series another go. It seems that most of it is out of print, but I picked up an omnibus call Alliance Space which contains Merchanter's Luck and Forty Thousand in Gehenna both of which I enjoyed. So I think I'll read another one -- though I'm not sure which. Mostly likely Cyteen because it is in print.
Lisa Goldstein -- I read The Red Magician (because of and internet discustion about Jewish fantasy books) and Tourists (another Jo Walton rec) both of which are really really good but quite different from each other. I'm planning on reading more by her.
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean. This has been on my to read list for a long time, but I didn't really want to by a trade paperback. However I finally noticed that YA trade paperbacks aren't much more then the normal sized one. Definitely good, but not what I expected. I expected more magic and less normal life, however I like normal life so that is all to the good.
Fugitive pieces by Anne Micheals -- I read this because![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
liv thought I might like it. I'm not sure whether I did or not. I tend not to like books with a much focus on the prose as this one had. The prose is very complex, to the point that I'm not always sure what is going on. Which may be the point. It is also a very sad book. So I'm going to go with this was a very well written book but not really my thing. (Sorry liv).
Recently I've been reading a lot of books recommended by Jo Walton's (aka
papersky) posts on tor.com Most of what I'm going to talk about in this post I read at least in part because of her recommendation. I don't want to read everything she writes about just most of it. So on to new books.
Kage Baker's company novel's: I just stayed up all night reading the 2nd one of these, and now I want to read the next one. However so far each one is a complete story arc, which I think is a good thing. Still I very much want to know more.
C.J. Cherryh Alliance/Union books. I'd read Downbelow Station but didn't really get into in -- but I decided to give the series another go. It seems that most of it is out of print, but I picked up an omnibus call Alliance Space which contains Merchanter's Luck and Forty Thousand in Gehenna both of which I enjoyed. So I think I'll read another one -- though I'm not sure which. Mostly likely Cyteen because it is in print.
Lisa Goldstein -- I read The Red Magician (because of and internet discustion about Jewish fantasy books) and Tourists (another Jo Walton rec) both of which are really really good but quite different from each other. I'm planning on reading more by her.
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean. This has been on my to read list for a long time, but I didn't really want to by a trade paperback. However I finally noticed that YA trade paperbacks aren't much more then the normal sized one. Definitely good, but not what I expected. I expected more magic and less normal life, however I like normal life so that is all to the good.
Fugitive pieces by Anne Micheals -- I read this because
liv thought I might like it. I'm not sure whether I did or not. I tend not to like books with a much focus on the prose as this one had. The prose is very complex, to the point that I'm not always sure what is going on. Which may be the point. It is also a very sad book. So I'm going to go with this was a very well written book but not really my thing. (Sorry liv).
