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Books 18-22
May. 25th, 2013 01:36 pm18: A Storm of Swords, by GRR Martin (mine)
19: A Feast for Crows, by GRR Martin (mine)
20: A Dance of Dragons, by GRR Martin (mine)
I'm planning a separate "Song of Ice and Fire and why you want to read it!" post so this just here to complete the statistics ;-)
21: Chasing Fire, by Nora Roberts (library)
This book reminded me why I like reading NR so much. It's because she just has a gift for writing groups of people in such a way that you want to belong there. Whether it's, as here, firefighters in the wilderness, or as in other books, friends in a wedding business, or dog rescue units, or what-not, she can write these groups in such a way that you really feel how much they depend on each other, how much they rely on each other and how they just are a unit and you want that too and love being a part of it through the book. They're open and accepting and tease each other and all and it's just awesome. I mean, this book is about firefighters jumping out of planes to battle with bushfires and I still wanted to be in that group. The mystery bit was a bit weak, I guessed in advance who would be revealed to be the baddie, but that didn't really matter because I loved the interactions between the characters so much.
22: XO, by Jeffrey Deaver (library)
Okay, so when I was younger, I was a big Deaver fan, but his latest books ... I don't know. Either it's that I'm just so jaded, or I know his shtick by now, or he just can't write anything original anymore, but this one was so utterly foreseeable it got really boring and I didn't care about any of it. I'll probably read any new book of his anyway because they remind me of how awesome I found his books when I was a teenager, but I'm not feeling it anymore.
19: A Feast for Crows, by GRR Martin (mine)
20: A Dance of Dragons, by GRR Martin (mine)
I'm planning a separate "Song of Ice and Fire and why you want to read it!" post so this just here to complete the statistics ;-)
21: Chasing Fire, by Nora Roberts (library)
This book reminded me why I like reading NR so much. It's because she just has a gift for writing groups of people in such a way that you want to belong there. Whether it's, as here, firefighters in the wilderness, or as in other books, friends in a wedding business, or dog rescue units, or what-not, she can write these groups in such a way that you really feel how much they depend on each other, how much they rely on each other and how they just are a unit and you want that too and love being a part of it through the book. They're open and accepting and tease each other and all and it's just awesome. I mean, this book is about firefighters jumping out of planes to battle with bushfires and I still wanted to be in that group. The mystery bit was a bit weak, I guessed in advance who would be revealed to be the baddie, but that didn't really matter because I loved the interactions between the characters so much.
22: XO, by Jeffrey Deaver (library)
Okay, so when I was younger, I was a big Deaver fan, but his latest books ... I don't know. Either it's that I'm just so jaded, or I know his shtick by now, or he just can't write anything original anymore, but this one was so utterly foreseeable it got really boring and I didn't care about any of it. I'll probably read any new book of his anyway because they remind me of how awesome I found his books when I was a teenager, but I'm not feeling it anymore.
