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Finished:
The Magi'i of Cydor by L.E. Modesitt -- meh. Skipped the other half of the story to move on to
Wellspring of Chaos, also Modesitt, the first part of another two-volume novel -- which is also slow-paced (especially at the start) but otherwise rather more interesting. Am waiting for the library to cough up the other half.
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett, the final Tiffany Aching novel. The comedy isn't as pithy as most Discworld novels, but the story is good. More interestingly, I think with this, this series moved out of YA and into adult -- which I was wondering might happen, given the arc of I Shall Wear Midnight is very much about Tiffany taking her place in the adult world, as a witch with her own steading acknowledged by both her charges and her peers, which pretty much defines the end-state of young-adult character growth. More saddening is the distinct resemblance to Persuasion, another last novel that's significantly shorter and less complicated than others, with work cut short by the author's final illness. (Do not read without the previous Tiffany novels -- and if you've done that, this is already on your list.)
Reading:
Rondo Allegro by Sherwood Smith, being a Napoleonic-era historical romance (marriage-of-convenience subgenre) that echoes then explicitly rejects tropes from Regency romances. Lovely stuff, including settings (a Paris opera house) not usually touched by historical romances, but I confess I did pause it the moment my library tossed me the Pratchett. Am now back to it, of course.
DNF:
Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix, a Regency-era historical fantasy (a la Mairelon the Magician) that felt thin after so much recent Heyer, to the point that I willingly forsook it for Modesitt and then Smith.
Up Next:
Yuletide 2015!
---L.
Subject quote from "The Writing's On the Wall," OK Go.
Finished:
The Magi'i of Cydor by L.E. Modesitt -- meh. Skipped the other half of the story to move on to
Wellspring of Chaos, also Modesitt, the first part of another two-volume novel -- which is also slow-paced (especially at the start) but otherwise rather more interesting. Am waiting for the library to cough up the other half.
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett, the final Tiffany Aching novel. The comedy isn't as pithy as most Discworld novels, but the story is good. More interestingly, I think with this, this series moved out of YA and into adult -- which I was wondering might happen, given the arc of I Shall Wear Midnight is very much about Tiffany taking her place in the adult world, as a witch with her own steading acknowledged by both her charges and her peers, which pretty much defines the end-state of young-adult character growth. More saddening is the distinct resemblance to Persuasion, another last novel that's significantly shorter and less complicated than others, with work cut short by the author's final illness. (Do not read without the previous Tiffany novels -- and if you've done that, this is already on your list.)
Reading:
Rondo Allegro by Sherwood Smith, being a Napoleonic-era historical romance (marriage-of-convenience subgenre) that echoes then explicitly rejects tropes from Regency romances. Lovely stuff, including settings (a Paris opera house) not usually touched by historical romances, but I confess I did pause it the moment my library tossed me the Pratchett. Am now back to it, of course.
DNF:
Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix, a Regency-era historical fantasy (a la Mairelon the Magician) that felt thin after so much recent Heyer, to the point that I willingly forsook it for Modesitt and then Smith.
Up Next:
Yuletide 2015!
---L.
Subject quote from "The Writing's On the Wall," OK Go.