Reading Reading Reading.

[lit_gal]

Thanks so much for the advice on "abet" guys. Um... I got so much good advice that I don't think I'm going to answer all those comments because WOW... ya'll are logophiles! I'm trotting right along with my Moonridge stories. I'm discovering all sorts of things about the characters by writing this story. And the manips have now been beta'ed and I'm rather proud of them. And I've been reading more print books.

These are out of five stars.


Pretender by C.J. Cherryh.  God I love this series.  I feel like I should take notes on the psychology and political maneuvering she includes, and that makes the geek/nerd in me so very, very happy.  The first book in the series starts weak, finds its feet halfway through the novel, and after that, it's all golden.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. I wanted to love this book; I tried to love this book.  I can't.  I can appreciate the poetic language and her viewpoint, but these short snippets of life on Mango Street leave me not knowing the characters as little more than dressing on an artsy-fartsy window.  I can appreciate this book but I will never love it.

An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg.  I really loved these characters--flawed, struggling, real and lovable. And Spragg just has a remarkable talent for turning a beautiful phrase.  And unlike many books, there are no villains here.  All the damage done is done by people who believe they're in the right.  I do like that in a story.  So, why not five stars?  It's not the sort of book that leaves you thinking about the implications when you've finished the last page.

Comments

[swanpride.livejournal.com]

C.J.CHerryh is great...it is the only Sci-Fi author I read. Sadly her books are very hard to get in Germany. My favourite in the pretender series is the second volume. Have you ever read Tripoint?

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry she's hard to find over there because she is great, and yep to Tripoint. I still think my favs by her are Foreigner series and Chanur series.

[swanpride.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had to read part 4-9 of the foreigner-series in english...which is really hard to do with all the "new" words. If I hadn't known the first three books in german I would have never managed (but it was worth it).

Chanur is one of the few books I haven't read...yet.