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Avainsanatfantasy (585), science fiction (487), Otis (74), regency (45), nf (41), BCE (40), attic Box G (26), house (18), garden (16), Xanth (15) — kaikki avainsanat

Ryhmät75 Books Challenge for 2008, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans, Almack's, Cats, books, life is good., Cognitive Science, Early Reviewers, FantasyFans, I Love Jane Austen, INTJ, PaperBackSwap — näytä kaikki ryhmät

LempikirjailijatSteven Brust, Lois McMaster Bujold, Emma Bull, Susan Dexter, Barbara Hambly, Georgette Heyer, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Barry Hughart, Diana Wynne Jones, Sharon Lee, Patricia A. McKillip, Robin McKinley, Elizabeth Moon, Andre Norton, Terry Pratchett, James H. Schmitz, Patricia C. Wrede (Yhteiset suosikit)

SuosikkikirjakaupatAdams Avenue Book Store, Mysterious Galaxy, Wahrenbrock’s Book House

SuosikkikirjastotNational City Public Library, San Diego Public Library - City Heights/Weingart Branch

Tietoja kirjastostani At this time. I have only entered my science fiction and fantasy (except those in the attic), my garden books and my Heyer regencies. I have not yet input my religion books, craft books, cookbooks or professional books(cognitive, child psychology).

Currently Reading:
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erickson

Books Read in 2008, * indicates a re-read

1/2 Nylon Angel by Marianne de Pierres
1/4 Snake Agent by Liz Williams 4
1/6 The Plutonium Blonde by John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem 2.5 tried really hard to be clever, but a little too mechanical about it, didn't really care about the characters. Too comic-booky.
1/10 Beauty and the Beast by Barbara Hambly Only read it because Hambly wrote it. a 2
1/11 Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George 4.5 Really fine! Original, great voice, wonderful characters.
1/12 Dragon Mage by Andre Norton and Jean Rabe. Sequel to Dragon Magic. 2.5 Not necessarily a bad story, but conclusion weak, not done the way Andre would have.
1/14 Goblin Reservation by Clifford Simak.* Reread of an old favorite. 4
1/17 The Demon and the City by Liz Williams 3
1/19 Beka Cooper, Terrier by Tamora Pierce 3.5
1/20 Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien 2.5
1/21 Greenbriar Queen by Sheila Gilluly 2.5
1/25 You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister 2.0 Wanted to like it and find it clever, but too artificial, too clueless, too much gratuitous sex.
2/4 The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner 2.5
2/6 A Marginal Jew: Volume 3 by John P. Meier
2/8 Dragon Song by Anne McCaffrey* Just got a replacement from PBS, and had to reread
2/9 Dragon Singer by Anne McCaffrey* had to follow through. Bad science, good story
2/10 Dragon Flight by Anne McCaffrey still in the good ones
2/11 Dragon Quest by Anne McCaffrey*
2/13 The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey*still a great story
2/14 MasterHarper of Pern by Anne McCaffrey*back story, not that great a story in itself
2/16 Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett First time for this one--Great story!
2/19 Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey*
2/22 Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
2/23 All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey*
2/24 Muddle Earth by Paul Steward and Chris Riddell
2/25 The Skies of Pern*
2/27 Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner
2/28 The Rope Trick by Lloyd Alexander*
2/29 The Labyrinth Gate by Alis A. Rasmussen*
3/2 Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley
3/3 M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
3/7 Reserved for the Cat by Mercedes Lackey
3/9 Dzur by Steven Brust*
3/11 The Atrocity Files by Charles Stross
3/13 The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
3/15 The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald
3/15 Magician's Ward by Patricia Wrede
3/17 The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley*
3/24 The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
3/28 The Raven Ring by Patricia Wrede*
3/29 Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
3/31 Angel Isle by Peter Dickinson

4/1 Dragonspell by Donita K. Paul
4/5 Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold*
4/6 The Hallowed Hunt by L.M. Bujold*
4/11 A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold*
4/12 The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
4/12 Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies be Jared Diamond
4/13 Return to Quag Keep by Andre Norton and Jean Rabe
4/13 Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold*
4/15 Irresistible Forces by Bujold etal.
4/17 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde*
4/18 Airs Beneath the Moon by Toby Bishop
4/21 Once On a Time by A. A. Milne
4/21Charmed Spheres by Catharine Asaro
4/22 Sense and Sensibility* by Jane Austen
4/23 Barrayar* by Lois McMaster Bujold
4/24 Shards of Honor* by Lois McMaster Bujold
4/24 The Warrior's Apprentice* by Lois McMaster Bujold
4/25 The Vor Game* by Lois McMaster Bujold
4/26 Borders of Infinity* by Lois McMaster Bujold
4/28 Brothers in Arms * by Lois McMaster Bujold
4/30 Victory Conditions by Elizabeth Moon

5/1 Code of Contact by Kristine Smith
5/2 Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
5/3 Interworld by Neil Gaiman and
5/4 The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
5/10 The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll (Martin Gardner)
5/12 Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
5/15 Ranger's Apprentice: The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan
5/17 The Keys to the Kingdom: Lady Friday
5/18 Red Thunder by John Varley
5/20 Make Way for Dragons! by Thorarinn Gunnarsson
5/28 The Myth of Laziness by Mel Levine
5/30 The Gandalara Cycle I* by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron (includes The Steel of Raithskar, The Glass of Dyskornis, and The Bronze of Eddarta)

6/2 The Gandalara Cycle II by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron (includes The Well of Darkness, The Search for Ka, and Return to Eddarta)
6/5 The River Wall* by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron
6/7 Star Surgeon by James White
6/12 I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
6/13 The Shattered Chain* by Marion Zimmer Bradley
6/16 Thendara House* by Marion Zimmer Bradley
6/17 City of Sorcery* by Marion Zimmer Bradley
6/18 Point of Honour by Madeleine E. Robins
6/20 Cotillion* by Georgette Heyer
6/24 Darkover Landfall* by Marion Zimmer Bradley
6/27 Tea With the Black Dragon* by R.A. MacAvoy
6/30 The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis

7/1 The Door Into Summer* by Robert Heinlein
7/2 Firestorm (Weather Warden Bk.5) by Rachel Caine
7/2 No One Noticed the Cat* by Anne McCaffrey
7/2 If Wishes were Horses* by Anne McCaffrey
7/4 Balance of Trade* by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
7/5 The War of the Oaks* by Emma Bull
7/7 Austenland by Shannon Hale
7?8 Finder* by Emma Bull
7/9 Ranger's Apprentice: The Icebound Land by John Flanagan
7/10 Jhegaala by Steven Brust
7/11 The Demon Breed* by James H. Schmitz
7/13 The Spell Sword* by Marion Zimmer Bradley
7/19 Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenwood
7/20 The Forbidden Tower* by Marion Zimmer Bradley
7/21 Hawkmistress* by Marion Zimmer Bradley
7/22 Dark Lord of Derkholm* by Diana Wynne Jones

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Jäsenyys LibraryThing Early Reviewers ("varhaiset kirja-arvostelijat")

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RekisteröitymispäiväOct 24, 2007

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is there a book swap page on LT that you know of? more esp. a sf/fantasy one? just looking through our shelves, and, for instance, i'm not a esp. fan of Bradbury, but do have a 1951 edition of the illustrated man (i'm sure it's the book club edition, and not worth much) in good reading condition, no cover, that i'd like to trade. A Bradbury completest would want this more than i. Or other book swapping sites that you've found useful?

Lähettänyt: bobmcconnaughey 7:26 am (EST) Jul 24, 2008

James H. Schmitz - i don't think we have (or that i have read) any of his stuff. Now i'm curious.
bob

Lähettänyt: bobmcconnaughey 9:54 am (EST) Jul 23, 2008

the two pictures i've put up are both from long ago...1st was w/ my brother and his housemate circa 1973 when they had come down to Virgina Beach from Charlottesville to hear the band i was in play. The 2nd, the one that's up now, must be about 19-20 yrs old..My son, Adam, and i reading together on the same sofa in the same house that Patty and i still live in. I guess that one was ~ 1988....
bob

Lähettänyt: bobmcconnaughey 9:52 pm (EST) Jul 22, 2008

cool!
i'll have to send you a photo of our cat taking over my computer. She really hates being ignored and she also likes the drum throne that i use as a chair...So she's wander on the computer top, the desk, behind the monitor, on the keyboard if i let her, and we can usually come to an accomodation w/ her on my lap and the keyboard on the table instead of my lap...
sigh..
she's 18 and very bossy and losing what few brain cells she ever had.
bob

Lähettänyt: bobmcconnaughey 7:11 pm (EST) Jul 22, 2008

BTW, what did you think of Jhegaala? I haven't read it, yet...it's in the pile for vacation...but I'm not thrilled that he's taking the story into the past. He's dragged the whole Cawti thing on for so long, I just want him to get it resolved and get back to the fun of Jhereg and Yendi.

Lähettänyt: TadAD 7:10 pm (EST) Jul 22, 2008

Re: To Say Nothing of the Dog...I have read it. It's one of my favorite books.

If I count the genre books, I'm at about 25 of the 75 already after only 3 months and I haven't gone on vacation (where I consume a lot of books), yet! Aren't I supposed to be challenging myself? :-)

Lähettänyt: TadAD 7:08 pm (EST) Jul 22, 2008

Hi ronincats, and thanks for the welcome. I think "Bellwether" is funnier than "To Say Nothing of the Dog", although I love both, but for that thread they wanted fantasy and Bellwether really isn't. Somehow I only just discovered Heyer, but I've been reading the rest for years... You have a huge collection of books on here!

Lähettänyt: merrystar 10:22 am (EST) Jul 21, 2008

Love the variety of your library and your gorgeous cat. My cats would sit next to my computer if I let them, much like yours.

Lähettänyt: SpiraledStar 12:44 am (EST) Jul 12, 2008

I will definitely add them to my (expansive) wishlist - thanks!

Lähettänyt: sarahemmm 4:57 pm (EST) Jul 11, 2008

I have Jasper Fforde on my wishlist (again thanks to LT), but I haven't heard of the others. My problem is that my wishlist has grown to enormous proportions since I joined. Right now there are about 15 books beside my bed, waiting to be read, and I would be bankrupt if I bought all the wishlist ones!

Lähettänyt: sarahemmm 3:05 pm (EST) Jul 6, 2008

Finished Cetaganda last night when I got home from London at 10:30 and started Brothers in Arms at 6:30 this morning... so feeling a bit tired ;)

Ajax is based in Kent, which is south of London. But quite a similar landscape to East Anglia (Norfolk, Suffolk and the whole bulge north of London). I think that is one of my favourites - her later heroines are so much stronger and in control of their lives. I found Balogh's stories very interesting, as she also looks at a slightly lower layer in society, as does Clare Darcy of course. I agree, nobody can compete with Heyer, but Balogh is good; writing of course from a more modern perspective.

Um, San Diego. I have to admit to my secret vice - Navy SEALs by Suzanne Brockmann. Well, not that secret, since they are all there in my library.

I guess I'm a fan of any author who can create a coherent plot with believable characters and decent grammar. Getting all of those together nowadays is quite a rarity, isn't it? I am starting to go back to the authors of the 20s and 30s, such as Angela Thirkell and Stevie Smith.

I'm glad you find my library interesting - I'm sure we will be able to swap more prospective reads! I am, rather slowly, trying to add reviews and comments, as well as ratings and tags, which are so useful to all the LT userbase.

Sarah

Lähettänyt: sarahemmm 7:49 am (EST) Jul 5, 2008

I started to tell you how wonderful Bujold is, but then I saw that you have read her already. She hit me as hard as Anne McCaffrey did many years ago - she is definitely better at characterisation, though less interested in science. I'm not a fan of space opera per se, but she shows how it should be done. I would have enjoyed her books if she had stopped after Barrayar, but Miles is an extraordinary tour de force - larger than life, bus so clearly a real person. And he is the only character I have found who genuinely changes and grows as time goes by. I started with Shards of Honor, then ordered everything I could get. So, though I am trying to read in order, I am in the middle of Cetaganda, but have already read Memory. Can't wait to read them all, and then start again!!

Its interesting to meet someone else who likes both sf and regency. Have you tried Mary Balogh? She is another LT find for me, recommended as a successor to Heyer; I've just read all the Slightly series with great pleasure and will be looking to acquire the rest.

I see you've recently read The Door Into Summer, which has always charmed me and is on my once-a-year list. I guess it comes across as rather dated if you read it for the first time. And I see you like Simak too - have you read Way Station?

Looking forward to talking to you again..

Sarah

Lähettänyt: sarahemmm 2:23 am (EST) Jul 4, 2008

I don't think so - no, Eddarta refers to events in Search for Ka, and mine was in the proper order. I don't know if we have different editions (unlikely, I don't think it was reissued after the omnibuses) or if just some of the books (one printing?) had the reversal. Very odd! (I don't have the physical book anymore - I borrowed it from my sister to read - so I can't actually check. But I would have noticed, I'm somewhat obsessive about reading series in order.)

Lähettänyt: jjmcgaffey 2:28 am (EST) Jun 9, 2008

love your cat..Here's a brief history of time, with cats..In Pittsboro, NC
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=33...
I've been trying to get people to read Patricia McKillip's books for years now..ever since my sister gave me an early one a long time ago. (Lisa Goldstein too - for that same sense of quiet dislocation)
bob

Lähettänyt: bobmcconnaughey 11:01 am (EST) Jun 8, 2008

The cover tag means that when I entered the book that there was either no matching cover or no cover at all. I may go back later and see if that has changed.

Lähettänyt: dwinston 7:04 pm (EST) Mar 19, 2008

Thanks for telling me!

Chris

Lähettänyt: 4hounds 5:23 pm (EST) Jan 13, 2008

Thanks for letting me know. It's in a box that I put into storage before I had a scanner and I haven't pulled it back out yet.

Robin

Lähettänyt: pagerd 3:07 pm (EST) Dec 22, 2007

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