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listersgirlGuy Gavriel Kay The Lions of Al-Rassan
They're making this into a movie, did you hear? So of course I had to read it again so that I would be in prime position for complaining about all the changes they're bound to make. Heh. I had totally forgotten how much I love this book, though. Love! Usually in most fantasy books that feature grand-scale conflicts, we know who we're supposed to be supporting. But in this book, I didn't feel like I was being pushed toward any side, which gave the whole thing an air of poignancy (and even futility). Plus I loved all the characters, and the relationships between them.
Jayne Ann Krentz Falling Awake
Please don't let me read romance novels anymore, ok? I love them, at least those few that I think are worth reading, but I know they've totally warped my view of how relationships work. I will always have a soft spot for Krentz and all her pseudonyms, though.
Ann-Marie MacDonald The Way the Crow Flies
God, what an amazing book. The story centres around one family on a Canadian Air Force base during the cold war, but really it's about secrets and lies, and the dramatic consequences they have. I love the language that MacDonald uses, and she captures the feel of the time and place beautifully.
Susan Swan What Casanova Told Me
What a neat book. An archivist, Luce, finds an old family journal and letters that tell of a trip her ancestor, Asked For Adams, took through Europe where she met the legendary Casanova. After her mother's death, Luce goes to Europe with her mother's lover for the funeral, and reads the diary and the letters while dealing with her own emotions about her mother being gone. I sometimes have a hard time reading historical characters placed into fiction, but the letter and diary style made it work.
They're making this into a movie, did you hear? So of course I had to read it again so that I would be in prime position for complaining about all the changes they're bound to make. Heh. I had totally forgotten how much I love this book, though. Love! Usually in most fantasy books that feature grand-scale conflicts, we know who we're supposed to be supporting. But in this book, I didn't feel like I was being pushed toward any side, which gave the whole thing an air of poignancy (and even futility). Plus I loved all the characters, and the relationships between them.
Jayne Ann Krentz Falling Awake
Please don't let me read romance novels anymore, ok? I love them, at least those few that I think are worth reading, but I know they've totally warped my view of how relationships work. I will always have a soft spot for Krentz and all her pseudonyms, though.
Ann-Marie MacDonald The Way the Crow Flies
God, what an amazing book. The story centres around one family on a Canadian Air Force base during the cold war, but really it's about secrets and lies, and the dramatic consequences they have. I love the language that MacDonald uses, and she captures the feel of the time and place beautifully.
Susan Swan What Casanova Told Me
What a neat book. An archivist, Luce, finds an old family journal and letters that tell of a trip her ancestor, Asked For Adams, took through Europe where she met the legendary Casanova. After her mother's death, Luce goes to Europe with her mother's lover for the funeral, and reads the diary and the letters while dealing with her own emotions about her mother being gone. I sometimes have a hard time reading historical characters placed into fiction, but the letter and diary style made it work.
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Date: 2005-03-11 03:51 pm (UTC)Or something.
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Date: 2005-03-11 04:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-11 04:52 pm (UTC)Ok, I admit it. Historical figures in fiction no longer make me cringe and cry 'Unfair!'.