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Jul. 15th, 2004 09:28 amHappy birthday ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
slgorman! I hope your day (and week, and year) is fantastic.
slgorman! I hope your day (and week, and year) is fantastic.Jul. 15th, 2004
Mary Balough A Summer to Remember
I think Mary Balough may be my new favourite historical romance novelist. Yup. So much fun.
Paul Feig Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence
It's like the Freaks and Geeks back story! True tales from the miserable school years of Paul Feig, horrifying yet hilarious.
Alice Hoffman The Probable Future
I know all of Alice Hoffman's books are similar, but something in the way she writes really resonates with me. This one was about a family where all the women are born with some sort of unique ability (cannot feel pain, see others' dreams). When Jenny and her daughter return to live with her mother, past relationships and town history change them forever.
Caroline Knapp Appetites: Why Women Want
This was an interesting and personal look at obsessive behaviour, written by a woman who had survived alcoholism and an eating disorder. She made some very interesting points about cravings (not just limited to food - she also talked about shopping and relationships) that I really identified with.
Mil Millington Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
Half of this book was silly and funny and a wonderful, over-the-top read - the half about this guy and his job at a computer centre in a university library - and half of the book made me want to throw it at the wall. I don't want to read books where couples fight all the time, and where the guy whines about being pushed around by doesn't do anything, and it's all supposed to be cute and funny. It's not funny, it's stressful and unhealthy, and why are these people still together? I'm going to try another book by this author, though, because I really enjoyed the parts...I enjoyed.
Garth Nix Sabriel
This was fun fantasy - I enjoyed the world created by Nix, particularly his ideas surrounding magic and death. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series, because everyone says it's the best.
Tamora Pierce Cold Fire
I really felt like this was a book written with a point to make, and that Pierce didn't quite manage to frame it comfortably within a story. Or possibly I was just disappointed that there wasn't more written about the mages Daja discovered - I like reading about the teaching aspect.
Cathleen Schine She is Me
Meh. I've liked other books by Schine, but this one left me somewhat cold. It's the story of three generations of women, each going through a crisis, and how that affects each of their relationships with the other members of the family. I never really felt particularly interested in any of the characters, which I think affected my ability to be drawn into the book.
Sean Stewart Galveston
An excellent fantasy novel, set not too far in the future. Mardi Gras magic has broken free, and the residents of Galveston are trying to contain it, while living in a somewhat post-apocalyptic world. What I liked best was that Stewart took the book places I was truly not expecting, but never anywhere that felt jarringly dropped in. A really good read.
(I'm sorry, these are pretty pathetic write-ups, but I read some of these books so long ago, I can barely remember any details. Next time, I plan to keep up better!)
I think Mary Balough may be my new favourite historical romance novelist. Yup. So much fun.
Paul Feig Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence
It's like the Freaks and Geeks back story! True tales from the miserable school years of Paul Feig, horrifying yet hilarious.
Alice Hoffman The Probable Future
I know all of Alice Hoffman's books are similar, but something in the way she writes really resonates with me. This one was about a family where all the women are born with some sort of unique ability (cannot feel pain, see others' dreams). When Jenny and her daughter return to live with her mother, past relationships and town history change them forever.
Caroline Knapp Appetites: Why Women Want
This was an interesting and personal look at obsessive behaviour, written by a woman who had survived alcoholism and an eating disorder. She made some very interesting points about cravings (not just limited to food - she also talked about shopping and relationships) that I really identified with.
Mil Millington Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
Half of this book was silly and funny and a wonderful, over-the-top read - the half about this guy and his job at a computer centre in a university library - and half of the book made me want to throw it at the wall. I don't want to read books where couples fight all the time, and where the guy whines about being pushed around by doesn't do anything, and it's all supposed to be cute and funny. It's not funny, it's stressful and unhealthy, and why are these people still together? I'm going to try another book by this author, though, because I really enjoyed the parts...I enjoyed.
Garth Nix Sabriel
This was fun fantasy - I enjoyed the world created by Nix, particularly his ideas surrounding magic and death. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series, because everyone says it's the best.
Tamora Pierce Cold Fire
I really felt like this was a book written with a point to make, and that Pierce didn't quite manage to frame it comfortably within a story. Or possibly I was just disappointed that there wasn't more written about the mages Daja discovered - I like reading about the teaching aspect.
Cathleen Schine She is Me
Meh. I've liked other books by Schine, but this one left me somewhat cold. It's the story of three generations of women, each going through a crisis, and how that affects each of their relationships with the other members of the family. I never really felt particularly interested in any of the characters, which I think affected my ability to be drawn into the book.
Sean Stewart Galveston
An excellent fantasy novel, set not too far in the future. Mardi Gras magic has broken free, and the residents of Galveston are trying to contain it, while living in a somewhat post-apocalyptic world. What I liked best was that Stewart took the book places I was truly not expecting, but never anywhere that felt jarringly dropped in. A really good read.
(I'm sorry, these are pretty pathetic write-ups, but I read some of these books so long ago, I can barely remember any details. Next time, I plan to keep up better!)