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Books I've Read
Aug. 29th, 2010 09:54 pmA friend mentioned that she found my book reviews and recommendations helpful, so I thought I'd start posting lists of the books I read, with comments and personal ratings. I read a lot of books, mostly science fiction and fantasy. So here goes!
-Tongues of Serpents, by Naomi Novik. This is the most recent in the Temeraire series, and while I quite like Laurence and his high-minded dragon, as well as the absolutely lovely worldbuilding, I'm beginning to wish that something would be settled. The books tend to end on mid-notes or cliffhangers, and I really want Laurence to find someplace he can be happy. Nevertheless, it's a lovely book. 7/10
-Bull God, by Roberta Gellis. I have a fondness for Greek mythology, and this is a charming retelling of the Minotaur. Gellis's bull-man invites sympathy, and her Ariadne is a sweet girl, but stubborn when it counts. I quite like this book overall, but the ending does become a little trite, a little too easy. Nevertheless, Ariadne/Dionysus OTP! 7/10
-Stealing Fire, by Jo Graham. I picked this up because I liked Black Ships (see below), and then it blew me away. Lydias is a wonderful hero, loyal, brave, and god-touched but not scared by it, and it's lots of fun to see Alexander the Great from the point of view of one of his soldiers, and then to see the aftermath of Alexander's death from that same viewpoint. The treatment of Greek sexual mores is astonishingly well done. I adored this, and since I borrowed it from the library, I need to go buy a copy now. 10/10
-Black Ships, by Jo Graham. I grabbed this for a plane ride and couldn't put it down. Watching the Aenead from the point of view of a priestess of Death was fascinating. Gull, the protagonist, is wholly believable, and the tangled romantic relationships are never untangled, only accepted. 8/10
-Tongues of Serpents, by Naomi Novik. This is the most recent in the Temeraire series, and while I quite like Laurence and his high-minded dragon, as well as the absolutely lovely worldbuilding, I'm beginning to wish that something would be settled. The books tend to end on mid-notes or cliffhangers, and I really want Laurence to find someplace he can be happy. Nevertheless, it's a lovely book. 7/10
-Bull God, by Roberta Gellis. I have a fondness for Greek mythology, and this is a charming retelling of the Minotaur. Gellis's bull-man invites sympathy, and her Ariadne is a sweet girl, but stubborn when it counts. I quite like this book overall, but the ending does become a little trite, a little too easy. Nevertheless, Ariadne/Dionysus OTP! 7/10
-Stealing Fire, by Jo Graham. I picked this up because I liked Black Ships (see below), and then it blew me away. Lydias is a wonderful hero, loyal, brave, and god-touched but not scared by it, and it's lots of fun to see Alexander the Great from the point of view of one of his soldiers, and then to see the aftermath of Alexander's death from that same viewpoint. The treatment of Greek sexual mores is astonishingly well done. I adored this, and since I borrowed it from the library, I need to go buy a copy now. 10/10
-Black Ships, by Jo Graham. I grabbed this for a plane ride and couldn't put it down. Watching the Aenead from the point of view of a priestess of Death was fascinating. Gull, the protagonist, is wholly believable, and the tangled romantic relationships are never untangled, only accepted. 8/10
