Archive for the 'Reading Recommendations' Category
Reading Recommendation: Of Blood and Honey, by Stina Leicht
I finished this on the plane flying between Washington and Arizona. I’ve met Stina at a few conventions since this book came out, and she warned me it was a bit bloody. She is correct. I managed though (after all, in Mayan December, I sacrificed a woman). I’m glad I did. Violence in story only [...]
Reading Recommendation: Silently and Very Fast, by Catherynne M. Valente
I just love Cat’s work. She can take a well-worn and well-loved science fictional trope and make it into magic that reads like poetic fantasy. I don’t think I can describe this without spoiling it. I heard it – as usual Kate Baker did a great narration on this one. I planned to do [...]
Reading Recommendation: Tamora Pierce’s Beka Cooper Series
I just finished the last of these books, Mastiff: The Legend of Beka Cooper #3, this morning. This is a YA series with great voice, a brave and tough heroine, a few fabulous friends, and all set in the very well-developed world of Tortall where other Pierce books have been. Even as an adult reader, [...]
Reading Recommendation: The Kingdom of Gods, by N.K. Jemisin
Well, just tonight I finished The Kingdom of Gods, the third book in N.K. Jemisin’s debut trilogy that started with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. I loved it. Reasons? Sieh as narrator was a tough choice, and well-executed. Yes, he is the only logical narrator (and I won’t say much about why lest I leave spoilers [...]
Reading Recommendation: SEED, by Rob Zeigler
Sometimes we writers get to do fun things like hang out in big groups in houses together and write and laugh and talk. And write. And learn. Write some more, read either other’s work. You get the idea. On one such escape to a writerly weekend in Flagstaff, Arizona, I met Rob Zeigler, and got [...]
Reading Recommendation: The Children of the Sky, by Vernor Vinge
OMG. I loved this book! I have reader cookies for big ideas, bright ideas, fabulous world-building, and depth of character. Vernor is capable of all of that, and he showed his stuff pretty brilliantly in The Children of the Sky. This book is solid science fiction, and as good as A Deepness in the Sky, [...]
Reading Recommendation: Endurance, by Jay Lake
I liked Green a lot, perhaps the most of all of Jay’s work for far. Endurance is the sequel to Green, and it’s even better. I can see why Publisher’s Weekly gave it a starred review. The word building added more layers to Copper Downs than we saw in Green, and revealed new information in [...]
Reading Recommendation: IronWolfe by Darragh Metzger
I saw my friend Darragh Metzger at one of my readings a week ago. Not only was it fabulous to see her, but I learned that some of her books are now available for the Kindle. Darragh and I were in the same writing group years ago, and one of the highlights of that time [...]
Reading Recommendation: Lev Grossman
I stumbled across a lovely essay in the NYT by Lev Grossman just before I left for some recent travel. And I’d just watched him win the Campbell Award for best new writer – and graciously accept the tiara and wear it well. Since I hadn’t read any of his fiction, I decided to buy [...]
Some Podcast Stories and Recommendations
I’m back far enough from January’s foot surgery to do a lot of dog walking, and thus back to listening to podcasts. Here are a few that I’ve rather enjoyed lately. Through a chance meeting at Worldcon, I discovered that Adventures in Science Fiction Publishing is back on the air (they have been for a [...]
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