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Apr. 17th, 2014 11:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaI hope all you people who were at Bitching Party had fun! *envious* Am on a train all day; might as well do some booklogging. Also I did some writing--my due South Big Bang is now at 5000 words. \o/
The Genocidal Healer, by James White
SF about a multi-species hospital, with lots of interesting alien biology and psychology, and also ethical problems. I enjoyed it! Would read more in the series (but not any time soon on account of my large to-read pile). I got the rec for this fromrushthatspeaks' book reviews, which are enjoyable reading in themselves.
Pilgrimage: the Book of the People, by Zenna Henderson
cahn, you were right that I would like this! I liked the atmospheric language, and I enjoyed the feeling of warmth and longing and community, although not being a Christian, I could not quite identify on that front (well, okay, I know it's supposed to be an alien religion, but it does feel very Christian to me). Most of the short stories (and also the frame story itself) is a variation on the same theme, so it's quite predictable, but I didn't mind. Also, I was not at all surprised when I read that Henderson was a teacher. Write what you know, and all. *g*
Laura's Wolf, by Lia Silver
Written by someone in my DW circle. This is het romance where the guy is a werewolf, which is the sort of thing I would be wary about if I knew nothing about the author (because the gender roles might not work for me). No worries about that here! I liked the characters and their relationship--the woman is a former con artist, and I liked seeing that side of her personality in the way she got out of tight spots and handled relationships. The guy showed plenty of vulnerability and was pretty damaged--in fact there's tons of h/c here, if that is your thing. I liked that the book ended with lots of relationships being important aside from the main romantic one! On the negative side, I didn't feel the immediate sexual attraction. That's not necessarily a fault in the book, though--in fact I suspect the reason I pretty much never read romance novels and get my romance/porn from fic is that in fic I can read about people whose attraction to each other I already believe in, because I usually need a fair amount of build-up.
Oh, and have a fic rec:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
mistyzeo's The Vast Profundity Obscure, which is an ACD-canon Holmes/Watson crossover with His Dark Materials. Thoughtful plot and worldbuilding, and great daemons!
The Genocidal Healer, by James White
SF about a multi-species hospital, with lots of interesting alien biology and psychology, and also ethical problems. I enjoyed it! Would read more in the series (but not any time soon on account of my large to-read pile). I got the rec for this from
rushthatspeaks' book reviews, which are enjoyable reading in themselves. Pilgrimage: the Book of the People, by Zenna Henderson
cahn, you were right that I would like this! I liked the atmospheric language, and I enjoyed the feeling of warmth and longing and community, although not being a Christian, I could not quite identify on that front (well, okay, I know it's supposed to be an alien religion, but it does feel very Christian to me). Most of the short stories (and also the frame story itself) is a variation on the same theme, so it's quite predictable, but I didn't mind. Also, I was not at all surprised when I read that Henderson was a teacher. Write what you know, and all. *g*Laura's Wolf, by Lia Silver
Written by someone in my DW circle. This is het romance where the guy is a werewolf, which is the sort of thing I would be wary about if I knew nothing about the author (because the gender roles might not work for me). No worries about that here! I liked the characters and their relationship--the woman is a former con artist, and I liked seeing that side of her personality in the way she got out of tight spots and handled relationships. The guy showed plenty of vulnerability and was pretty damaged--in fact there's tons of h/c here, if that is your thing. I liked that the book ended with lots of relationships being important aside from the main romantic one! On the negative side, I didn't feel the immediate sexual attraction. That's not necessarily a fault in the book, though--in fact I suspect the reason I pretty much never read romance novels and get my romance/porn from fic is that in fic I can read about people whose attraction to each other I already believe in, because I usually need a fair amount of build-up.
Oh, and have a fic rec:
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Date: 2014-04-17 04:04 pm (UTC)lies all lies there's no such thing as a too long to-read-list(no subject)
Date: 2014-04-17 07:17 pm (UTC)...yeah, I know what you mean. Which one tempted you?
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Date: 2014-04-17 08:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-04-17 06:44 pm (UTC)You are a quarter of the way through your big bang, eeeee! I gotta start seriously working on mine.
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Date: 2014-04-17 07:33 pm (UTC)Sampling of words that occur in my Big Bang: "dinoflagellate", "manhua", "jibe" (in the sailing sense), and "tropopause". : )
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Date: 2014-04-17 11:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-04-18 12:06 am (UTC)Wait! I already have enough TBR to last for the rest of my natural life.
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Date: 2014-04-18 11:39 am (UTC)I know how you feel. : )
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Date: 2014-04-18 11:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-04-19 02:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-04-19 08:18 pm (UTC)Aww, thanks for the encouragement! ♥
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Date: 2014-04-20 11:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2014-04-24 02:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-04-24 06:00 pm (UTC)(Agreed, it is very Christian.)
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Date: 2014-04-17 08:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-04-17 08:17 pm (UTC)