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Wed Reading Meme..
May. 25th, 2016 06:51 pm1. Allergies overwhelmed me today at work. My right eye and right nostril would not stop dripping. Had similar issues outside. But not in the subway and not at home with the air-conditioner on. So, guessing allergic to something in the air outside. It cleared up an hour or so after I got home. My eye was bloodshot by the end of the day. Came home and removed the contacts, put on glasses. May wear glasses tomorrow or at least bring them. Couldn't see out of my right eye to work, write or do anything, highly frustrating.
I wasn't the only one affected. Gal in front of me, broke out in hives and had to race to get Benadryl to stop itching.
2.Wed Reading Meme
I'm still reading the Patricia Brigg's Mercy Thompson series. Did briefly flirt with her Alpha and Omega series, but I don't like the writer well enough to invest beyond the Thompson series.
* What I just finished reading?
River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Notable for the Native American mythology, which hasn't made an appearance until now and I hadn't seen in any of the books that I've read in this genre. Although I'm told Charles de Lint's somewhat more literary novels go there, as does one other series that I want to call Jane Yellowbrook, but it is heavily invested with vampire slaying, and I've grown tired of vampires.
Has only one female character in the story - the lead. Okay, not true, five - one's a ghost that we see briefly, one is the villainous monster that they have to kill, and the others are well ghosts of native american women who live in the spirit realm, and are Coyote's sisters. We see them in a dream sequence that lasts two pages.
So, if this is a problem for you? Best to avoid.
The plot is basically the heroine and her love interest's honeymoon (another rarity, they get married in the fifth book, usually that doesn't happen until the end of the series), and while on the honeymoon run across a nasty river monster who they have to defeat with the aid of Native American magic.
*What I'm reading now?
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
Notable for the way the writer has decided to experiment with her narrative style. Up until now it was first person close, and told entirely in the pov of the heroine, Mercy Thompson. Now, all of a sudden, the writer has decided to tell the story in two points of view. One - first person close, Mercy, and two - third person close, Adam. I'm not sure it's working for her, if anything it's pointing out that she's better at first person narrative than third or more comfortable. It's also a bit jarring. When doing more than one point of view -- it's probably better to stick with either first person or third person, otherwise, jarring. Other than that, I did find it interesting to see who the hero was thinking.
Villains are rather mundane. No great world-building as of yet. And the mythology in this one seems to be sort of lazy. She's relying mainly on Grimms fairy tales.
So, not as good as the previous books in regards to villains, world-building and mythology, but slightly better in character development and pacing.
*What I'm reading next?
Probably the last in the series that I bought. There's one more, but I don't think I'll read it. It's more expensive and the writer isn't grabbing me that much.
Looked through B&N yesterday and today, was the only peaceful haven that I could find at lunchtime in Midtown Manhattan. Small wonder, considering 85,000 people commute daily to the area from various states and rural districts. Oh, if only everyone could telecommute. It was four people deep at the stop lights, I kid you not. Very hard to take a walk at lunch with a million other people doing the same thing.
So, B&N...flirted with:
* Jack of Shadows by Roger Zezlaney, although I couldn't finish Lord of Light, so am wary.
* October Daye Series by Sceanann McGuire - which I'm considering trying after I finish the Briggs series.
* The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom- Orphaned during her passage from Ireland, young, white Lavinia arrives on the steps of the kitchen house and is placed, as an indentured servant, under the care of Belle, the master’s illegitimate slave daughter. Lavinia learns to cook, clean, and serve food, while guided by the quiet strength and love of her new family. Takes place decades before the Civil War.
* The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton -During a summer party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is happily dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and watches as her mother speaks to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime. A crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy—her vivacious, loving, nearly perfect mother. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress living in London. The family is gathering at Greenacres farm for Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this may be her last chance, Laurel searches for answers to the questions that still haunt her from that long-ago day, answers that can only be found in Dorothy’s past.
Flirting but not buying. Good on me. Seriously I need to stop buying. I have a bad habit of impulse buying books.
I wasn't the only one affected. Gal in front of me, broke out in hives and had to race to get Benadryl to stop itching.
2.Wed Reading Meme
I'm still reading the Patricia Brigg's Mercy Thompson series. Did briefly flirt with her Alpha and Omega series, but I don't like the writer well enough to invest beyond the Thompson series.
* What I just finished reading?
River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Notable for the Native American mythology, which hasn't made an appearance until now and I hadn't seen in any of the books that I've read in this genre. Although I'm told Charles de Lint's somewhat more literary novels go there, as does one other series that I want to call Jane Yellowbrook, but it is heavily invested with vampire slaying, and I've grown tired of vampires.
Has only one female character in the story - the lead. Okay, not true, five - one's a ghost that we see briefly, one is the villainous monster that they have to kill, and the others are well ghosts of native american women who live in the spirit realm, and are Coyote's sisters. We see them in a dream sequence that lasts two pages.
So, if this is a problem for you? Best to avoid.
The plot is basically the heroine and her love interest's honeymoon (another rarity, they get married in the fifth book, usually that doesn't happen until the end of the series), and while on the honeymoon run across a nasty river monster who they have to defeat with the aid of Native American magic.
*What I'm reading now?
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
Notable for the way the writer has decided to experiment with her narrative style. Up until now it was first person close, and told entirely in the pov of the heroine, Mercy Thompson. Now, all of a sudden, the writer has decided to tell the story in two points of view. One - first person close, Mercy, and two - third person close, Adam. I'm not sure it's working for her, if anything it's pointing out that she's better at first person narrative than third or more comfortable. It's also a bit jarring. When doing more than one point of view -- it's probably better to stick with either first person or third person, otherwise, jarring. Other than that, I did find it interesting to see who the hero was thinking.
Villains are rather mundane. No great world-building as of yet. And the mythology in this one seems to be sort of lazy. She's relying mainly on Grimms fairy tales.
So, not as good as the previous books in regards to villains, world-building and mythology, but slightly better in character development and pacing.
*What I'm reading next?
Probably the last in the series that I bought. There's one more, but I don't think I'll read it. It's more expensive and the writer isn't grabbing me that much.
Looked through B&N yesterday and today, was the only peaceful haven that I could find at lunchtime in Midtown Manhattan. Small wonder, considering 85,000 people commute daily to the area from various states and rural districts. Oh, if only everyone could telecommute. It was four people deep at the stop lights, I kid you not. Very hard to take a walk at lunch with a million other people doing the same thing.
So, B&N...flirted with:
* Jack of Shadows by Roger Zezlaney, although I couldn't finish Lord of Light, so am wary.
* October Daye Series by Sceanann McGuire - which I'm considering trying after I finish the Briggs series.
* The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom- Orphaned during her passage from Ireland, young, white Lavinia arrives on the steps of the kitchen house and is placed, as an indentured servant, under the care of Belle, the master’s illegitimate slave daughter. Lavinia learns to cook, clean, and serve food, while guided by the quiet strength and love of her new family. Takes place decades before the Civil War.
* The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton -During a summer party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is happily dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and watches as her mother speaks to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime. A crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy—her vivacious, loving, nearly perfect mother. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress living in London. The family is gathering at Greenacres farm for Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this may be her last chance, Laurel searches for answers to the questions that still haunt her from that long-ago day, answers that can only be found in Dorothy’s past.
Flirting but not buying. Good on me. Seriously I need to stop buying. I have a bad habit of impulse buying books.