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This is one of those days...
Jan. 5th, 2012 03:32 pm...where I have to actively fight with myself to be productive.
On the other hand, I'm winning.
Tracking books: after Christmas last year I read Skinned, Crashed, & Wired, all by Robin Wasserman, who sent me free copies on the condition that I review them on my blog (and donate the extra copy I got the the local library, whose copy of it is never on the shelves). A longer review is pending this weekend, but, briefly: they were excellent; the ending didn't convince me fully, and one of the male leads just did not work for me. But the characterization, wordlbuilding, and prose were all excellent, and I recommend them to fans of cyberpunk or dystopia.
Okay, more review later.
Further tracking: yesterday and today, I read Sir Thursday, Lady Friday, Superior Saturday, & Lord Sunday by Garth Nix. Nix is among my favorite authors, especially for his lush and imaginative world-building, and these are no exception. I'd read all of them but Lord Sunday before. As with most series, however, I found the last installment to be the weakest. The ending just did not work for me in its particulars, though it was a well-telegraphed twist. I think I will pretend the last three or four chapters went differently -- and took longer about it, rather than crowding all the action into a few moments and then abruptly finishing in a Stephensonian rush.
Despite that, fabulously enjoyable series. Even with the ending, I still want to own and re-read these books. I just want to write fix-it post-series fanfic, too.
On the other hand, I'm winning.
Tracking books: after Christmas last year I read Skinned, Crashed, & Wired, all by Robin Wasserman, who sent me free copies on the condition that I review them on my blog (and donate the extra copy I got the the local library, whose copy of it is never on the shelves). A longer review is pending this weekend, but, briefly: they were excellent; the ending didn't convince me fully, and one of the male leads just did not work for me. But the characterization, wordlbuilding, and prose were all excellent, and I recommend them to fans of cyberpunk or dystopia.
Okay, more review later.
Further tracking: yesterday and today, I read Sir Thursday, Lady Friday, Superior Saturday, & Lord Sunday by Garth Nix. Nix is among my favorite authors, especially for his lush and imaginative world-building, and these are no exception. I'd read all of them but Lord Sunday before. As with most series, however, I found the last installment to be the weakest. The ending just did not work for me in its particulars, though it was a well-telegraphed twist. I think I will pretend the last three or four chapters went differently -- and took longer about it, rather than crowding all the action into a few moments and then abruptly finishing in a Stephensonian rush.
Despite that, fabulously enjoyable series. Even with the ending, I still want to own and re-read these books. I just want to write fix-it post-series fanfic, too.
