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Just Finished: 07/24/2011 - 07/31/2011
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Wednesday, July 27, 2011. I recently finished three books on memory, inspired by a class Chris Stuart. Taught at the CBA Music Camp. This summer. He was inspired by one of the books, but there was line to get a copy of that book from the library, so I started with some of the other ones Chris listed in the bibliography he handed out. The first book was The Memory Book. The second book was Your Memory. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter.
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Thursday, August 04, 2011. I finished Throne of Jade. By Naomi Novik, the 2nd in her Temeraire series. I wrote about the first book in the series here. I liked this better than the first book. The setting, England during the Napoleonic Wars, but with dragons, is still weird, but the characters are well written and the plot moves along OK. An OK light read if you don't have anything stronger. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on Twitter.
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Just Finished: 07/31/2011 - 08/07/2011
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Thursday, August 04, 2011. I finished Throne of Jade. By Naomi Novik, the 2nd in her Temeraire series. I wrote about the first book in the series here. I liked this better than the first book. The setting, England during the Napoleonic Wars, but with dragons, is still weird, but the characters are well written and the plot moves along OK. An OK light read if you don't have anything stronger. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter.
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Just Finished: 08/14/2011 - 08/21/2011
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Monday, August 15, 2011. A while ago, I finished Infernal Devices. Jeter is credited with creating the term "steampunk" and this is one of his earlier works that could fit under that umbrella, though Infernal Devices. Strikes me more akin to urban fantasy, with a world that much resembles ours but with some hidden parts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Subscribe in a reader. A while ago, I finished Infernal Devices by K.W. J.
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Tuesday, October 25, 2011. A while back I finished an audio book of The Hunger Games. Is a dystopian YA, set in a province that is held down, and at constant near starvation levels, by a central government after a long ago rebellion. As part of their punishment, the provinces have to send one male and one female teenager to the capitol to battle to the death, with the survivor being rich afterwards. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on Twitter.
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Just Finished: 07/03/2011 - 07/10/2011
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Tuesday, July 05, 2011. I just finished Medicine Road. By Charles De Lint. Charles De Lint is one of my favourite authors and, by far, my favourite urban fantasy author. I consider him one of the creators of that genre but sadly most urban fantasy is more in the style of Laurell K. Hamilton (i.e. mythical creatures and humans get together to have sex and fight). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Subscribe in a reader. View my complete profile.
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Tuesday, July 19, 2011. A few days ago I finished The Wood Wife. This is the first book I've read by Terri Windling, who spends more time as an editor than a writer. I quite enjoyed it - it is urban fantasy in the Charles De Lint vein, dealing with spirituality and wonder in the modern world, through the lens of fantastic events. The slow development pays off, as it strongly ties the reader more into the characters before moving into the action.
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Just Finished: 09/11/2011 - 09/18/2011
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Friday, September 16, 2011. Continuing my trend of delayed postings, I finished Deadline. By Mira Grant a little while ago. I reviewed the first book in the series about reporters/bloggers after a zombie apocalypse here. And gave it a very positive review. Sadly, I didn't enjoy Deadline. Had the benefit of not having to set up the world established in Feed. I'll still read the third book, to see how it all turns out, but hopefully it is stronger than this one.
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Just Finished: 06/26/2011 - 07/03/2011
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Wednesday, June 29, 2011. I just finished Absolution Gap. Is the fourth book in the series started with Revelation Space. Wrapping up the stories of most of the characters and the battle versus the Inhibitors. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Subscribe in a reader. I just finished Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynold. View my complete profile.
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Just Finished: 09/04/2011 - 09/11/2011
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Random Musings on books, and some Bluegrass. Sunday, September 04, 2011. I've been slow to post lately. Below are some of the books I finished:. By Lawrence M. Krauss. This is a nice biography, focusing on Feynman's scientific work rather than personal life. The descriptions of his work do help to make it more understandable, although I think I will have to go back and re-read it to really absorb it. Continues the story from Infected. But is more enjoyable. Infected. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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