by Garth Nix
Grade: Good
(Possibly To Own if I like the upcoming sequal enough.)
See below (i.e. Lirael), about romance. I liked the romance in this one. It was basically non-existent, true. But I thought I got bits of it, and the stuff that DIDN'T turn out to be romance, I was very glad about.
Anyway, enough on romance. If only his theology wasn't quite so weird, he'd be one of my favourite authors, I think.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Lirael
by Garth Nix
Grade: Good
I spent all day reading this one and the next one. When I should have been doing a lot of other stuff. Including an essay that was due the day after the next.
So anyway. I now officially love Garth Nix. I love how his characters turn out, and his romance is not off-putting, which I've had a lot of trouble with the last year or so.
Grade: Good
I spent all day reading this one and the next one. When I should have been doing a lot of other stuff. Including an essay that was due the day after the next.
So anyway. I now officially love Garth Nix. I love how his characters turn out, and his romance is not off-putting, which I've had a lot of trouble with the last year or so.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Sabriel
by Garth Nix
Grade: Good
Not quite as interesting as the Arthur books. I probably would have liked it if I liked the prince more. He was way better than most, though, so I was able to finish the book easily.
But some of it was awsome. The whole Abhorsen concept is totally cool, and Garth Nix's imagination is amazing. This comment should go under the Day books, but it's amazing how different each Day's "world" is. And then this series is a whole nother thing itself.
Grade: Good
Not quite as interesting as the Arthur books. I probably would have liked it if I liked the prince more. He was way better than most, though, so I was able to finish the book easily.
But some of it was awsome. The whole Abhorsen concept is totally cool, and Garth Nix's imagination is amazing. This comment should go under the Day books, but it's amazing how different each Day's "world" is. And then this series is a whole nother thing itself.
Friday, March 19, 2010
The Siren Song
by Anne Ursu
Grade: Unfinished
Read: To page 171.
I don't know why I couldn't get into it. It was almost really, really good. Maybe it was the characters. Neither of them, or the villains, appealed to me very much.
Grade: Unfinished
Read: To page 171.
I don't know why I couldn't get into it. It was almost really, really good. Maybe it was the characters. Neither of them, or the villains, appealed to me very much.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Sir Thursday
by Garth Nix
Grade: Good
Still awsome with bits of weirdness.
I like how Arthur is when he uses the keys. And the fact that he seems all right with "Lord Arthur" now. Maybe that's bad, like enjoying it when Frodo uses the ring. But it's cool. So I like it.
Grade: Good
Still awsome with bits of weirdness.
I like how Arthur is when he uses the keys. And the fact that he seems all right with "Lord Arthur" now. Maybe that's bad, like enjoying it when Frodo uses the ring. But it's cool. So I like it.
Drowned Wednesday
by Garth Nix
Grade: Good
Next one! Where's the next one? Oh, thank goodness I got four at once from the library.
Grade: Good
Next one! Where's the next one? Oh, thank goodness I got four at once from the library.
Grim Tuesday
by Garth Nix
Grade: Good
I'm hooked!
The weird stuff is still there, but it's mentioned a bit less. Or at least, not talked about in detail since that was all explained in the first book.
Grade: Good
I'm hooked!
The weird stuff is still there, but it's mentioned a bit less. Or at least, not talked about in detail since that was all explained in the first book.
Cart and Cwidder
by Diana Wynne Jones
Grade: Good
For a DWJ, it was All right.
But I'm sick and tired, so I'm not going to elaborate.
I'll probably get the other books in the series sometime. But not immediately.
My last DWJ series...sigh....
Grade: Good
For a DWJ, it was All right.
But I'm sick and tired, so I'm not going to elaborate.
I'll probably get the other books in the series sometime. But not immediately.
My last DWJ series...sigh....
Monday, March 8, 2010
Beauty
by Robin McKinley
Grade: All right
I think I liked Rose Daughter better. And .... I dunno. It was good, but had nothing to add sparkle to it, like my favourites of McKinley.
Grade: All right
I think I liked Rose Daughter better. And .... I dunno. It was good, but had nothing to add sparkle to it, like my favourites of McKinley.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Mister Monday
by Garth Nix
Grade: Good
There was some weird stuff. A female creator, death meaning you get turned into nothingness. Weird stuff. I didn't like it at all. Yet...yet...the days of the week stuff is SO awsome--it's partly why I loved Man Who Was Thursday so much. And the weird stuff wasn't in it too much. So, I think I'll read one more, and see how I like it. If it's still really weird, I'll stop reading the author.
Grade: Good
There was some weird stuff. A female creator, death meaning you get turned into nothingness. Weird stuff. I didn't like it at all. Yet...yet...the days of the week stuff is SO awsome--it's partly why I loved Man Who Was Thursday so much. And the weird stuff wasn't in it too much. So, I think I'll read one more, and see how I like it. If it's still really weird, I'll stop reading the author.
Enchanted Glass
by Diana Wynne Jones
Grade: Good
Not quite "To Own". Despite the fact I bought it. Before I'd read it. In hardcover. Wow.
But it's all right. Because at least it's good. I liked Andrew, I didn't quite like Sashe. I liked Aiden and Tarquin. It was original and confusing, like most Diana Wynne Jones.
Grade: Good
Not quite "To Own". Despite the fact I bought it. Before I'd read it. In hardcover. Wow.
But it's all right. Because at least it's good. I liked Andrew, I didn't quite like Sashe. I liked Aiden and Tarquin. It was original and confusing, like most Diana Wynne Jones.
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