Archive for September, 2008
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Dogsbody, by Diana Wynne Jones
I picked up this book for fifty cents; I wasn’t a hundred percent sure I was interested in it, but it was, after all, by Diana Wynne Jones (and only fifty cents). Here are some links to other Diana Wynne Jones books I’ve reviewed: here, here, here, and here. She has also famously written the [...]
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Waters: Luminous & Deep, by Meredith Ann Pierce
Meredith Ann Pierce is filed right next to Tamora Pierce in the kids’ fantasy section, and apparently all her novels have won awards. She also lives in a solar-powered house, and is a librarian by day. I’m always a bit sad when authors who have won a lot of awards can’t make a living as [...]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Timequake, by Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut passed away a couple years ago. So it goes. I generally assume that anyone over the age of eighteen has read Slaughterhouse-Five, his magnum opus about the bombing of Dresden, aliens, and time travel; this probably isn’t a very good assumption, as the only reason I read it was because it was on [...]
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
You Suck: A Love Story, by Christopher Moore
[Yesterday was Labor Day in the U.S. Also, it was the day after my bridal shower. I think I was excused from writing a review.] Christopher Moore is not quite a fantasy author, but considering that sometimes he writes about vampires and sea creatures, I figure he’s close enough. He’s written such edifying tomes as [...]