book list, May 2006
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edenfallingI made three resolutions this year. First, get a job. (Done!) Second, exercise more regularly and lose weight. (Done!) Third, keep a list of the books I read.
These are the books I read in May, 2006:
New: 22
---Throne of Jade, Naomi Novik (historical fantasy: sequel to His Majesty's Dragon, very engaging and addresses some of the squidgy bits in the previous novel's world-building)
---Silver May Tarnish, Lyn McConchie and Andre Norton (fantasy: a Witch World novel in the classic tradition)
---Chinese Painting Techniques, Alison Stilwell Cameron (nonfiction: sort of an instructional primer)
---Bad Prince Charlie, John Moore (fantasy: humorous take-off on both Hamlet and modern politics, brain candy, not to be taken too seriously)
---Home-Alone America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes, Mary Eberstadt (nonfiction: it is useful to know what people think, even if you don't agree with everything they say. Her subtle bias -- yes, kids need parents, but it never even occurs to Eberstadt that fathers can stay home as well as mothers -- really gets to me even though I would otherwise go along with several of her conclusions.)
---Burn, James Patrick Kelly (science fiction: see my review)
---Yu-Gi-Oh!, vols. 2,3, 5-7 (manga: games, games, and more games; incredibly tacky, but I love it anyway)
---Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist, vols. 1-4, 6-12 (manga: continuation of the previous series)
Old: 8
---Lud-in-the-Mist, Hope Mirrlees (fantasy: beautiful, beautiful story, about art, truth, love, family, the structure of society, and the nature of humanity)
---The Crystal Gryphon, Andre Norton (fantasy: classic Witch World -- I obsessed over this book when I was about 10 or 11)
---Gryphon in Glory, Andre Norton (fantasy: sequel to The Crystal Gryphon, in which Joisan is still ten times more sensible than Kerovan, and they rescue each other some more)
---Dealing With Dragons, Patricia C. Wrede (fantasy: Book One of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, in which Cimorene runs off to become a dragon's princess)
---Searching For Dragons, Patricia C. Wrede (fantasy: Book Two of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, in which Mendanbar has problems with wizards and meets Cimorene; my favorite of the series)
---Calling On Dragons, Patricia C. Wrede (fantasy: Book Three of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, in which someone steals Mendanbar's sword and a quest ensues)
---Talking To Dragons, Patricia C. Wrede (fantasy: Book Four of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, which picks up 17 years later and resolves the semi-cliffhanger at the end of Book Three)
---The Wizardry Cursed, Rick Cook (fantasy: computer programmers do magic! Book 3 in a series, utterly silly, total brain candy, and never fails to make me smile.)
May Total = 30 books (plus a bunch of fanfiction, a few newspapers, and a few magazines)
Year to Date = 108 books (78 new, 30 old)
These are the books I read in May, 2006:
New: 22
---Throne of Jade, Naomi Novik (historical fantasy: sequel to His Majesty's Dragon, very engaging and addresses some of the squidgy bits in the previous novel's world-building)
---Silver May Tarnish, Lyn McConchie and Andre Norton (fantasy: a Witch World novel in the classic tradition)
---Chinese Painting Techniques, Alison Stilwell Cameron (nonfiction: sort of an instructional primer)
---Bad Prince Charlie, John Moore (fantasy: humorous take-off on both Hamlet and modern politics, brain candy, not to be taken too seriously)
---Home-Alone America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes, Mary Eberstadt (nonfiction: it is useful to know what people think, even if you don't agree with everything they say. Her subtle bias -- yes, kids need parents, but it never even occurs to Eberstadt that fathers can stay home as well as mothers -- really gets to me even though I would otherwise go along with several of her conclusions.)
---Burn, James Patrick Kelly (science fiction: see my review)
---Yu-Gi-Oh!, vols. 2,3, 5-7 (manga: games, games, and more games; incredibly tacky, but I love it anyway)
---Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist, vols. 1-4, 6-12 (manga: continuation of the previous series)
Old: 8
---Lud-in-the-Mist, Hope Mirrlees (fantasy: beautiful, beautiful story, about art, truth, love, family, the structure of society, and the nature of humanity)
---The Crystal Gryphon, Andre Norton (fantasy: classic Witch World -- I obsessed over this book when I was about 10 or 11)
---Gryphon in Glory, Andre Norton (fantasy: sequel to The Crystal Gryphon, in which Joisan is still ten times more sensible than Kerovan, and they rescue each other some more)
---Dealing With Dragons, Patricia C. Wrede (fantasy: Book One of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, in which Cimorene runs off to become a dragon's princess)
---Searching For Dragons, Patricia C. Wrede (fantasy: Book Two of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, in which Mendanbar has problems with wizards and meets Cimorene; my favorite of the series)
---Calling On Dragons, Patricia C. Wrede (fantasy: Book Three of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, in which someone steals Mendanbar's sword and a quest ensues)
---Talking To Dragons, Patricia C. Wrede (fantasy: Book Four of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, which picks up 17 years later and resolves the semi-cliffhanger at the end of Book Three)
---The Wizardry Cursed, Rick Cook (fantasy: computer programmers do magic! Book 3 in a series, utterly silly, total brain candy, and never fails to make me smile.)
May Total = 30 books (plus a bunch of fanfiction, a few newspapers, and a few magazines)
Year to Date = 108 books (78 new, 30 old)
