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Reading Update: May
9 June 2011 05:48 pmBold are new reads; all others are re-reads.
90. Seer's Blood, by Doranna Durgin
91. Exiles of the Stars, by Andre Norton
92. Overthrowing Heaven (Jon & Lobo #3), by Mark L. Van Name
93. Lord Valentine's Castle (Majipoor #1), by Robert Silverberg
94. Flight on Yiktor, by Andre Norton
95. Dare to Go A-Hunting, by Andre Norton
96. Back to the Time Trap, by Keith Laumer
97. A Madness of Angels (Matthew Swift #1), by Kate Griffin
98. The Treasure of the Tigris, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman (via Project Gutenberg)
May
Books: 9
Books/day: 0.29
That's pretty pathetic! But part of it is because I got unusually busy in May, adding commitments and starting the house hunt.
In a very good way, though, I discovered some excellent books. Seer's Blood piqued my interest when I read the chapters available on Baen's website, and I thoroughly enjoyed it when I found a copy at Half Price Books. Overthrowing Heaven was good, although it's clearly not the finale to the series as I had assumed. One more to look for. Lord Valentine's Castle was amazing. I really, really liked that one.
The one that's stuck with me the longest is A Madness of Angels. I found this one after an entry on Larry Correia's Monster Hunter Nation mentioned Elitist Book Reviews. Trolling the archives of that site turned up some possibilities for my list. A Madness of Angels was the first of Kate Griffin's Matthew Swift series, so when I ran through my list at a Half Price Books and it was there, I snagged it. And I really think I loved it. I'm not entirely sure why. I can break out some reasons (first person, fascinating theory of magic, riveting storyline, lavish use of specific descriptive detail)... but ultimately, it was incredibly compelling to me. It took me a while to read because it's quite long, nearly 500 pages. But the pacing is good, it totally kept my at-times-impatient attention, and I was thinking about it for a long while since. The next two in the series are out, and the word is they're also very good. Here's hoping they show up soon at a used book store!
Year to Date
Books: 98
Books/day: 0.649
Books ahead or behind: (6)
I need to amp it up if I'm going to make my goal. June is already looking better, though.
