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Some Books I've Read
(Ratings out of 10 - consider 6 to be the minimum of what I expect a published book to be.)
Havemercy
by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett
Finished book on: Dec 30, 2008
Quality of writing: 9
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 9
Comment: This is a really good book! (New authors too; please support 'em!) Don't be put off by the first scene, which is stilted and doesn't give the best introduction to that character's voice; it's a one-off, and everything improves quickly after that. This is a really well-written, imaginative and layered world, with wonderful characters and a very cool story.
Sunshine
by Robin McKinley
Finished book on: Dec 22, 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 9
Enjoyability: 9
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
Finished book on: Dec 20, 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
Procession of the Dead
by D. B. Shan
Finished book on: Dec mumble-mumble, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5
Host
by Faith Hunter
Finished book on: Nov 31, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8.5
Enjoyability: 8
The Etched City
by K. J. Bishop
Finished book on: Nov 17, 2008
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 6
Enjoyability: 7.5
Lord of Lies
by David Zindell
Finished book on: Nov mumblemumble, 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7.5
The Silver Sword
by David Zindell
Finished book on: Oct 26, 2008
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
Underworld: Evolution
Novelization by Greg Cox
Finished book on: Oct 24, 2008
Quality of writing: 5.5
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7.5
Shadows Return
by Lynn Flewelling
Finished book on: August-ish, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 8
PS - Ooh, aah. Alec and Seregil...drool...
Tigana
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Finished book on: August-ish, 2008
Quality of writing: 9
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8.5
Cursor's Fury
by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: August-ish, 2008
Quality of writing: 7
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7
Academ's Fury
by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: August-ish, 2008
Quality of writing: 7
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7
Furies of Calderon
by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: August-ish, 2008
Quality of writing: 6
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7
Tara Road
by Maeve Binchy
Finished book on: Aug 7, 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
Thomas the Rhymer
by Ellen Kushner
Finished book on: July 20, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
A Soul In a Bottle
by Tim Powers
Finished book on: July 19, 2008
Quality of writing: 7
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7
Swordspoint
by Ellen Kushner
Finished book on: July 12, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 7.5
Blood Follows
by Steven Erikson
Finished book on: July 10, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 6.5
Enjoyability: 7
The Lunatic Cafe
by Laurell K. Hamilton
Finished book on: July 4, 2008
Quality of writing: 6.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7
Edenborn
by Nick Sagan
Finished book on: July 1, 2008
Quality of writing: 9
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 9
One Foot in the Grave
by Wm. Mark Simmons
Finished book on: June 27, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5
Comment: This novel has a terrible COVER, and I feel badly for the author because the book itself is pretty good--it's got a great voice and I really liked the flashes of hard science that appeared in this urban fantasy.
Starman (Book 3 of The Wayfarer Redemption)
by Sara Douglass
Finished book on: June 21, 2008
Quality of writing: 7
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 8
The Stand
by Stephen King
Finished book on: June 8, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 7.5
The Family
by Mario Puzo
Finished book on: May 25, 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7
Expiration Date
by Tim Powers
Finished book on: May24, 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 6.5
Enjoyability: 7
Nothing But Blue Skies
by Tom Holt
Finished book on: Apr 25, 2008
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 8
The Kronus Condition
by Emily Devenport
Finished book on: Apr 13, 2008
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7.5
Disappearing Nightly
by Laura Resnick
Finished book on: Apr 11, 2008
Quality of writing: 7
Quality of story: 6.5
Enjoyability: 7
Seer's Blood
by Doranna Durgin
Finished book on: Mar 30, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
Ars Magica
by Judith Tarr
Finished book on: Mar 28, 2008
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7.5
Sometimes, After Sunset
by Tanith Lee
Finished book on: Mar 22, 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of stories: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5
Tales from the Flat Earth: Night's Daughter
by Tanith Lee
Finished book on: Mar 19-ish, 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of stories: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5
Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness
by Tanith Lee
Finished book on: Mar 15-ish, 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of stories: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5
Odd Thomas
by Dean Koontz
Finished book on: Mar (mumblemumble), 2008
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
Forever Odd
by Dean Koontz
Finished book on: Feb 1, 2008
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5
The Hidden Worlds
by Kristin Landon
Finished book on: Jan 25, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7.5
Dexter in the Dark
by Jeff Lindsay
Finished book on: Jan ??, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
The Conjurer Princess
by Vivian Vande Velde
Finished book on: Jan 1, 2008
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8.5
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Books I Didn't Finish
Take a Thief
by Mercedes Lackey
Stopped on page: 10
Lyskarion: The Song of the Wind
by J. A. Cullum
Stopped on page: 20
Talyn
by Holly Lisle
Stopped on page: 25
Nemesis
by Rosamund Smith
Stopped on page: 3
Firewalk
by Anne Logston
Stopped on page: 7
The Soprano Sorceress
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Stopped on page: 12
Starmind
by Spider and Jeanne Robinson
Stopped on page: 8
The Knight, the Harp, and the Maiden
by Anne Kelleher-Bush
Stopped on page: 28
Leopard in Exile
by Andre Norton and Rosemary Edghill
Stopped on page: 55
Wolf Justice
by Doranna Durgin
Stopped on page: 6
Stealing the Elf King's Roses
by Diane Duane
Stopped on page: 8
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