September Books
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christianreader36. The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog (1992) Elizabeth Peters
This one involved Amelia Peabody's husband receiving a blow to the head and having amnesia. That plot point is so ridiculous and stretched out, BUT still awesome. I just loved every moment of it.
37. Tiger's Quest (2011) Colleen Houck
The sequel to Tiger's Curse. On the plus side: the writing was less purple-y than the first one, and I do like the "adventure" part of the story, there is a creative blend of myth and religion from around the world. On the negative side: I just have never got attached to any of the characters as much as I should. On the slightly amusing side: she mentions Tillamook, my brain says, "cheese" and a sentence later the characters are at the cheese factory.
38. The Various Haunts of Men (2004) Susan Hill
I am more of a cozy-mystery person, but decided to give this a chance. It reminded of a British police procedural with a whole episode of background information tacked onto the front of it. It starts out slow and bit confusing, because it switches between many seemingly unrelated characters. After a while, the bigger picture became clear and then it was really engrossing and creepy. My only gripe is that it has the world's most infuriating ending. But even after that, I went back and immediately reread a good portion of it.
39. Ride the Jawbone (2010) Jim Moore
This was legal thriller set in turn of the century Montana. It was nice to have something lighter after the previous read. Although for a moment it did look like it was heading towards a TVHOM ending, which would have been the weirdest coincidence.
40. The Hippopotamus Pool (1996) Elizabeth Peters
Finally, I ended the month the same way I started it with another Amelia Peabody mystery.
This one involved Amelia Peabody's husband receiving a blow to the head and having amnesia. That plot point is so ridiculous and stretched out, BUT still awesome. I just loved every moment of it.
37. Tiger's Quest (2011) Colleen Houck
The sequel to Tiger's Curse. On the plus side: the writing was less purple-y than the first one, and I do like the "adventure" part of the story, there is a creative blend of myth and religion from around the world. On the negative side: I just have never got attached to any of the characters as much as I should. On the slightly amusing side: she mentions Tillamook, my brain says, "cheese" and a sentence later the characters are at the cheese factory.
38. The Various Haunts of Men (2004) Susan Hill
I am more of a cozy-mystery person, but decided to give this a chance. It reminded of a British police procedural with a whole episode of background information tacked onto the front of it. It starts out slow and bit confusing, because it switches between many seemingly unrelated characters. After a while, the bigger picture became clear and then it was really engrossing and creepy. My only gripe is that it has the world's most infuriating ending. But even after that, I went back and immediately reread a good portion of it.
39. Ride the Jawbone (2010) Jim Moore
This was legal thriller set in turn of the century Montana. It was nice to have something lighter after the previous read. Although for a moment it did look like it was heading towards a TVHOM ending, which would have been the weirdest coincidence.
40. The Hippopotamus Pool (1996) Elizabeth Peters
Finally, I ended the month the same way I started it with another Amelia Peabody mystery.
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Date: 2011-10-04 04:49 am (UTC)I don't know what "purple-y" means. Enlighten me, please. :)
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Date: 2011-10-04 06:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-04 06:57 pm (UTC)It's interesting that you don't feel attached to the Tiger's Curse characters, because for me that's the whole reason I'm still reading. Colleen Houck isn't the greatest writer, and everything happens too easily - like Kelsey's ability to shoot lightning from her hands; a couple of training sessions and she has it completely under control; there's no stress about whether she'll be able to use it during a battle or anything like that - but Kelsey and Ren and Kishan are some of my favorite characters.
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Date: 2011-10-06 12:40 am (UTC)