Book List for 2010

[corbae]

I'm going to try to keep a list of books I read this year. We'll see how it goes.


The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Sharing Knife: Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Sharing Knife: Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Sharing Knife: Horizon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
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Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce (reread)
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip (reread)
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Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer
Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
The Foundling by Georgette Heyer
The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer
Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer
The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Cotillion by Georgette Heyer
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer
Inda by Sherwood Smith

Comments

[anacoluthon.livejournal.com]

Fuck yeah, Sharing Knife! I've only read the first two so far and I really enjoyed them. =)

[corbae.livejournal.com]

I decided to finally pick up some of her books per Conni's recs and the library had the first volume of the quartet, which made my decision pretty easy! Thank god I started reading them on a break, I got pretty sucked in.

[sunsetmog.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I have heard nothing but good about Lois McMaster Bujold, but I have never read any of her stuff. Would you recommend her?

[feuervogel]

I would, but I'm biased XD

The question is more this: do you like fantasy or science fiction more? The Chalion books and the Sharing Knife books are fantasy (Chalion more in the quasi-medieval setting we know and love, SK in a sort of Old West/Pioneers setting).

If SF is your thing, the Vorkosigan series is fabulous. Which VK book to start with is another much-debated topic among fans, and it depends a lot on your preferences. Do you like SF with a touch of romance? Get Cordelia's Honor. Do you like SF with a touch of political intrigue? Start with Young Miles. My personal favorite is Memory, but that's the ... 10th? book, and IMO you won't get the impact of the story without already knowing and caring about the characters, or catch all the references to previous books.

The Vorkosigan novella The Mountains of Mourning is available online at Baen's Free Library. (This is a close second or third for me, contending strongly with the Vor Game.)

[sunsetmog.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thank you for the info! *bookmarks*

I will see what my library has to offer me. :D

[feuervogel]

I'm glad I could help XD I'll gladly blather on about Bujold and her books given the slightest provocation.

And yeah, the Sharing Knife books are out and out romance, but still with plenty of action. The Chalion books (well, Curse and Paladin) have a romance happening... OK, backing up. Curse and Paladin are primarily fantasy stories (in a quasi-medieval-Spain), and romances occur during them. For SK, LMB set out to write A Romance in a fantasy setting. They're both romancey, but SK follows more of the romance tropes than Curse or Paladin.

The VK book A Civil Campaign borrows heavily from Georgette Heyer. It's essentially the story of Miles wooing a woman, in the only way he knows how. Hijinks ensue, also much facepalming on the part of the reader.

I also really like CJ Cherryh. She's written approximately eleventy million books, mostly SF, though there are about a dozen fantasy books in there. She's not so much with the romance aspect, but Cyteen has a gay couple. I have about 2 4'-long shelves devoted to her books.

[corbae.livejournal.com]

I would! It was a great fantasy story with a nice amount of romance. I haven't read anything other than this series, but I have heard plenty of good things.

[sunsetmog.livejournal.com]

I am definitely going to check them out, the romance thing has swung it for me. :D

[coyotegestalt.livejournal.com]

You have excellent taste ;}

I was rereading A Civil Campaign this past week.