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schmericaI have finished all three paperbacks I brought to my parents' house. OH NOES. And I don't share taste with my mother, father or sister! I might end up just having to reread All American Girl until we leave tomorrow morning!
The worst part is that I know have I have between 1 and 4 unread books waiting at home for me. ANGST.
What I ended up reading over the holiday:
Laura Kinsale, Seize the Fire: Jennifer Crusie was my much beloved introduction to romance novels last fall, but in the last year of much experimenting with the genre, I have not loved anything else the way I have the three Kinsales I read. First was Flowers from the Storm, and then Midsummer Moon, which was completely different, and now this one, which was completely different from both. I didn't like this one quite as much as those two, but I did like it quite a lot -- the first half, especially, as I loved it completely without reservations right up until they get rescued from their magical year on their desert island off the coast of South America. I think that might just be because I didn't love Sheridan wholeheartedly enough to really care as much about his angst and mental problems as I might. Olympia, on the other hand, I adored.
Jo Beverley, Hazard: Okay, so I picked this up in the used bookstore because a) I've liked everything I've read from Jo Beverley before and b) the cover was pretty and the back cover made it look interested. If I had realized it was part of the extended Company of Rogues universe and actually the sixth in the series, I wouldn't have picked it up, because I've only ever read Beverley's Malloren books, and starting a series in the middle really kind of sucks, because all the references are annoying. So, there was that. It was also a little slow and draggy for a lot of it, without much plot, but I found the characters likeable enough that it was still entertaining.
Elizabeth Peters, The Falcon at the Portal: Halfway through this book, I was already writing this review in my mind, and it was going to be something about how even though they're still witty and charming, the Amelia Peabody books had really gotten kind of bloated and also they're kind of less interesting with the children all grown up, but then I kept on reading and suddenly OMG Nefret and Ramses are MAKING OUT! No, they are DOING IT! OMG there is a SECRET BABY SCANDAL! OMG Nefret GOT MARRIED! OMG Nefret miscarried Ramses's baby! OMG Swiss sanatarium? OMG WTF when did this become a SOAP OPERA? WOW. Which I suppose shows the dangers of forming opinions before you finish.
The worst part is that I know have I have between 1 and 4 unread books waiting at home for me. ANGST.
What I ended up reading over the holiday:
Laura Kinsale, Seize the Fire: Jennifer Crusie was my much beloved introduction to romance novels last fall, but in the last year of much experimenting with the genre, I have not loved anything else the way I have the three Kinsales I read. First was Flowers from the Storm, and then Midsummer Moon, which was completely different, and now this one, which was completely different from both. I didn't like this one quite as much as those two, but I did like it quite a lot -- the first half, especially, as I loved it completely without reservations right up until they get rescued from their magical year on their desert island off the coast of South America. I think that might just be because I didn't love Sheridan wholeheartedly enough to really care as much about his angst and mental problems as I might. Olympia, on the other hand, I adored.
Jo Beverley, Hazard: Okay, so I picked this up in the used bookstore because a) I've liked everything I've read from Jo Beverley before and b) the cover was pretty and the back cover made it look interested. If I had realized it was part of the extended Company of Rogues universe and actually the sixth in the series, I wouldn't have picked it up, because I've only ever read Beverley's Malloren books, and starting a series in the middle really kind of sucks, because all the references are annoying. So, there was that. It was also a little slow and draggy for a lot of it, without much plot, but I found the characters likeable enough that it was still entertaining.
Elizabeth Peters, The Falcon at the Portal: Halfway through this book, I was already writing this review in my mind, and it was going to be something about how even though they're still witty and charming, the Amelia Peabody books had really gotten kind of bloated and also they're kind of less interesting with the children all grown up, but then I kept on reading and suddenly OMG Nefret and Ramses are MAKING OUT! No, they are DOING IT! OMG there is a SECRET BABY SCANDAL! OMG Nefret GOT MARRIED! OMG Nefret miscarried Ramses's baby! OMG Swiss sanatarium? OMG WTF when did this become a SOAP OPERA? WOW. Which I suppose shows the dangers of forming opinions before you finish.
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27/11/05 09:00 (UTC)Also, your story *really* reminds me how much I want Emerson/Amelia/Sethos.