I LOVE love love Megan Whalen Turner. And I even loved The Thief, in part because she is a huge Rosemary Sutcliff fangirl and there's a couple of Sutcliff tributes in the first book. It took me a long time to get over THE THING THAT HAPPENS in the second book, but the third book makes it obvious that Turner is also a Lymond fangirl, and I am all over that.
I do love the way that every book is really different than the others, even though they're all in a series. The POV and the voice and the way the story is told varies widely, which is just really cool.
In other book news, I am reading the final volume of Kate Elliott's Court of Fives trilogy, and it's really pretty great. The lead character is headstrong and privileged but learns over time, and it's a very good examination of colonialism and class oppression, which also has American Ninja Warrior and magic and revolution. I would recommend.
I love the Court of Fives series!
Well where did that rule come from?
If I read my travel books now I won't have anything for the airport.
That is very reasonable. You show remarkable restraint and deserve all the marshmallows.
One of the things I love about my e-reader is that I can carry it with me easily and I never have to worry about running out of books. Or, to prevent running out of books, carrying a lot of them with me.
I recently finished "Three Dark Crowns" - first of two books, YA fantasy, about three sisters (triplets), each with a specific "gift". At 16, they have to compete to become the one queen; the one who does becomes queen by killing off her sisters. Not exactly pleasant reading and I don't know if I'll go to the second book, but it was, um, different.
Has anyone else read
The Hate U Give?
I finished it a few days ago and was so impressed. The characters, in particular, are so richly and fully drawn. Lovers of YA novel and social justice, check it out!
I'm finishing up Ian Tregellis' Alchemy Wars trilogy, and I love these books. Maybe not as much as I loved the Milkweed Triptych, but I will take any trip available into Ian Tregellis' brain.
Wow, Jessica. I tried to read Milkweed, and the first book left me creeped out and horrified. It felt like the entire world was tainted with a bone-deep misanthropy, I just couldn't deal with it.
I did however just finish Buried Heart, the last of the Court of Fives books, and I think she really pulled it off. There's some great narrative payoff there, and a lot of excellent action and drama. Definitely recommended.
One of the things I love about my e-reader is that I can carry it with me easily and I never have to worry about running out of books. Or, to prevent running out of books, carrying a lot of them with me.
Yes. This. The kindle was a MASSIVE game changer for me for this reason.
