50 Book Challenge
Jun. 25th, 2008 12:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sulwen1 - The Mirador by Sarah Monette 5/5
2 - Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale 4/5
3 - Transformation by Carol Berg 4.5/5
4 - The Phoenix by Ruth Sims 4/5
5 - I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert 4/5
6 - Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff 3/5
7 - Regeneration by Pat Barker 5/5
8 - Atonement by Ian McEwan 3/5
9 - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 4/5
10 - Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling 5/5
11 - Yarn Harlot - the Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee 5/5
12 - How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman 5/5
13 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro/ White Teeth by Zadie Smith/ The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor 3/5, 2/5, 4/5
14 - The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene 5/5
15 - Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch 5/5
16 - Bag of Bones by Stephen King 5/5
17 - Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop 4/5
Ah, Anne Bishop...the most entertaining hack this side of Dan Brown. This book, like the others in the Black Jewels universe, is full of seriously fucked-up gender politics, horrible made-up slang that peppers every page, and characters that are hardly more than fanfiction cliches. But damn if it isn't fun to read! This book took me about eight hours to get through - possibly a new record - and though it really didn't add anything to the series, it was quite pleasureable to see Daemon Sadi ("The Sadist") in action again. The perfect piece of fluff to follow an intense and emotional ride like Bag of Bones.
2 - Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale 4/5
3 - Transformation by Carol Berg 4.5/5
4 - The Phoenix by Ruth Sims 4/5
5 - I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert 4/5
6 - Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff 3/5
7 - Regeneration by Pat Barker 5/5
8 - Atonement by Ian McEwan 3/5
9 - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 4/5
10 - Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling 5/5
11 - Yarn Harlot - the Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee 5/5
12 - How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman 5/5
13 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro/ White Teeth by Zadie Smith/ The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor 3/5, 2/5, 4/5
14 - The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene 5/5
15 - Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch 5/5
16 - Bag of Bones by Stephen King 5/5
17 - Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop 4/5
Ah, Anne Bishop...the most entertaining hack this side of Dan Brown. This book, like the others in the Black Jewels universe, is full of seriously fucked-up gender politics, horrible made-up slang that peppers every page, and characters that are hardly more than fanfiction cliches. But damn if it isn't fun to read! This book took me about eight hours to get through - possibly a new record - and though it really didn't add anything to the series, it was quite pleasureable to see Daemon Sadi ("The Sadist") in action again. The perfect piece of fluff to follow an intense and emotional ride like Bag of Bones.
