Some of the books of july

[oneiriad]

Bujold, Lois McMaster:  Falling free,  Barrayar,  The Vor game,  Cetaganda,  Ethan of Athos,  Brothers in arms,  Borders of infinity,  Mirror dance,  Memory.
Yeah. So. Uhm. Guess what I've been reading during my vacation? Awesome, awesomer, Miles Vorkosigan. Ahem. You know, if I keep this up and manage to get hold of Cryoburn soon after publishing, I'll probably be willing to write for this come Yuletide. Maybe. We'll see.

Harris, Charlaine:  Dead in the family
Uhm, if anybody else has read this, can they please tell me - did anything actually happen in this book? Cause I think I missed the plot or something...

Peeters, Benoit:  Les Cités Obscures  (okay, only some of them so far)
These are some pretty awesome comics. Kind of like Borges in the stories, and the art conjures up a world that is fantastic and occasionally awesomely steampunkish. Definitely worth reading.

Rifbjerg, Klaus:  Skiftespor
I think I should just give up on Rifbjerg. I mean, maybe he was the big author in his day, but these days, even the books that sound interesting to hear about just, kind of, isn't. Like this one. A gay couple leaving Berlin in the 30's and moving north, away from the fascists, but sadly not from prejudice. Kind of dull, actually. I suppose I should have learned my lesson with Nansen og Johansen, which featured situational homosexuality and the creative use of polar bear fat and is forever scarred into my mind. Why oh why am I an optimist?

Vaughn, Carrie:  Kitty's house of horrors
The Kitty Norville books remain one of the absolutely best urban fantasy series I know. Just saying.

Comments

[icarus-chained.livejournal.com]

Um. Not sure if you expect comments on these posts or not, but I just wanted to say. I'd never heard of Les Cites Obscures before, and now I really, really want to find them. They look awesome! Thank you!

[oneiriad.livejournal.com]

I think my attitude to comments on any posts of mine can best be expressed along the lines of "never expected, always welcome" :-)

Les Cites Obscures are fascinating reading, and gorgeous too, although the latter is kind of almost to be expected from French-language comics.