Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines: loved. Very neat concept - the magic comes from the collective belief in books. So you can reach inside a book and draw out anything that is there - Excalibur, the healing potion from Narnia, a communicator, weapon, whatever. Think of this as fantasy for the true book lover. If you love books, and you love fantasy, you should love this one.
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway: did end up abandoned. This is a book for my committee, so I'll try again in a month or two. I just couldn't get past the writing style. I did try having P read it to me, and I did not hate it quite as much that way, so I may try the audiobook version for my sanity.
Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker: I liked the writing style of this one, and I liked what she had to say. It felt very... real to me. For example, in the book, they find out that the earth's rotation is slowing. This is bad, a crisis, and the way that she describes how this family reacts to the news on the TV about it felt *just* like 9/11 to me. Just very real, very well said. But it is made me... moody. The message was there, and it was real, but damn, what a downer. I mean, for me, this was a 5 star book that I could only give 4 stars to because I was so depressed at the end.
Started but not completed:
Frost on His Shoulders by Lorenzo Mediano: I'm not far enough into it to really pass judgment on the story/plot, but it is a translation, and I can tell that it is a translation, and that is a bit of a hang-up for me. We'll see how it plays out. It is a small book, so even if it drives me nuts, I should be able to finish it.
I went ahead and bought Prisoner of Heaven and Restoration for the Kindle (the cheapest of my required reading) so I'll start one of those asap.
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