Monday, October 11, 2010
Woo-Woot!!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Finished this last night
Deceiver by C.J. CherryhMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The only thing wrong with this book is that I have to wait 'til April for the next one. >-< (that's a grumpy face). I like how she's changing points of view. It began a book or so ago and at first, I wasn't sure how I felt about it -- gasp! change in my comfortable atevi world? -- but now am liking it quite a lot. There were some truly hilarious scenes with Ilisidi and Cajieri, and of course the trademark tension of a potentially deadly political disaster resulting in bloodshed. And one scene where Tano puts his hand out to block Barb from hugging Bren with her typical brainlessness and she is knocked backward to the the floor, hitting her head and effectively shutting her up by rendering her unconscious. Something that should've been done to Barb several books back as I'm sure other readers of the series will agree.
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Rereading this in November
Traitor's Knot by Janny WurtsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I could die happy wrapped in the beauty of Janny's prose. :) In this book, Arithon heals from one trauma only to plunge himself into the middle of another. His doofus brother, Lysaer, has gotten himself wrapped up with some necromancers and Arithon has to try to save the world (and his brother, btw) from their dark and nefarious crutches. Elaira is shut off from their empathic connection during this process and she (and I) nearly die of fear for his life. More of the heart stopping action, the beautiful soaring prose, and the gradual revelation of the mystery that weaves the world of Athera into such a magical and beautiful place. The only drawback is that one more book read brings me one book closer to the ending of this bewitching, compelling, and marvelous tale.
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
The incredible finale of the Rai Kirah trilogy by Carol Berg
Restoration by Carol BergMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is one stupendous trilogy. I scarcely know what to say. Each book is entire unto itself, but taken as a whole, the story told is so astounding, so emotionally satisfying, and so complete, that I truly urge you to read all three.
First of all, Carol Berg is a fine story teller and her writing style is straight forward, while at the same time, packing a punch that only comes to one gradually as the story builds. Yes, there were times that I began to wonder where this was going; yes, there were times that I wanted her to hurry up and get on with it. And yet, in the end, every part was necessary for the whole.
The story is about a slave and his emperor, it's about power - both temporal and supernatural - it's about love and about the interplay between the two. It's about fighting our demons and what happens when they are banished or killed; it's about how absolute power destroys love and about how powerless we are in the face of losing what we love. It's about how demons bring creativity and madness - an example of Lucifer being 'Bringer of Light'?
It is, in short, magnificent. There are few books that move me so powerfully - Janny Wurts' Wars of Light and Shadow, Guy Gavriel Kay's Lions of Al Rassan, and this one - the Rai Kirah trilogy.
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
This Rai Kirah trilogy by Carol Berg is FABULOUS. Of course, everything she writes is.
Revelation by Carol BergMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
4.75 stars
It would be five stars except that there was an overly long (for me) passage in the middle with Seyonne in the land of the demons that didn't keep my interest. Beginning and ending were fabulous. The psychological underpinnings are spot-on and the action compelling. This is a fabulous trilogy. I am now beginning Restoration.
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