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Goodreads Feed Pipes Output http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=8bd4cf144ec88474f4c69c95861f6b58 Thu, 01 Oct 2015 21:09:47 +0000 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/270925389?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss The characters felt thin and only half-sketched and the fantastic elements were incomplete and at times self-contradictory. Here's hoping Riggs gets better at fleshing his narrative out in his future writing. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/270925389?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 21 Sep 2015 07:59:59 +0000 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1317656162?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss My reaction to the ending: "Huh. Okay."Lots of good writing, interspersed with bad writing. Interesting characters, intriguing premise. One element I wasnt comfortable with was the episodes of rape and domestic abuse, which, due to the "game over; start again" mechanic of the narrative, end up... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1317656162?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 27 Jun 2015 21:20:58 +0000 Gate of Ivrel by C.J. Cherryh - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1307067174?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Gate was Cherryh's first published work, and at this point she apparently had not yet settled on the "tight, limited third person" style that has since become her standard, and as a result this novel is narratively much looser and sloppier than her later works. It begins with a long, incoherent,... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1307067174?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:48:34 +0000 The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1294311426?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Better than I was afraid it was going to be, based on the first chapter. Once it gets going it's fairly gripping, although the plot twists are all predictable. Bottom line: it was fun, but it didn't change my life. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1294311426?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 31 May 2015 00:53:21 +0000 The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1207585102?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1207585102?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:05:33 +0000 The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1195816222?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss This was a frustrating, confusing read. Hurley has a way with words, but I often felt like she cared more about crafting a vivid turn of phrase than crafting metaphors—or a narrative!—that made sense. And that's without mentioning the constant internal contradictions—a scene or action would be... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1195816222?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 10 Feb 2015 03:44:21 +0000 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1191201734?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Very good use of voice in the main character's portion: Rachel comes through as a believable, sad, alcoholic woman who consistently makes terrible decisions. The other two narrators felt weaker and less distinct to me, but the writing was still fairly tight. The plot was, er, somewhat less tight... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1191201734?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:04:33 +0000 Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1188438409?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sweet, if a bit preachy. Was just announced as an Honor Book for the Stonewall Award. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1188438409?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:39:22 +0000 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1174705428?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wow. Was this ever an emotional roller-coaster ride. Unfortunately not as good as I was hoping it would be, though. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1174705428?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:34:26 +0000 Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - Rating: 1/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1140358402?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Well that was terrible. The basic idea had promise, but the actual novel is a mass of clichés glued together by some of the most incoherent plotting and insipid characterization I've ever encountered. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1140358402?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 25 Dec 2014 02:12:47 +0000 Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater - Rating: 1/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1139288525?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Just tons of bad writing and worse plotting here. The climax especially made no sense, leaving me angry I even started this book. Ugh. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1139288525?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:22:22 +0000 The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater - Rating: 2/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1136101534?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss The main differences between this volume and the first: there are a lot of awkward, tortured, illogical metaphors, and I liked everything and everyone much less. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1136101534?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:21:57 +0000 The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1133303405?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Blue lives in a house of psychics, is even the daughter of a psychic, but has never had the second sight herself. She is also, for some reason, fated to kill the boy she loves with a kiss, a silly plot point I could have done without.I like Blue. I like her mother and her eccentric housemates. I... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1133303405?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 19 Dec 2014 01:24:26 +0000 I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1103610971?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss The best part of I'll Give You the Sun is the two voices the story is told in. Noah, driven by "the ecstatic impulse" to paint, to dream, to create, tells the story from the past, and his twin sister Jude, two hours, thirty-seven minutes and thirteen seconds older, tells the story from the future.... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1103610971?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:28:12 +0000 Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1103627809?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Hilarious. If you like Mallory Ortberg's work on the-toast.net, you'll love this. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1103627809?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2014 23:05:00 +0000 Il nome della rosa by Umberto Eco - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/258002575?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/258002575?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:22:24 +0000 The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart - Rating: 5/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5649909?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5649909?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:33:11 +0000 Transparent by Natalie Whipple - Rating: 2/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1030414063?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Terrible. Annoying. Predictable. But at least it was short. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1030414063?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:50:37 +0000 The Fox by Sherwood Smith - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1022268154?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1022268154?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:55:40 +0000 Inda by Sherwood Smith - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1017079070?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1017079070?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 08 Aug 2014 21:51:25 +0000 The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1014563523?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1014563523?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:24:47 +0000 Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/997469615?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/997469615?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 16 Jul 2014 01:31:48 +0000 Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein - Rating: 5/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/987983687?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Ugh. Made me cry. I don't wanna talk about it. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/987983687?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:06:57 +0000 Among Others by Jo Walton - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/982679705?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/982679705?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 01 Jul 2014 19:24:32 +0000 Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach - Rating: 0/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/946931811?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/946931811?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:59:32 +0000 Heft by Liz Moore - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/976977423?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/976977423?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:57:29 +0000 Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/945870194?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/945870194?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 24 May 2014 20:47:05 +0000 Shadows by Robin McKinley - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/941901439?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I gave this book three stars because I *wanted* to like it. The chaotic, slang-filled narrative is very reminiscent of Sunshine, my favorite book by McKinley—but this chaotic narrative never came together for me the way that one did.Shadows is a lot more overtly multicultural than Sunshine, but... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/941901439?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 20 May 2014 14:24:12 +0000 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - Rating: 5/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2128878?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2128878?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:45:33 +0000 The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/848135234?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Not a lot of thoughts or feelings about this. I liked some parts, rolled my eyes at others, and was left completely unmoved by the "ending."Basically: Eh. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/848135234?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:57:02 +0000 Cold Steel by Kate Elliott - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/823426661?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss The narrative stumbled a few times in the beginning, but it found its footing eventually and carried me along on a rollicking ride—only to stumble again with an ending that felt unfocused and anticlimactic. Still a fun read, though. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/823426661?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 16 Jan 2014 05:38:09 +0000 Divergent by Veronica Roth - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/768369754?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Well . . . I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it, either. Not really interested in reading the other books in the series. Meh. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/768369754?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 19 Nov 2013 03:42:41 +0000 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5307061?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5307061?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:09:27 +0000 The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/682542490?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I liked this! I would definitely read a sequel. Even if the detective's name sounds as made-up as Remington Steele. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/682542490?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:47:43 +0000 Boneshaker by Cherie Priest - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/87188404?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/87188404?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:19:53 +0000 Tanglefoot by Cherie Priest - Rating: 2/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/663604300?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/663604300?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:47:36 +0000 Clementine by Cherie Priest - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/663531881?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/663531881?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:28:41 +0000 The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - Rating: 5/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/647439272?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I'm not sure quite what to say about this book other than: It's eerie, unsettling and short, and I loved it. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/647439272?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:57:25 +0000 Fortress in the Eye of Time by C.J. Cherryh - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22447067?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I read this book a few years ago when I was on a Cherryh kick, and I've re-read it a couple of times since, but I never finished the series. So I'm restarting it with the hope that this time I will stick it out. Wish me luck!UPDATED 05-20-2008: Cherryh is very talky, and her characters are very... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22447067?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 09 May 2013 17:06:02 +0000 The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/605553371?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/605553371?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 03 May 2013 16:18:24 +0000 Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/601976986?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/601976986?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 02 May 2013 16:40:16 +0000 The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/600829717?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/600829717?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:22:07 +0000 Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/449517091?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Well, this was different. Mostly in a good way, I think. The kind of book that breaks all the rules and yet still makes me despair of every writing half so well. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/449517091?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:31:21 +0000 The Shining by Stephen King - Rating: 2/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/372180398?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Somehow this used to be one of my favorite Stephen King books. Have the others aged this badly, too? http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/372180398?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:58:28 +0000 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/323927014?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/323927014?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 05 May 2012 17:17:40 +0000 Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente - Rating: 5/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/321694088?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I'm not sure what to say about this book except that there is absolutely nothing about it I would change, unless I could somehow make it longer. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/321694088?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 04 May 2012 19:20:36 +0000 Ash by Malinda Lo - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/307389943?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/307389943?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:04:35 +0000 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/293657334?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Don't read this unless you can read Japanese, because only books 1 and 2 in the series have been (and may ever be) translated into English. *sob* http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/293657334?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:40:20 +0000 Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/286745532?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss A word to the wise: don't try to read this without first reading Last Call and Expiration Date, whose separate but related mythoi and casts of characters are combined and remixed in this story. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/286745532?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:59:51 +0000 Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7646848?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7646848?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:15:55 +0000 Last Call by Tim Powers - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/282436050?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/282436050?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:28:55 +0000 Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/282077405?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/282077405?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:14:32 +0000 Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/156109179?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/156109179?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:16:18 +0000 The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/278459608?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss This got really hard to read about halfway through. Almost didn't finish it. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/278459608?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:45:59 +0000 Akira, Vol. 6 by Katsuhiro Otomo - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/275497168?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/275497168?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:26 +0000 Akira, Vol. 5 by Katsuhiro Otomo - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274663046?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274663046?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:55:45 +0000 Akira, Vol. 4 by Katsuhiro Otomo - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274662709?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274662709?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:02:10 +0000 Akira, Vol. 3 by Katsuhiro Otomo - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274662500?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274662500?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:01:27 +0000 Akira, Vol. 2 by Katsuhiro Otomo - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274662258?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274662258?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:00:47 +0000 Akira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274662076?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/274662076?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:59:56 +0000 Imago by Octavia E. Butler - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9133751?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9133751?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:57:34 +0000 Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/273704827?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/273704827?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:44:45 +0000 Dawn by Octavia E. Butler - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9133233?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9133233?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:50:53 +0000 Cold Fire by Kate Elliott - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/272809388?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/272809388?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:40:25 +0000 Cold Magic by Kate Elliott - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/127005807?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss A few days ago I was noodling around on the iBookstore and downloaded a short excerpt for this book. And it hooked me, fast and hard, to where I almost paid for the full ebook right there. Fortunately my library had an available copy, so I didn't end up buying a book that I ended up giving only... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/127005807?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:08:49 +0000 A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/186539405?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/186539405?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:49:33 +0000 100万回生きたねこ by Yoko Sano - Rating: 2/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/246172320?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss My god this book is fucked up. The first half describes all the gruesome deaths this mean, ungrateful cat goes through (which include strangling, getting cut in half and being bitten to death by a dog) and how heartbroken all his owners were, and the second half talks about how he falls in love... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/246172320?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:40:31 +0000 The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/234646726?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/234646726?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:50:54 +0000 The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245744062?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss It has two epilogues. One epilogue is bad enough, but *two*? That's just silliness. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245744062?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:48:54 +0000 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/208416567?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Not sure yet if this is destined to become a perennial favorite of mine, but it was certainly a great read. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/208416567?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:59:48 +0000 Habibi by Craig Thompson - Rating: 0/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/230849155?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I don't know how to rate this or what to say about it. It's gorgeous and full of unspeakable cruelty. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/230849155?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:04:24 +0000 Jelly Shot Test Kitchen: Jell-ing Classic Cocktails—One Drink at a Time by Michelle Palm - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/215208552?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss The recipes in this book looked amazing, but unfortunately they didn't taste very good when made with agar. Someone who eats gelatin should make them and tell me how they are. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/215208552?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:29:59 +0000 Nation by Terry Pratchett - Rating: 5/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/218664413?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/218664413?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:02:09 +0000 Daggerspell by Katharine Kerr - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/217169430?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/217169430?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:53:42 +0000 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 7 by Hayao Miyazaki - Rating: 5/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/211470213?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/211470213?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:42:40 +0000 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 6 by Hayao Miyazaki - Rating: 5/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/211379549?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/211379549?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:18:35 +0000 Across the Great Barrier by Patricia C. Wrede - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/210434747?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss What do you all want to bet I end up reading this entire series, complaining the whole time about how much it sucks? http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/210434747?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:41:22 +0000 Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55510150?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss 2009 review:Reminded me of a female Seventh Son, except not written by an anti-gay bigot. In any case I'll most likely be reading the sequel whenever it comes out.2011 update:I don't know who crits and edits Wrede's novels, but I wish they'd been a lot more thorough with this one. There was hardly... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55510150?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:26:48 +0000 The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - Rating: 0/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/209626509?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Haven't decided if I liked this or hated it. I'll let you know when I've made up my mind. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/209626509?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:33:25 +0000 Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37660269?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss 2008 review: Fun,exciting and inventive. A quick, intense read. I'll be picking up the sequel when it comes out.2011 update: Felt quite a bit more uneven this time. Still fun, but not four-stars fun. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37660269?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:32:20 +0000 Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" by Matt Fargo - Rating: 2/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/207084793?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Written by misogynistic asshole. Apparently. Give this a pass. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/207084793?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:16:20 +0000 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling - Rating: 5/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3857206?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss The aimless camping sequence and (mostly) unnecessary epilogue aside, this is still one of my favorite books in the series. So thrilling and full of uncomfortable moral questions! Also: we briefly meet Dumbledore's boyhood crush—although he turns out to be a psychopath. I'm sure we've all been... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3857206?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:28:31 +0000 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/190107993?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/190107993?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:23:33 +0000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/188926377?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/188926377?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:59:29 +0000 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/188675616?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/188675616?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:32:55 +0000 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101490?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101490?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:05:21 +0000 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/187837312?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/187837312?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:53:40 +0000 The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180970254?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180970254?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:30:09 +0000 Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood by Meredith Ann Pierce - Rating: 2/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180772560?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Boring, long-winded, self-indulgent and—worst of all—obvious. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180772560?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:36:22 +0000 Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180723293?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss This wasn't as good as I was hoping it would be (Neil Gaiman calls it "a masterpiece!") but the story was engaging and inventive, the characters were believable (with one exception) and the art was funny and disturbing when it needed to be. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180723293?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:18:51 +0000 A Gathering of Gargoyles by Meredith Ann Pierce - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180618385?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180618385?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:07:51 +0000 The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180616968?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/180616968?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:08:06 +0000 Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101032?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101032?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 28 May 2011 16:18:56 +0000 The Goon, Volume 10: Death's Greedy Comeuppance by Eric Powell - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/171108878?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss 3 stars for the first story, about a child-devouring "hobo god."2 stars for the second story, which was stupid and does not bear mentioning.5 stars for the third story, originally released as a 3-part limited series entitled "Buzzard," which was poignant, effective and featured my favorite... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/171108878?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 26 May 2011 04:21:35 +0000 Magic Below Stairs by Caroline Stevermer - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/171140916?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/171140916?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 26 May 2011 04:21:18 +0000 Curtain by Agatha Christie - Rating: 0/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/141647008?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/141647008?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:25:38 +0000 The Book of Story Beginnings by Kristin Kladstrup - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/161895272?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fun, for the most part, but it reminded me strongly and often of other books (The Neverending Story, Nation, Savvy, inter alia) that I liked better. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/161895272?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:37:45 +0000 Thunderer by Felix Gilman - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/148222384?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss This is one of the best "first books" I've read. (Perhaps because, if Gilman's unreliable-sounding bio is to be believed, he had written any number of books before this one was actually published.) In any case, this is a dense, intricate, muddy, luminous work that reminds me of nothing so strongly... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/148222384?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:40:22 +0000 The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman - Rating: 4/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/147842482?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss This book is a bit difficult to sum up, which may explain the somewhat inaccurate blurbs and summaries I've read, and the common use of "steampunk" to describe a book that doesn't meet any of the criteria for the steampunk genre I'm familiar with.So this isn't a steampunk novel. It is also not a "hi... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/147842482?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:15:37 +0000 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie - Rating: 3/5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/144949728?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/144949728?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:49:59 +0000