Sunday, January 3, 2010

The Leaning Pile of Books

I hope everyone is having a happy 2010 so far! Now that the holidays are over, I'm starting to get back into writing reviews (four left at the moment). Of course, as of tomorrow, my vacation is also over, but I suppose that means I'll be going through fewer books than I have been over the last week.

This week I'll be going back to the old format since I have a much more manageable number of books for the week - one.


Of Darkness, Light, and Fire by Tanya Huff

This is an omnibus containing two unrelated books, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light and The Fire's Stone. The first one is urban fantasy and the second is traditional fantasy. I received this as a gift from a friend. We made a deal this year in which we each picked three of our favorite books from 2009 and the other person has to read those three books in 2010 (the first favorite one has to be read by the end of February). One of her three picks for me was The Fire's Stone so I'll be reading that one sometime in 2010 (along with Duma Key, which will be my first Stephen King book, and one other book that I'll talk about when I get it - that's the one I need to read by the end of next month). I'm looking forward to reading both of these books since I've been wanting to read something by Tanya Huff (shame on me, I have another omnibus containing two science fiction books by her I haven't read yet).

6 comments:

orannia said...

Oh, I look forward to hearing what you think of Tanya Huff. I've only read a couple of her books, and it was so long ago I can't remember what they are. Holiday fuzz :)

All the best for your first week back at work! I'm not looking forward to going back next week - at least I have this week...

Kristen said...

Orannia - Did you like the books you read by Tanya Huff? I've been wanting to read her for a little while now.

Thanks for the best wishes! Enjoy your final week off. :) I wish I had one more week too. It seems like no matter how long the vacation is, it's never long enough. It would probably help if I didn't start out on my first day back with no sleep due to insomnia though...

orannia said...

I've read a couple of her Blood books and a couple of the Valor books. Yes, I did enjoy them, but I wouldn't say they were keepers...if that helps?

Kristen said...

Orannia - That makes perfect sense to me. :) Are the Blood ones the urban fantasy series? I have the first Valor omnibus but haven't read it yet.

orannia said...

The Blood books are UF - about a PI (Vicki Nelson) and a vampire :)

Kristen said...

Orannia - Ok, that is the series I was thinking it was. :)