tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146259764837045872.post631014043302976788..comments2023-10-25T04:17:22.699-04:00Comments on Fantasy Cafe: April ReadingKristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01700004253248186101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146259764837045872.post-23562776221866708842010-05-10T21:00:30.940-04:002010-05-10T21:00:30.940-04:00Benjamin - I hope so! We're not going to unpa...Benjamin - I hope so! We're not going to unpack everything since we're just here for two months and we're hoping to get rid of some stuff so it should be easier to move back. We've decided we're good at accumulating stuff and my husband is good at packing it in so it in to small spaces and fooling us as to the amount we actually have.<br /><br />Thanks for the information on The Dresden Files and <i>The Book Thief</i>. I'll have to try reading all of <i>Storm Front</i> at some point.<br /><br />Orannia - Yes, I'll be an official home owner! We're going to have a refinished condo with all new appliances. I just saw your post about recently becoming a home owner - congratulations to you as well!<br /><br />Yeah, the moving a lot part isn't so much fun but hopefully the next move will be easier than the first one!Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700004253248186101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146259764837045872.post-29926240564441003262010-05-09T21:03:55.631-04:002010-05-09T21:03:55.631-04:00So, if I've read your comment right, you'l...So, if I've read your comment right, you'll be a home owner? If so, YAH! Congrats! But moving twice in two months? My sympathies!oranniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14007355589161084262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146259764837045872.post-44669837685174178542010-05-08T22:32:26.892-04:002010-05-08T22:32:26.892-04:00Kristen, ah, gotcha. Well hopefully the second mo...Kristen, ah, gotcha. Well hopefully the second move will be a bit easier then! :)<br /><br />I really enjoy the Dresden Files. It does tend to be a little formulaic, but the main character's sarcastic wit and his sheer doggedness at out-witting stronger opponents tends to make up for it. Plus, there's a very strong cast of supporting characters. The first few books are the weakest so if you like those you'll probably like the rest. <br /><br />The Book Thief is about a young German girl, newly orphaned and fostered in a small town outside Munich at the height of WW2. The book's narrator is the personification of Death (like Pratchett's character) and it's he who gives the girl that name as books become a large part of her identity. <br /><br />It seems that the reader is supposed to be fascinated by Death as a narrator, but it didn't seem like anything special or inventive to me. On the other hand, the narrator is able to give an objective view of ordinary Germans during WW2 instead of just another story about the Holocaust. Basically, it's a good book, but it didn't blow my socks off.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146259764837045872.post-69965271538011149812010-05-08T17:19:46.491-04:002010-05-08T17:19:46.491-04:00Benjamin - We moved out of our place for 2 months ...Benjamin - We moved out of our place for 2 months while it is refinished and then we are moving back in. But this time it will be our place instead of a rental so we shouldn't have to move out anytime soon after that! At least we only had to move to the next building over, although we expected it to be a lot easier than it was since we were just moving next door.<br /><br />Those sound like some pretty decent books. I still need to read the Dresden Files. I read a sample of the first book recently and it seemed like fun. <i>Rosemary and Rue</i> took me a while to get into but by the end I liked it and I thought the next book was a big improvement over that one.<br /><br />What did you think of <i>The Book Thief</i>? I keep hearing the name but I don't really know a lot about it.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700004253248186101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146259764837045872.post-36698484155029381582010-05-05T22:53:04.366-04:002010-05-05T22:53:04.366-04:00You're moving again in two months? Wow. I ho...You're moving again in two months? Wow. I hope things calm down a bit after that! <br /><br />What I read in April:<br /><i>The Desert Spear</i>, Peter V. Brett<br /><i>Changes</i>, Jim Butcher<br /><i>Wicked Gentlemen</i>, Ginn Hale<br /><i>Kop</i>, Warren Hammond<br /><i>Rosemary and Rue</i>, Seanan McGuire<br /><i>The Affirmation</i>, Christopher Priest<br /><i>Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days</i>, Alastair Reynolds<br /><i>Expiration Date</i>, Duane Swierczynski<br /><i>The Book Thief</i>, Markus Zusak<br /><br /><i>Changes</i> and <i>The Affirmation</i> were the ones I liked the most.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com