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Recent books: -2; Manga: 500+
Jan. 3rd, 2007 05:41 pmI didn't get much farther in Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller. I want to continue, but it's just not holding my attention. =/
As you might have guessed, I am in a manga-reading mood right now. I've mostly been reading yaoi and shoujo (smut, yay!), but some random shounen and other stuff pops up now and then.
I was able to pick up a couple of books that were on hold for me at the library, so I'm now in the middle of LKH's latest Merry Gentry installment, Mistral's Kiss. As someone mentioned, at 200 pages, these installments are not full-length novels -- they generally cover a matter of hours. It's a crime that the Merry Gentry stories are released in hardcover; they're entertaining, but not worth the $23.95 price tag. Good thing I don't waste my money on LKH hardcovers. At the time I started writing this post I was just about two-thirds the way through, and I think everyone has been naked since the beginning (except maybe 3-5 pages' worth), if that's any indication of what this one's like. Surprise, surprise? I don't think so.
(After finishing the book) SPOILER WARNING! Merry apparently finally gets it on with Sholto. I couldn't be happier, because I really wanted Merry to do him in the first book, but it's SOOO CHEATING that he doesn't have tentacles (while they're doing it, at least). WTF? I never thought I'd say it, but LKH really chickens out and makes it easy for her heroines sometimes. END SPOILER.
In any case, it is definitely confirmed that the publishers are milking this cow for all it's worth. I wish they could just hold off a while and publish two or three Merry Gentry "books" at once, rather than giving us a tidbit once a year. It's frustrating beyond belief. Aside from all that, it was an entertaining bit of story. Nothing much different than LKH's usual. I read a review where the reviewer said something to the effect of, "OMG EVEN MORE UNUSUAL HOT SEX THAN USUAL!" But maybe I've gotten jaded because it was good, but nothing I haven't read before... Actually, I feel like we were given a break on the sex scenes, even though probably 95% of the book was sex. Maybe it was because it was... actually, I can't think of a good reason. ::shrugs:: Whatever.
The other book I borrowed is Sara Douglass's Sinner, book 4 of the Wayfarer Redemption series. This begins the sequel trilogy, the story of Azhure and Axis's children. I've been strangely reluctant for all that I'm interested in the series. The blurb on the back doesn't really sound like something I'm going to enjoy reading, but then again, that's what I thought for the first trilogy and I ended up enjoying them very much. I hope it will turn out the same way for this trilogy.
As you might have guessed, I am in a manga-reading mood right now. I've mostly been reading yaoi and shoujo (smut, yay!), but some random shounen and other stuff pops up now and then.
I was able to pick up a couple of books that were on hold for me at the library, so I'm now in the middle of LKH's latest Merry Gentry installment, Mistral's Kiss. As someone mentioned, at 200 pages, these installments are not full-length novels -- they generally cover a matter of hours. It's a crime that the Merry Gentry stories are released in hardcover; they're entertaining, but not worth the $23.95 price tag. Good thing I don't waste my money on LKH hardcovers. At the time I started writing this post I was just about two-thirds the way through, and I think everyone has been naked since the beginning (except maybe 3-5 pages' worth), if that's any indication of what this one's like. Surprise, surprise? I don't think so.
(After finishing the book) SPOILER WARNING! Merry apparently finally gets it on with Sholto. I couldn't be happier, because I really wanted Merry to do him in the first book, but it's SOOO CHEATING that he doesn't have tentacles (while they're doing it, at least). WTF? I never thought I'd say it, but LKH really chickens out and makes it easy for her heroines sometimes. END SPOILER.
In any case, it is definitely confirmed that the publishers are milking this cow for all it's worth. I wish they could just hold off a while and publish two or three Merry Gentry "books" at once, rather than giving us a tidbit once a year. It's frustrating beyond belief. Aside from all that, it was an entertaining bit of story. Nothing much different than LKH's usual. I read a review where the reviewer said something to the effect of, "OMG EVEN MORE UNUSUAL HOT SEX THAN USUAL!" But maybe I've gotten jaded because it was good, but nothing I haven't read before... Actually, I feel like we were given a break on the sex scenes, even though probably 95% of the book was sex. Maybe it was because it was... actually, I can't think of a good reason. ::shrugs:: Whatever.
The other book I borrowed is Sara Douglass's Sinner, book 4 of the Wayfarer Redemption series. This begins the sequel trilogy, the story of Azhure and Axis's children. I've been strangely reluctant for all that I'm interested in the series. The blurb on the back doesn't really sound like something I'm going to enjoy reading, but then again, that's what I thought for the first trilogy and I ended up enjoying them very much. I hope it will turn out the same way for this trilogy.
