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The Curse of Chalion, Cassandra, Pride and Prejudice, Parable of the Sower, Kushiel's Dart
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. Complex and fabulous character development. Oh Cazaril. I have a girl!crush on Bujold and will cheerfully buy anything she writes. This was engaging, intriguing and romantic in turns. It’s a great piece of fantasy with a unique take on our relationship with our gods. Please ignore the typo *gasp* in the blurb on the back and go read it.
Cassandra by C.J. Cherryh. Re-reading because it’s really good. A short story about a lass who spends her entire life being ‘mad’ because she can see the fires of the future burning all around her.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Re-reading because every time is as funny and interesting as the last.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Post apocalyptic story about a girl with ‘hyperempathy’ – the ability to feel other’s pain as well as her own. I have a bunch of prejudices about this so it was interesting to read Butler’s take on it. Not a style of writing I take to well; in a first person diary format.
Kushiel's Dart and Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey. I’m not going to be able to read book three, I’m having too much trouble with book two. I want to like this far more than I do. I usually have a lot of time for girl_with_gifts_ against_the_world stories but the starting premise in this kinda squicks me. Phèdre is a lass ‘gifted’ with the ability to really enjoy pain and there just seems to be far too much BDSM type literature on my horizon right now for me to be comfortable. We can talk about fantasies not being the same as real life and so on but I’m overdosed and creeped out and the ‘erotica’ section in Elizabeth’s seems to be largely composed of women with cuffs, vinyl and crops. [hides]
Cassandra by C.J. Cherryh. Re-reading because it’s really good. A short story about a lass who spends her entire life being ‘mad’ because she can see the fires of the future burning all around her.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Re-reading because every time is as funny and interesting as the last.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Post apocalyptic story about a girl with ‘hyperempathy’ – the ability to feel other’s pain as well as her own. I have a bunch of prejudices about this so it was interesting to read Butler’s take on it. Not a style of writing I take to well; in a first person diary format.
Kushiel's Dart and Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey. I’m not going to be able to read book three, I’m having too much trouble with book two. I want to like this far more than I do. I usually have a lot of time for girl_with_gifts_ against_the_world stories but the starting premise in this kinda squicks me. Phèdre is a lass ‘gifted’ with the ability to really enjoy pain and there just seems to be far too much BDSM type literature on my horizon right now for me to be comfortable. We can talk about fantasies not being the same as real life and so on but I’m overdosed and creeped out and the ‘erotica’ section in Elizabeth’s seems to be largely composed of women with cuffs, vinyl and crops. [hides]