Reading for 2011
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esemeFebruary's reading:
Issues of Smithsonian : 1
Issues of Scientific American : 2 (I had a backlog)
Issues of Mother Earth News : 1 (I read most of this one, though there are some articles or letters to the editor which are not of interest)
And Finally A Book!
Pale Demon by Kim Harrison
A witch, a pixie, an elf, and a vampire go on a road trip. Yes, it is as interesting as it sounds!
I was a bit worried about picking up this hardcover, but a friend gave me a gift certificate for rescuing her cats so I decided to risk it. The last book in the series went in directions I was not really happy with (specifically in terms of Rachel's love life). If that plotline had continued, I would probably have continued to read the series, but not buy hardcovers. This book goes in other directions entirely, which I find odd but the author appears to be working to retcon previous behavior by this potential love interest so I'm thinking that she changed her mind mid-series and I am willing to see where this ends up. I really liked the forced road trip format - the series needed a change of pace, and this works well. I'm rather concerned that everyone in urban fantasy seems to feel the need to have their characters die or very nearly die in order to keep escalating the plots. I'm not wild about that, and I think there are other ways to challenge a character as opposed to just continually escalating the danger level and degree of injury.
Add that to January:
Issues of Smithsonian : 2 (I read all of this magazine, and love it - I am hoping to subscribe this year)
Issues of Scientific American : 2 (not cover to cover, I do skip some articles outside my areas of interest)
Issues of Smithsonian : 1
Issues of Scientific American : 2 (I had a backlog)
Issues of Mother Earth News : 1 (I read most of this one, though there are some articles or letters to the editor which are not of interest)
And Finally A Book!
Pale Demon by Kim Harrison
A witch, a pixie, an elf, and a vampire go on a road trip. Yes, it is as interesting as it sounds!
I was a bit worried about picking up this hardcover, but a friend gave me a gift certificate for rescuing her cats so I decided to risk it. The last book in the series went in directions I was not really happy with (specifically in terms of Rachel's love life). If that plotline had continued, I would probably have continued to read the series, but not buy hardcovers. This book goes in other directions entirely, which I find odd but the author appears to be working to retcon previous behavior by this potential love interest so I'm thinking that she changed her mind mid-series and I am willing to see where this ends up. I really liked the forced road trip format - the series needed a change of pace, and this works well. I'm rather concerned that everyone in urban fantasy seems to feel the need to have their characters die or very nearly die in order to keep escalating the plots. I'm not wild about that, and I think there are other ways to challenge a character as opposed to just continually escalating the danger level and degree of injury.
Add that to January:
Issues of Smithsonian : 2 (I read all of this magazine, and love it - I am hoping to subscribe this year)
Issues of Scientific American : 2 (not cover to cover, I do skip some articles outside my areas of interest)
