OOH! BOOK NEWS!

[conuly]

This may be of interest to other Tamora Pierce fans. Interesting that she's breaking away from her normal quartet way of writing... not sure if I like that idea....

And notice that she's doing a lot of "backstory" with Tortall... Numair growing up, books set 200 years ago (to them), Maura (well, that's recent, but still!). Very interesting...

I'm pissed that I have to wait until 2005 for anything other than a Tortall book, though. I like *both* sets of them, why can't I get them both sooner? MOMmy! Make her stop taunting me!!! *sighs*

Um... Anyway. That said.... JennJenn? We going to the booksigning this month?

Comments

[feathered.livejournal.com]

How exciting! Too bad we have to wait years for them. At least she writes quickly in comparison to some authors (*stares pointedly at George R. R. Martin and Joan D. Voigt*). Then again, her books are very short in comparison to GrrM's... But still! Rawr.

I'm most excited about the new circle books. I'm overly fond of Briar and Tris. I haven't liked some of the Tortall books as much... I couldn't get thru the most recent Tortall series, the ones with Keladry? I got bored halfway through the second or third book. I'm really excited about the new book, though. I can't wait to read it. The libraries should hurry up and get it soon!!

[conuly]

I liked the Kel books, though trust me when I tell you that this new set, which is just two books, is going to blow them out of the water. Aly? Much cooler. By far the best heroine she's ever had.

Why didn't you like Kel?

[feathered.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I can say exactly why I didn't like Kel. I was just bored - they didn't seem original in comparison to the Daine books or some of the circle books. They were just Alanna redux. Maybe they got more interesting later on, I dunno. I think I'd just gotten a hold of Joan D. Vinge's cat books when I was reading the Kel series, and they claimed my attention completely so I gave up on Kel.

[(Anonymous)]

Ooh, ooh, you read GrrM, too? :D I'm about 50 pages away from finishing Game of Thrones, but I looove it so much. *huggles* I've got to get more by this guy...

-Phibby (in case you didn't know ^_^;;;)

[feathered.livejournal.com]

I loveloveLOVE GrrM. The books are fantastic. Bloody and dark and depressing... but still fantastic! I can't wait for the next one.