![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Reading list
Jan. 7th, 2010 10:05 amI've decided to jump on the "list the books you've read" bandwagon, mostly because I'm curious how many I actually read in a year-- I tend to go in cycles where I don't read much of anything for a while, and then read five books back-to-back.
1) White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
Harrison tends to introduce loose ends two to three books prior to when she plans to incorporate them. It makes for an interesting series, as you don't have that chapter in the beginning that tells you all the things that will be revealed by the end. It also makes for a frustrating series, as you won't get answers for several books yet. A friend has complained that she's stopped reading the series because there's just no hope for the main character, who can never seem to catch a break. After reading WWBC, I've begun to suspect that all of those bad breaks for Rachel are just more set-up for something major down the line. In the meantime, you get lots of ass-kicking, Rachel's usual "I must run in right now with no backup lest we lose them!" nonsense, an old throwaway character from one of the short stories re-introduced as a potentially recurring character, family drama, more tension between Rachel and Trent, and finally an answer to who killed the guy who died two books ago.
1) White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
Harrison tends to introduce loose ends two to three books prior to when she plans to incorporate them. It makes for an interesting series, as you don't have that chapter in the beginning that tells you all the things that will be revealed by the end. It also makes for a frustrating series, as you won't get answers for several books yet. A friend has complained that she's stopped reading the series because there's just no hope for the main character, who can never seem to catch a break. After reading WWBC, I've begun to suspect that all of those bad breaks for Rachel are just more set-up for something major down the line. In the meantime, you get lots of ass-kicking, Rachel's usual "I must run in right now with no backup lest we lose them!" nonsense, an old throwaway character from one of the short stories re-introduced as a potentially recurring character, family drama, more tension between Rachel and Trent, and finally an answer to who killed the guy who died two books ago.
