50 Book Challenge 2009: 4/50 (already slipping)

[alexmegami]

1. Kushiel's Mercy, Jacqueline Carey (2008)

Of course I go to double-check on Amazon that I have the title and year right, and she already has a new book (and Tanya Huff's latest book is up for pre-order, which I knew, but knowing that is not the same as getting whiplash from "ZOMG must have" for both of them...).

Hi. I'm Alex. And I'm an addict...

2. Freakin' Fabulous: How to Dress, Speak, Behave, Eat, Drink, Entertain, Decorate, and Generally Be Better than Everyone Else, Clinton Kelly (2008)

I love Clinton Kelly and want to be him.

3. Schooled, Gordon Korman (2008)

Technically, I started this in 2008, read 3/4 of it in one evening at Patrick's aunt's, and only finished it in 2009 because Amazon couldn't ship it out to me until the end of January. Technically, it is also a children's book. It's totally awesome and I recommend it as a general rule.

4. Nation, Terry Pratchett (2008)

I was totally charmed by this book. You know what made it better? This article. Please don't ask me to explain why, I'll just have to ineffable at you.

Comments

[sparrow-wings.livejournal.com]

Apparently there are two new Carey books! The other one is a modern werewolf story (I don't think I can call it an urban fantasy, it is set in a small town in Texas).

[alexmegami]

Contemporary fantasy then? :D Cool. Although I'm always a little leery... I've owned Banewreaker for almost two years and just can't get into it, so. (On the other hand, it's based on LOTR, which may explain it...)

[sparrow-wings.livejournal.com]

I did read Banewreaker, and, uh, I thought it sucked suffered from a certain flatness of characterization. (That was not an opinion I often had when I was fifteen, either.)

[alexmegami]

Yeah, I'll try again and then maybe donate it to the library.

[extramild.livejournal.com]

I loved Gordan Korman.

[alexmegami]

Me too, though I loved John Bellairs more. :D