Book Logging
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the_rckBride of the Water God 1 - I look forward to reading more of this. I have a lot of sympathy for the main character-- She's been sacrificed to a god in an effort to bring rain to her drought stricken land, and she's found herself in a weird place with weird people. Her husband is a child by day and, though she doesn't know it, an adult by night. She's met the adult version, but he lied to her about who he was. I'm a little afraid that the story is setting up to have the main character fall in love with someone who's not her husband (although I don't know if I'd really call it a marriage under the circumstances).
Clan Apis - This graphic novel follows the life of one worker bee from the time she's a larva to her death and a little beyond. It's full of details about honeybees, and I quite enjoyed it.
Economix - This graphic novel (is 'graphic novel' appropriate for non-fiction? I don't have a better term) covers the history of the study of economics and the way that economic theories interact with reality. When the history reaches about the 1970s, the author warns that, from there on out, the book will be political because it's impossible to talk about modern economics without politics and because the author has opinions about how economies work and how we should be addressing our current situation. He's very down on big corporations, on Reaganomics, on Alan Greenspan. I found the whole thing very interesting, but I suspect that, if I held different political views, the book would have made me angry. In this case, I agree with the author's views and recommendations. I strongly agree.
Kimbriel, Katharine Eliska. Spiral Path - I enjoyed this a great deal. I knew I would because I've enjoyed Kimbriel's other books. Unfortunately, this felt like the start of a story rather than a completed novel. There wasn't a clear arc of any sort, plot or character. There were events that interested me and characters I want to read more about. There just wasn't anything that led anywhere. I don't think this would be at all a good introduction to the series (or to Kimbriel's writing in general) as, without the background, there isn't anything that would get a reader strongly invested in the book. That sounds like I didn't like the book. I did. I really did. I was just expecting something else.
RASL: The Drift - I didn't care for this. I mainly finished it because it was short.
Spiral-Bound - I'm not sure why the library classes this as an adult graphic novel instead of one for kids. There's not a thing in it that isn't appropriate for an eight year old. This one is about anthropomorphized animals, all kids, who get involved in the question of whether or not there's a monster in the town's pond ('pond' seems to me to be a misnomer. It's a heck of a lot bigger than what I usually think of as a pond). I enjoyed this one.
Books started but not finished:
Gidwitz, Adam. In a Glass Grimmly - This is the second book in a series. I rather liked the first one. I simply haven't managed to get myself to pick this one up and read past the first few chapters. It's so much easier to hit refresh on DW or LJ or even Tumblr than it is to pick up a book.
Klasky, Mindy. Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - I didn't out and out dislike this one. I just felt like I knew exactly where it was going, and I didn't feel like going there. When the main character accidentally used magic and then swore that she'd never do so again, I knew she would, in fact, use magic again and be quite good at it. I didn't sympathize at all with her determination to avoid the magic. I think that most people, on discovering magic, would want to know more.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Terremoto al amancer - I even renewed this one twice, but I couldn't get through it. It's not so much that it was hard as that I let days and weeks go by without picking it up because reading it with dictionary in hand was inconvenient. I was afraid the book would fall apart in my hands. I may actually need to buy some of these books in Spanish so that I don't have to be afraid that I'll destroy them simply by reading them. They're so cheaply made that it's hard.
Magazines read (with no comments):
Archaeology September/October 2014
Archaeology November/December 2014
Discover Oct 2014
Discover Nov 2014
Scientific American October 2014
Smithsonian June 2014
Smithsonian July/August 2014
Smithsonian September 2014
Clan Apis - This graphic novel follows the life of one worker bee from the time she's a larva to her death and a little beyond. It's full of details about honeybees, and I quite enjoyed it.
Economix - This graphic novel (is 'graphic novel' appropriate for non-fiction? I don't have a better term) covers the history of the study of economics and the way that economic theories interact with reality. When the history reaches about the 1970s, the author warns that, from there on out, the book will be political because it's impossible to talk about modern economics without politics and because the author has opinions about how economies work and how we should be addressing our current situation. He's very down on big corporations, on Reaganomics, on Alan Greenspan. I found the whole thing very interesting, but I suspect that, if I held different political views, the book would have made me angry. In this case, I agree with the author's views and recommendations. I strongly agree.
Kimbriel, Katharine Eliska. Spiral Path - I enjoyed this a great deal. I knew I would because I've enjoyed Kimbriel's other books. Unfortunately, this felt like the start of a story rather than a completed novel. There wasn't a clear arc of any sort, plot or character. There were events that interested me and characters I want to read more about. There just wasn't anything that led anywhere. I don't think this would be at all a good introduction to the series (or to Kimbriel's writing in general) as, without the background, there isn't anything that would get a reader strongly invested in the book. That sounds like I didn't like the book. I did. I really did. I was just expecting something else.
RASL: The Drift - I didn't care for this. I mainly finished it because it was short.
Spiral-Bound - I'm not sure why the library classes this as an adult graphic novel instead of one for kids. There's not a thing in it that isn't appropriate for an eight year old. This one is about anthropomorphized animals, all kids, who get involved in the question of whether or not there's a monster in the town's pond ('pond' seems to me to be a misnomer. It's a heck of a lot bigger than what I usually think of as a pond). I enjoyed this one.
Books started but not finished:
Gidwitz, Adam. In a Glass Grimmly - This is the second book in a series. I rather liked the first one. I simply haven't managed to get myself to pick this one up and read past the first few chapters. It's so much easier to hit refresh on DW or LJ or even Tumblr than it is to pick up a book.
Klasky, Mindy. Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - I didn't out and out dislike this one. I just felt like I knew exactly where it was going, and I didn't feel like going there. When the main character accidentally used magic and then swore that she'd never do so again, I knew she would, in fact, use magic again and be quite good at it. I didn't sympathize at all with her determination to avoid the magic. I think that most people, on discovering magic, would want to know more.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Terremoto al amancer - I even renewed this one twice, but I couldn't get through it. It's not so much that it was hard as that I let days and weeks go by without picking it up because reading it with dictionary in hand was inconvenient. I was afraid the book would fall apart in my hands. I may actually need to buy some of these books in Spanish so that I don't have to be afraid that I'll destroy them simply by reading them. They're so cheaply made that it's hard.
Magazines read (with no comments):
Archaeology September/October 2014
Archaeology November/December 2014
Discover Oct 2014
Discover Nov 2014
Scientific American October 2014
Smithsonian June 2014
Smithsonian July/August 2014
Smithsonian September 2014
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Date: 2014-11-03 05:05 pm (UTC)