books and comics read in July 2013
Thursday, 1 August 2013 10:21Avengers Academy: Second Semester
Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories
Midnight Never Come - Marie Brennan
Empress of the World - Sara Ryan
Crossfire - Nancy Kress
Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body - Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Black Heart - Holly Black
Lion of Senet - Jennifer Fallon
Avengers Assemble: An Oral History of Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Brian Michael Bendis
Wonder Woman: Mission's End
The Idea of Perfection - Kate Grenville
Daughter of the Empire - Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
Doctor Who: Halflife - Mark Michalowski
The Madness Underneath - Maureen Johnson
Green Arrow: City Walls
Didn't finish:
- The Innocent Mage (Karen Miller) which wasn't exactly bad, but didn't look like it was going to do anything interesting enough to counterbalance the fact that I didn't really like the hero at all, or to make up for the irritating phonetic dialogue (not sure if Yorkshire or Mummerset).
- The Anvil of the World (Kage Baker) - I think I got my hopes up too high for this book, because people kept comparing it to Terry Pratchett, but it was not nearly as funny, plus I couldn't really get into the characters, and it did a few gender related things that made me grumpy, so... sorry, book, we were just not meant to be.
( some of the things I DID finish )
(I am always vaguely sad when one of these posts ends on a rant, but oh well, it's too late to squeeze in a happier book experience now.)
Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories
Midnight Never Come - Marie Brennan
Empress of the World - Sara Ryan
Crossfire - Nancy Kress
Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body - Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Black Heart - Holly Black
Lion of Senet - Jennifer Fallon
Avengers Assemble: An Oral History of Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Brian Michael Bendis
Wonder Woman: Mission's End
The Idea of Perfection - Kate Grenville
Daughter of the Empire - Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
Doctor Who: Halflife - Mark Michalowski
The Madness Underneath - Maureen Johnson
Green Arrow: City Walls
Didn't finish:
- The Innocent Mage (Karen Miller) which wasn't exactly bad, but didn't look like it was going to do anything interesting enough to counterbalance the fact that I didn't really like the hero at all, or to make up for the irritating phonetic dialogue (not sure if Yorkshire or Mummerset).
- The Anvil of the World (Kage Baker) - I think I got my hopes up too high for this book, because people kept comparing it to Terry Pratchett, but it was not nearly as funny, plus I couldn't really get into the characters, and it did a few gender related things that made me grumpy, so... sorry, book, we were just not meant to be.
( some of the things I DID finish )
(I am always vaguely sad when one of these posts ends on a rant, but oh well, it's too late to squeeze in a happier book experience now.)