Thursday, November 22, 2007

200!

Since starting my 50 Book Challenge back in January, I've been keeping track of every book I've read since then. As of today I finished my 200th book, The Fall of the Kings by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman.



This is a sequel to Swordspoint, which I somewhat enjoyed. My issue with that book, as well as this one, is that the authors spent so long laying out the details and setting and characters that the plot seemed to take a backseat. I liked reading them (even though it took me far longer than most books, although that might also partly be explained by having a TV in my bedroom room now) but I wanted something to HAPPEN already. Plus, they both had fairly downbeat endings, and I like a good happy ending. Nevertheless, good books and I'm going to read the third, The Privilege of the Sword, soon as well.

p.s. Happy Thanksgiving, I hope all your smoke alarms in the house don't go off all at once from baking pies like ours just did.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Interesting. I've always been curious about those novels because I'm a fan of Kushner's show on NPR/PRI.

Dena said...

Her writing is great for atmosphere and mood and such. They're very regency.