Books read in October
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valoiseUnbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America by Therese Oneill is a great biography of women who lived life by their own rules.
The Scavenger Door by Suzanne Palmer is the third book in her Finder Chronicles. Fergus Ferguson continues to be an enjoyable character and Palmer's writing pushes the story along at a page-turning pace, even if the plot does seem to revolve around an increasingly improbable bunch of situations.
A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories by Terry Pratchett are short stories that were written under a couple of pen names and published in newspapers where he was working. Pre-Discworld, but showing glimpses of the humor the humor that he would display more fully in his novels.
Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi was a bit of a disappointment. I've loved his sf novels and YA works, but this bloated novel (over 500 pages) was so stuffed full of tedious detail that I found myself skimming the boring bits to places where the plot actually moved along. In a fantasy setting with an Italian renaissance flavor, these seemed to be more political intrigue than actual fantastical elements.
The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft by Peter Bellerby satisfied my lifelong fascination with maps. Bellerby's narrative takes the reader on his error-strewn quest to learn how to make quality handmade gloves. The book is loaded with photos of him and his staff at work in the studio.
The Scavenger Door by Suzanne Palmer is the third book in her Finder Chronicles. Fergus Ferguson continues to be an enjoyable character and Palmer's writing pushes the story along at a page-turning pace, even if the plot does seem to revolve around an increasingly improbable bunch of situations.
A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories by Terry Pratchett are short stories that were written under a couple of pen names and published in newspapers where he was working. Pre-Discworld, but showing glimpses of the humor the humor that he would display more fully in his novels.
Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi was a bit of a disappointment. I've loved his sf novels and YA works, but this bloated novel (over 500 pages) was so stuffed full of tedious detail that I found myself skimming the boring bits to places where the plot actually moved along. In a fantasy setting with an Italian renaissance flavor, these seemed to be more political intrigue than actual fantastical elements.
The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft by Peter Bellerby satisfied my lifelong fascination with maps. Bellerby's narrative takes the reader on his error-strewn quest to learn how to make quality handmade gloves. The book is loaded with photos of him and his staff at work in the studio.
