Book meme- Day 19
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scripsi19. Still can't stop talking about it.
I talk about books. Period. I bore all my friends talking about the books I love. I bore you with talking about books I read. And books I love. Of course, some books, or authors, get talked about more.
I will, for example, always recommend Dorothy L. Sayers. She wrote a series of detective stories in the ’20s and ’30s featuring a gentleman detective; Lord Peter Wimsey. I’m not sure if the actual detective is good- my first time was in my teens when I was largely unaware of tropes, and now I’m so familiar with the books I’m not the best judge. I read them for the characters. Lord Peter is witty, his manservant Bunter can stand up to Jeeves, and he has a delightful mother. You don’t have to write them in order, though they are written chronologically- Lord Peter is 33 in the first book which takes place in 1923, and 45 in the last one. I do, however, think it’s a good idea to write the ones featuring his love story with Harriet Vane in order; Strong Poison, Have His Carcase, Gaudy Night and Busman’s Honeymoon. And I say only read Five Red Herrings if you are already a fan.
I will also try to talk people into reading Lois McMaster Bujold. She’s written a number of SF novels, all of them set in the same universe and most of them featuring a hero called Miles Vorkosigan. There is also a series of fantasy novels and novellas called The Five Gods universe, as well as another fantasy/romance series called The Sharing Knife. I’m not that keen on The Sharing Knife books, but that’s largely because I don’t much care for Romance novels, to begin with. But on the whole, I always find Bujold very entertaining, and she really knows how to write interesting characters, even if it’s only a minor one.
I’ll always recommend Diana Wynne Jones too. She wrote fantasy novels both for children, YA and a few for adults. I find even her worse book a good read, she is funny, interesting and even if she has a few favorite tropes, there is always a new twist, often quite unexpected.
And then there is Neil Gaiman. And Tove Jansson. And… I’ll never run out of authors and books to talk about.
I talk about books. Period. I bore all my friends talking about the books I love. I bore you with talking about books I read. And books I love. Of course, some books, or authors, get talked about more.
I will, for example, always recommend Dorothy L. Sayers. She wrote a series of detective stories in the ’20s and ’30s featuring a gentleman detective; Lord Peter Wimsey. I’m not sure if the actual detective is good- my first time was in my teens when I was largely unaware of tropes, and now I’m so familiar with the books I’m not the best judge. I read them for the characters. Lord Peter is witty, his manservant Bunter can stand up to Jeeves, and he has a delightful mother. You don’t have to write them in order, though they are written chronologically- Lord Peter is 33 in the first book which takes place in 1923, and 45 in the last one. I do, however, think it’s a good idea to write the ones featuring his love story with Harriet Vane in order; Strong Poison, Have His Carcase, Gaudy Night and Busman’s Honeymoon. And I say only read Five Red Herrings if you are already a fan.
I will also try to talk people into reading Lois McMaster Bujold. She’s written a number of SF novels, all of them set in the same universe and most of them featuring a hero called Miles Vorkosigan. There is also a series of fantasy novels and novellas called The Five Gods universe, as well as another fantasy/romance series called The Sharing Knife. I’m not that keen on The Sharing Knife books, but that’s largely because I don’t much care for Romance novels, to begin with. But on the whole, I always find Bujold very entertaining, and she really knows how to write interesting characters, even if it’s only a minor one.
I’ll always recommend Diana Wynne Jones too. She wrote fantasy novels both for children, YA and a few for adults. I find even her worse book a good read, she is funny, interesting and even if she has a few favorite tropes, there is always a new twist, often quite unexpected.
And then there is Neil Gaiman. And Tove Jansson. And… I’ll never run out of authors and books to talk about.
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Date: 2019-04-20 08:47 pm (UTC)So - talk away! Always enjoy rec's for new reads. : )
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Date: 2019-04-20 10:30 pm (UTC)"Nancy Drew is . . . well, I can read one of them in an afternoon. So I'm not going to waste my allowance buying more of them. Hmm, mom is reading about this man called Lord Peter. I wonder if he's more interesting than Nancy Drew."
A day later.
"Wow, Lord Peter really is more interesting than Nancy Drew. . . . Mom, can we go back to the library and get some more Lord Peter? But I can't borrow from the grownups section yet, so can you take them out again?"
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Date: 2019-04-25 07:31 pm (UTC)I found Sayers in my parent's bookshelf, but then I found more in the library. And happily borrowed Sayers and Christie for years until a new librarian refused to let me, informing me children under 15 wasn't allowed to loan from the adult section. I was completely flabbergasted as I had no idea. I was rescued by another librarian who said I could borrow whatever I wanted. (I spend several afternoons a week in the library which was located at the same block as my home. Everyone there knew me.)
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