Books read, March 2013
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swan_towerI almost posted this yesterday, because really, as such posts go, this one is a joke. I did many things in March, but reading books? Not really one of them.
Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett. Returning to my leisurely saunter throughswan_tower Finally Reads Discworld. I have now been properly introduced to Sam Vimes, previously encountered as a minor character in Monstrous Regiment (before I started reading things in order). I like him, though not as passionately as some people seem to -- possibly I will grow more attached in time? I liked Sybil quite a lot, and the reflections on how her brand of confidence is both personal and class-based. I was mostly meh about the bad guy's scheme, but on the whole, much fun.
the memoir that is still untitled Re-reading the second book of the series preparatory to revising it (which is what I'm in the middle of doing now). It still needs a title. I will have to fix this soon.
Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, David Gaider. Read for research, askniedzw and I have begun running a Dragon Age game. Not really worth your time, unless you are a rabid completist for that franchise. It offered little in the way of worldbuilding information I didn't already know, and, well. This is David Gaider's first novel, and boy howdy does it show. Hopefully he improves with the later ones, since I need to read those, too.
Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett. Returning to my leisurely saunter through
swan_tower Finally Reads Discworld. I have now been properly introduced to Sam Vimes, previously encountered as a minor character in Monstrous Regiment (before I started reading things in order). I like him, though not as passionately as some people seem to -- possibly I will grow more attached in time? I liked Sybil quite a lot, and the reflections on how her brand of confidence is both personal and class-based. I was mostly meh about the bad guy's scheme, but on the whole, much fun.Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, David Gaider. Read for research, as
kniedzw and I have begun running a Dragon Age game. Not really worth your time, unless you are a rabid completist for that franchise. It offered little in the way of worldbuilding information I didn't already know, and, well. This is David Gaider's first novel, and boy howdy does it show. Hopefully he improves with the later ones, since I need to read those, too.
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Date: 2013-04-04 07:00 pm (UTC)(As a game writer, I like Gaider quite a lot. He's been the guy behind several of my favorite characters and plots. But as he himself has admitted, game writing and novel writing are different skill sets, and being good at one doesn't teach you the other.)