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16. *The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi (1hr 20min)
Well, this was a first - an audiobook. I haven't listened to an audiobook in probably 10 years. It's a novellla or novelette or some other shorter-than-a-regular-book term. It is an in-between book, written in the Old Man's War universe but from the perspective of Jane Sagan (as opposed to John Perry). Timeline wise, it is between The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony (not out yet).
It is fabulous. If you are a OMW fan, The Sagan Diary audiobook is available free here. I don't suggest listening to it if you haven't read the first two books, though - one, it contains spoilers and two, it really wouldn't make a whole lot of sense.
17. *Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin (226)
18. *The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (246)
19. *Tales From Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (296)
The rest (as far as I know) of the Earthsea books. This is a good series; I liked all of the books.
20. *Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi (286)
Hilarious, absolutely hilarious. One of the funniest things I've ever read. This was Scalzi's first novel, apparently written to see if he could. It's very accessible, even if you're not a science fiction reader (as with all of his novels, but maybe even more so). I read it online free here (I took the page count from Amazon). It's not available in print anymore, sadly. Someday, I may be able to afford the $90+ that used book websites are asking for copies of it, since I love me my print books and sort of want a complete Scalzi collection (or at least complete early Scalzi, since he's fairly prolific).
21. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (422)
A re-telling of the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. I really like this book, and more each time I read it I think. There is just so much worldbuilding detail packed in there, it's fascinating how much depth McKinley can put into a world without falling into either cliches or inconsistancies.
22.*Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich (164)
I love Stephanie, her family, her boyfriend(s), even her goofy coworkers and some of her weird friends (if you can call them friends). There was a weird little supernatural-ish element to this book that I wasn't so sure about. Much as I love fantasy books, that doesn't really jive well with this series and I found it kind of awkward. At least nothing really unnatural happened, but... Well, whatever. That thread aside, I thought this book was laugh-out-loud funny, like the others. The nice thing about it (as opposed to some other books I've read) is that there was no extra fluff. Well, the whole book is fluff, of course, but it's not overdone; I mean, look at the page count - I read this book in one evening.
22 / 85 books (25.88%)
14 / 25 *new books (56.00%)
6439 / 30000 pages (21.46%)
Currently reading:
*Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson
fiveforsilver:16. *The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi (1hr 20min)
Well, this was a first - an audiobook. I haven't listened to an audiobook in probably 10 years. It's a novellla or novelette or some other shorter-than-a-regular-book term. It is an in-between book, written in the Old Man's War universe but from the perspective of Jane Sagan (as opposed to John Perry). Timeline wise, it is between The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony (not out yet).
It is fabulous. If you are a OMW fan, The Sagan Diary audiobook is available free here. I don't suggest listening to it if you haven't read the first two books, though - one, it contains spoilers and two, it really wouldn't make a whole lot of sense.
17. *Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin (226)
18. *The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (246)
19. *Tales From Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (296)
The rest (as far as I know) of the Earthsea books. This is a good series; I liked all of the books.
20. *Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi (286)
Hilarious, absolutely hilarious. One of the funniest things I've ever read. This was Scalzi's first novel, apparently written to see if he could. It's very accessible, even if you're not a science fiction reader (as with all of his novels, but maybe even more so). I read it online free here (I took the page count from Amazon). It's not available in print anymore, sadly. Someday, I may be able to afford the $90+ that used book websites are asking for copies of it, since I love me my print books and sort of want a complete Scalzi collection (or at least complete early Scalzi, since he's fairly prolific).
21. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (422)
A re-telling of the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. I really like this book, and more each time I read it I think. There is just so much worldbuilding detail packed in there, it's fascinating how much depth McKinley can put into a world without falling into either cliches or inconsistancies.
22.*Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich (164)
I love Stephanie, her family, her boyfriend(s), even her goofy coworkers and some of her weird friends (if you can call them friends). There was a weird little supernatural-ish element to this book that I wasn't so sure about. Much as I love fantasy books, that doesn't really jive well with this series and I found it kind of awkward. At least nothing really unnatural happened, but... Well, whatever. That thread aside, I thought this book was laugh-out-loud funny, like the others. The nice thing about it (as opposed to some other books I've read) is that there was no extra fluff. Well, the whole book is fluff, of course, but it's not overdone; I mean, look at the page count - I read this book in one evening.
Currently reading:
*Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson
