I've been reading a lot, as usual. I even dreamed of a Redwall book that doesn't exist yesterday morning--it was about Queen Mariel, who had left her realm in the Northlands after the death of King Dankin and the death of their only child. I have a very clear image of the cover painting in my mind even now. I always did like Mariel and Dankin. But then the book turned metatextual and there were a couple of pages in the front that were flattened-out tissue packages. Not Brian Jacques' usual forte.
( Seven for a Secret )
( The Queen in Winter )
I also cherry-picked some stories out of the anthology The Starry Rift, edited by Jonathan Strahan.
( Bullet points )
I finished Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
catvalente) and loved it. ( The city on the skin )
I'm not yet completely finished Tamora Pierce (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tammypierce)'s Bloodhound, but I'm far enough along that I'm going to venture my comments anyway: essentially, I think this may be Pierce's best book yet. ( In depth )
( Seven for a Secret )
( The Queen in Winter )
I also cherry-picked some stories out of the anthology The Starry Rift, edited by Jonathan Strahan.
( Bullet points )
I finished Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente (
catvalente) and loved it. ( The city on the skin )I'm not yet completely finished Tamora Pierce (
tammypierce)'s Bloodhound, but I'm far enough along that I'm going to venture my comments anyway: essentially, I think this may be Pierce's best book yet. ( In depth )
