In case you are wondering, "D" is my husband -- Dave Liu! As you've probably noticed, I don't update this blog often but I may post more as I've linked this to my Google+ account.

Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Book Recommendations by YourNextRead

I typically use Amazon.com to find book recommendations, but it keeps on referring to the same books. Lifehacker will run a survey for the best book recommendation service. They are asking readers for contenders, and one of the suggestions is YourNextRead.com. Based on entering Patrick Rothfuss's "Name of the Wind", it suggested Robin Hobb's "Ship of Magic (The Liveship Traders, Book 1)" which looked reasonable. I am hopeful that this new recommendation service will work out!

Friday, August 07, 2009

Recommended Science Fiction Books

I'm always in search of good books to read (and one day, maybe I'll even have time to read them), and was pleased to find this list of sci-fi/fantasy gems recommended by the MIT Science Fiction Society.

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Temeraire

Thanks to my friend James, the quality of my reading material has improved dramatically. He was the one who introduced me to the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik, which I thoroughly enjoyed, mostly because of the writing: it's delightful. Naomi really has a way with words - I would re-read sentences and paragraphs just to reflect on how she cleverly describes things so creatively and vividly. It's the first time that I've read anything and thought, "Wow, I wish I could write like that."

James and I previously made a pact that we would never spring a book series on the other unless the series was in fact, complete. There is nothing more annoying than getting to the end of the book, only to realize that there is more coming, but you have to wait (usually months) for the next installment to be published. When he recommended the series to me, he was quite explicit that there are THREE and ONLY THREE books to the saga. What happens when I get to the end of book 3? I see an excerpt from book 4! Argh! I had half a mind to hunt him down to give him a sound walloping. James' own defense is that each of the books can be read standalone because they don't end on a cliffhanger, so the "book series rule" doesn't apply here. Hrmph.

Curious as to how book 4 was going, I visited Naomi's official site, Temeraire.org, which links to her LiveJournal. Good news! Book 4 may be published as soon as fall 2007, with book 5 slated for spring 2008. Not only that, it appears that Peter Jackson has optioned the movie rights to the series. Yay!