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Old 07-30-2015, 06:15 AM   #22608
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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny View Post
I'm now reading Saving Mars, a freebie I picked up at Amazon -- probably based on a recommendation I saw here at MobileRead. I've read the first 6.5 chapters and I'm enjoying it very much.

I just can't figure out how the covers are pertinent. 6 books in the series and everyone of them has a lovely woman in an elegant gown. So far (first 6.5 chapters, remember) they're living on Mars and wearing "walk-out suits" -- environmental suits with helmets. Quite a long way from an evening gown.
That was probably my recommendation; I read all six books back-to-back and was quite happy with the whole set.

As for the covers... The new ones are quite pretty, but I prefer the old ones that are plainer yet more thematically accurate. If you go to Amazon's page for the first book, the Kindle edition has the new cover and the Paperback has the old one. (Also, there's some stuff about Earth's high society, and after a closer look at the new cover, I'm reasonably sure what scene it represents. The new cover for book two, not so much. I'm rather sure Jessamyn never wore that getup. Pretty, though.)

Meanwhile, I've started Tom Holt's fourth "YouSpace" book, The Good, the Bad and the Smug, and I am quite happy with it. No surprise there, though.
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