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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Now for this month's book club choice: Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon. Free from the Baen Free Library, the first volume of a trilogy, with the first book of some sequels just published.
I really liked this when I first read it. It'll be interesting to see how it stands up to a re-read. |
It stood up quite well. I got slightly more irritated by the borrowings from Tolkien, and the complete disregard of the real differences in potential strength between male and female.
I was surprised to find that the first book has far less of the supernatural than I remembered. And that although the books do stand alone more than LotR, they work much better as a complete work.
On the whole, I really enjoyed the re-read, and I'm looking forward to the sequel, once my TBR list is a little lower.
Now onto another 'series' book.
The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith
I've really enjoyed the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. And from the start of this book, it's as good as the rest.
And it shows why I'll miss Fictionwise. At Amazon this book would currently cost me $12.22. I got it at Fictionwise on May 12th 2010 for $8.50, using my club membership and one of their 100% rebate sales.