Books for September, 2005

[pegkerr]

Beauty by Sherri Tepper. Re-read. I picked this up after several years away to refresh my recollection to see whether it would be suitable for Fiona, since she likes fairytale retellings. At first I thought yes, and then I thought maybe she could wait on it, given the brutal rape. I have mixed feelings about this one. Parts are effective, but parts are extremely polemic; Tepper really does have certain hobby horses that she rides very hard.

The Dubious Hills by Pamela Dean (pameladean). Re-read.

The Little Country by Charles DeLint. First time read.

Short list this month. Very busy with various things, and it has gotten in the way of my reading rather more than usual.

Comments

[papersky.livejournal.com]

I hated Tepper's Beauty and what I hated most about it was saying that homeless people were time travellers. It seemed to be trivialising a real problem, or to be doing exactly the wrong thing with the thing one can do with magic illuminating the essence of real things. I also hated the preachiness. It's a good book though, memorable, vivid, but I do not like it and will not re-read it.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

What do you think of Meghan Lindholm's book Wizard of the Pigeons, out of curiosity?