Books for April, 2002
Apr. 30th, 2002 06:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrThis short story I'm "working" on has been going nowhere fast, and now the research library books are due. I have about six library books on wildfire management that I have to schlepp back to the library. I hope that I can renew them--I've already renewed them once. If I can't, if I have to return them, I can't write the story. I haven't taken notes, because I really prefer to write with my research books right on my lap. But this story requires so much background that I don't feel comfortable just winging it.
*Sigh* I hope they'll let me renew them again. After investing so much time reading all these damn books, I don't want to simply give up.
Reading list for the month:
Finder by Emma Bull
Elsewhere by Will Shetterly
Nevernever by Will Shetterly
Chimera by Will Shetterly
Dogland by Will Shetterly
I'm embarrassed to admit that these were all first time reads. I finally tackled 'em because Will and Emma were the guests of honor at Minicon, and I didn't want to be on panels with them without reading their books. I don't know why I've stalled so long on reading them--it was sort of an odd fluke of jealousy, if anything. I loved Emma's War for the Oaks so much that I almost couldn't bear to read anything else of hers, for fear it wouldn't have been so perfect. And that feeling sort of slopped over to Will. How irrational is that?
Juniper, Gentian and Rosemary by Pamela Dean
A Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris. This is one of Mary Monica Pulver's pen name. I was surprised at how uneven this one was, considering how many books Mary has written; she kind of messed up the point of view at the end. Well, she's still an author I'll pick up every book she's written. I do admire how hard she works.
Hellroaring by Peter M. Leschak (research). Quite interesting.
Firefighter's Handbook on Wildland Firefighting: Strategies, Tactics and Safety by William C. Teie. (research)
Fire on the Mountain by John MacLean (Research) Only skimmed in parts.
Huh. Kind of a light month for me.
Cheers,
Peg
*Sigh* I hope they'll let me renew them again. After investing so much time reading all these damn books, I don't want to simply give up.
Reading list for the month:
Finder by Emma Bull
Elsewhere by Will Shetterly
Nevernever by Will Shetterly
Chimera by Will Shetterly
Dogland by Will Shetterly
I'm embarrassed to admit that these were all first time reads. I finally tackled 'em because Will and Emma were the guests of honor at Minicon, and I didn't want to be on panels with them without reading their books. I don't know why I've stalled so long on reading them--it was sort of an odd fluke of jealousy, if anything. I loved Emma's War for the Oaks so much that I almost couldn't bear to read anything else of hers, for fear it wouldn't have been so perfect. And that feeling sort of slopped over to Will. How irrational is that?
Juniper, Gentian and Rosemary by Pamela Dean
A Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris. This is one of Mary Monica Pulver's pen name. I was surprised at how uneven this one was, considering how many books Mary has written; she kind of messed up the point of view at the end. Well, she's still an author I'll pick up every book she's written. I do admire how hard she works.
Hellroaring by Peter M. Leschak (research). Quite interesting.
Firefighter's Handbook on Wildland Firefighting: Strategies, Tactics and Safety by William C. Teie. (research)
Fire on the Mountain by John MacLean (Research) Only skimmed in parts.
Huh. Kind of a light month for me.
Cheers,
Peg
