Am Reading: February 2014

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This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Am Reading

Started off February with a bang primarily because bad news meant I read more as a coping mechanism. After War of Honor, I slowed down because I got sick, because I distrusted the next book in the series, and because my attempts at reading my collaborator's fiction screwed with my writing, and I gave up. Then I did a little rereading to lift my rotten mood, but rereads don't count, remember?

1. Doppelganger duology by Marie Brennan - compelling, couldn't put it down
2. Flag in Exile by David Weber - layered and amazingly good
3. Honor Among Enemies by David Weber - very good, enjoyed thoroughly
4. In Enemy Hands by David Weber - reduced me to a quivery, cringing mess—in a good way. I was in no way up to reading the next book immediately and took a reprieve
5. Mindtouch by M.C.A. Hogarth - even more amazing than expected and ended on a cliffhanger! love, love, love—except the cliffhanger
6. Mindline by M.C.A. Hogarth - heartpounding, awww-inducing awesome. Love
7. Echoes of Honor by David Weber - wow, loved
8. Ashes of Victory by David Weber - oh, my heart
9. War of Honor by David Weber - There are too many characters I want to strangle right now, not least of all High Ridge and Giancola. I hate how it ended and had to go read the summary of the next book to be sure it would fix it. It will. I must sit through watching my favorite characters fight each other. Gut-wrenching.

Breaking this down by genre:

• 2 books heroic action-adventure fantasy
• 6 books military science fiction
• 2 books general science fiction*

*meaning I haven't the foggiest which subgenres the Mindhealers duology belongs to, but it was awesome and clearly SF.

By series:

• 2 entire series
• 1 continuing through a series
• 0 stand-alone novels

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Comments

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I don't think I have bromance or platonic in there. I know I have asexual because someone found it on Smashwords by searching on that term (and left me a nice review).

What is Dear Author?

And if you remember those reviewers...

[scribblemyname]

But don't underestimate the term love story either! Just qualify it. :grins:

Dear Author:
The site where the link I sent you was. It's a romance review and literature discussion site.

Working... My brain's in a little better shape so I'm going to browse about and see if I find what I'm looking for.

Dear Author - A good fit for SF friendship love story

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http://dearauthor.com/for-authors/

Q: What types of books do you review?

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