Good list for catching up with your 2009 reading from Locust Online.
Jan 042010
Picture: Kalinda the cynic kick-ass in-house detective and the protagonist Alicia celebrating a won case.
Revenge and redemption is the name of the game in The Good Wife.
Julia, played by the Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies, is a wife and mother whos life take a drastic turn when her husband is put in jail after a corruption scandal and a very painful and public sex scandal. Julia is forced to take full responsibility for her own life and family. She picks up her old career as a defence attorney. Which is not easy with the public humiliation and her husbands crushing betrayal. But she has a knack for it.
This is a great new series about a strong talented female on a path of redemption. Watch it.
Dec 312009
The Best of My New Books 2009
These are the best books i have read for the very first time in 2009. There was quit a few authors I discovered 2009, and many of them are already favorites. To mention some of them John Scalzi of course he is my favorite of the year, Jaine Fenn is another strong new author, Elisabeth Bear is much better than the covers of her books, Laura E. Reeve with her strong Greek influence and Tony Bellantyne with his robot series is novel to say the least. I don’t doubt for a second I have missed some of this years greatest new authors and books. I would love to read them if you tell me about them.
- Old Man’s War Series by John Scalzi (Old Man’s War, The Ghost Brigade The Last Colony, Zoe’s Tale)
- The Graveyard Book by Niel Gaiman
- Storm from the Shadows by David Weber (Saganami 2)
- The Anderoid’s Dream by John Scalzi
- Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- By Heresies Distressed by David Weber (Safehold 3)
- Torch of Freedom by Eric Flint & David Weber (Wages of Sin 2)
- Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross
- The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin(Eukmen 5)
- The Magicans’ Guild by Trudi Canavan (The Black Magician 1)
- The Sidhe Series by Jaine Fenn (Principles of Angels, Consorts of Heaven)
- Mothership by John Brosnan(Mothership 1)
- Undaunted by Mike Shepherd (Kris Longknife 7)
- The Coyote Series by Allen Steel
- 1632 by Eric Flint (Ring of fire 1)
- Empire Series by Richard Allen Stotts (Midshipman, Heir to the Throne, Majesty, Acheon, Citizen of the Empire) – All are Free Online Books
- Relentless by Jack Campell (The Lost Fleet 5)
- Southern Vampires Series (1-9) by Charlene Harris the inspirationt to True Blood the TV Series
- Seeds of Earth by Michael Cobley (Humanity’s Fire 1)
- The Jenny Casey Series by Elizabet Bear (Hammered, Scaredown, Worldwired)
The Best Re-Read Books of 2009
Remnant Polulation by Elizabeth Moon - This is the best First Contact book I ever read. It might be the best book.- Honor Harrington Series (1-11) by David Weber
- Kris Longknife Series (1-7) by Mike Shepherd
Interesting and Notable Books not on the list 2009
- The Wess’har Wars Series by Karen Travis
- The Merchant Princes Series by Charles Stross
- Contact With Chaos by Michael Z. Williamsson
- The Lost Xuyan Bride by Aliette de Bodard
- Twisted Metal by Tony Ballantyne
- Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
- Jennifer Government by Max Barry
- Major Ariane Kedros Series by Laura E Reeve
I must have been really focused on my work today because I totally missed their arrival (I worked from home today). But there they where on top of the desk in the hallway when i foraged out of my room for dinner. Must have been the stealthy B. that recovered them for me.
I have been waiting since summer for the next Longknife novel and now it’s here, I will read it now. I have no impulse control when it comes to books I like.
The Devil’s Eye will have to wait with the other 30 or so unread books in my night stand. I’ll get to them sooner or later.
Ta ta for now!
Sep 122009
Vampire Diaries have a definite Smallvillefeel to it. I have jumped to conclusions before about new series and been wrong, so I won’t this time. The allure is towards romantic drama for sure. The first episode felt jumpy.
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