Comments on: My most anticipated books of 2015 (so far)

By: samantha1020

samantha1020 — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 16:01:06 +0000

I’ve been adding a ton of books to my TBR list that are published in 2015. It really has me excited for this new year 🙂 A bunch of these sound really good so on to the TBR list they will go as well!!

By: India

India — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:40:06 +0000

In reply to Gin Jenny. Yes, I've read Gladys Malvern's Ruth book. Gladys Malvern and Marguerite Vance were two of my favorite authors when I was a kid.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:47:28 +0000

In reply to India. Ahahaha, you have made your book sound awesome and I am going to read it twice, now that I have a guarantee against the "sex" for "genitals" thing. I have become more inured to that particular euphemism over the years, but it still makes me shudder. I am DELIGHTED that you're a fan of Behold Your Queen. Did you read the Ruth one that same author wrote? It was not AS good, but still pretty good. And oh, oh, have you read Your Kind Indulgence? Also quite solid.

By: India

India — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:42:17 +0000

BEHOLD YOUR QUEEN! is without a doubt the best Esther novel ever written — possible the best one that ever will be written. I own two copies of the old hardcover, and they even have the wraparound paper cover still intact. The book is now at long last available again, in trade pb, and everyone who hasn’t read it should go and buy at least two copies RIGHT NOW, one to keep and one to lend. (Also a copy of YOUNG BESS. But I digress…)

Thank you for mentioning GAME OF QUEENS; I’m pretty sure I can assure you that I never use the word “sex” as a euphemism for “genitals”. I can definitely assure you the book is VERY overwrought (as was the author during the writing thereof). It is, in fact, the sort of book in which one heroine has a Horse That Only She Can Ride and the other heroine has a couple of pet wolves.

And OMG, two new Jo Walton books! I’m off to Amazon RIGHT NOW!

By: Victoria (Eve's Alexandria)

Victoria (Eve's Alexandria) — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 13:04:06 +0000

I have to read the Ibis trilogy this year. Must, must, must. And some N.K. Jemisin. And the new Kate Atkinson. I am about to explode with wanting.

By: Grad

Grad — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:06:28 +0000

Oh I’m so excited!! i did not know the third book in the Ibus trilogy is coming out! I bought Sea of Poppies and loved it. Then bought River of Smoke, but by the time it came out, I figured I’d better re-read the first one. Then thought, why not wait for the last one and then start from the beginning. Thanks for the head up, Jenny!

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:13:15 +0000

I am doomed! So very doomed! Everyone keeps putting up their lists of books for 2015 and I have lost count of how many new books I have added to my TBR list! That Lovelace and Babbage comic looks like it will be a hoot and half.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:24:11 +0000

In reply to aartichapati. What did Ghosh say? Oh dear! I didn't know about this!

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:23:11 +0000

In reply to Memory.

Was it fun? Years and years and years ago, was it fun?

Bro, I just don’t think that’s going to happen. I want it to, but it’s already December NOW, and she hasn’t turned in the manuscript still. Like, she’ll still need to do edits and whatnot.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:21:59 +0000

In reply to Sarah Says Read. Ugh, me too, I am way behind on her books. I'll do a binge read of them in January, or over Christmas, I swear.