tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post5951846189690527830..comments2023-09-01T10:14:30.179+01:00Comments on Graeme's Fantasy Book Review: Your Favourite Reads of the Year...Graeme Floryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-87252081290420175592009-12-21T16:11:07.194+00:002009-12-21T16:11:07.194+00:00The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Swe...<i>The Angel's Game</i> by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, <i>The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie</i> by Alan Bradley, <i>Was</i> by Geoff Ryman.<br /><br />Not all fantasy, but there you go.scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951910532615257666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-71407598091739109722009-12-19T22:05:03.918+00:002009-12-19T22:05:03.918+00:00I read a lot of good books within 2009 and now I w...I read a lot of good books within 2009 and now I work on my 2009 top ten reads list. It is quite difficult. But what I can say so far there is not one book where I would say that it is my absolutely number one.<br />And I will definitely read some more books until the end of 2009. That means I will post my list beginning of 2010.ediFanoBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129248787624088717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-86362496536781899852009-12-18T20:08:52.343+00:002009-12-18T20:08:52.343+00:00I'd say Mieville's The City and The City a...I'd say Mieville's The City and The City and Simmons' Drood were the best I read this year.grynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-308697623851859862009-12-18T01:19:11.459+00:002009-12-18T01:19:11.459+00:00I did a complete Malazan Book of The Fallen re-rea...I did a complete Malazan Book of The Fallen re-read this year before reading Dust of Dreams. Can I just say the books were even better second time around? Fantastic, including the ICE books. Dust of Dreams was bloody great too - bring on the Crippled God!Marduknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-12576639844725916992009-12-17T22:01:01.107+00:002009-12-17T22:01:01.107+00:00THE CITY AND THE CITY, BEST SERVED COLD, YELLOW BL...THE CITY AND THE CITY, BEST SERVED COLD, YELLOW BLUE TIBIA, RETRIBUTION FALLS, THE JUDGING EYE and GALILEO'S DREAM were all very strong for me. NIGHTS OF VILLJAMAUR was a great debut. TRIUMFF was a lot of fun as well.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-88118758502082502512009-12-17T21:27:43.907+00:002009-12-17T21:27:43.907+00:00Are we narrowing this down to just books released ...Are we narrowing this down to just books released in 2009? If so my top five in no particular order:<br /><br />- Sandman Slim<br />- Warbreaker<br />- The Stranger - Max Frei<br />- Lost City of Z(ok, not SF but it sure seems like it)<br />- Warded/Painted ManJoannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-28806511666083445372009-12-17T20:38:22.569+00:002009-12-17T20:38:22.569+00:00Best sci-fi:
In the Valley of the Kings by Terrenc...Best sci-fi:<br />In the Valley of the Kings by Terrence Holt<br /><br />Best horror:<br />The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan<br /><br />Best graphic novel:<br />Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli<br /><br />Best fantasy:<br />Soulless by Gail Carriger<br />If I had read Sanderson's new book already I probably would have picked it for this, but I haven't so there you go.Greyweatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546347316848518932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-62875500264529437722009-12-17T19:50:01.189+00:002009-12-17T19:50:01.189+00:00It s been a great year, only 31 books read for 200...It s been a great year, only 31 books read for 2009, but I found out 7 really great books.<br /><br />Alain Damasio: La horde du contrevent, perhaps traducted from french before 2050 but a very great book !<br /><br />Steven Erikson: gardens of the moon, deadhouse's gates, bauchelain and korbal broach<br /><br />Alexandre Dumas: count of monte cristo<br /><br />Marie-monique Robin: The world according to Monsanto<br /><br />It s not always about sf or fantasy but these are the books i will keep for a re-read later, the others are already given to family or offered to caritative institutions.<br />Mormegil013Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-77857026194748593702009-12-17T16:27:32.555+00:002009-12-17T16:27:32.555+00:00Jim Butcher scored high for me this year with Firs...Jim Butcher scored high for me this year with First Lord's Fury and Turn Coat. Other highlights were Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet and Brian Ruckley's Godless World trilogy. Also David Gemmell's Legend books finally made it to the top of the TBR pile - can't believe I let these go this long.KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708364347511044730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-74123701424040696712009-12-17T13:27:59.050+00:002009-12-17T13:27:59.050+00:00R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye, followed cl...R. Scott Bakker's <i>The Judging Eye</i>, followed closely by C.S. Friedman's <i>Feast of Souls</i> and Joe Abercrombie's <i>Before they are Hanged</i>.D-manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14672637118110289414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-75697232670871839562009-12-17T10:17:14.158+00:002009-12-17T10:17:14.158+00:00This year I discovered Steven Erikson's Garden...This year I discovered Steven Erikson's Gardens of the Moon, George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones and Kristin Cashore's Graceling. So no complaints!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-34564731128355232802009-12-17T07:42:07.235+00:002009-12-17T07:42:07.235+00:00Soulless by Gail Carriger
Skinwalker by Faith Hunt...Soulless by Gail Carriger<br />Skinwalker by Faith Hunter<br />I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells<br />The Painted (Warded) Man by Peter V. Brett<br />Warbreaker by Brandon Sandersonhwmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802365544516747923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-30670521257618904052009-12-17T07:37:22.575+00:002009-12-17T07:37:22.575+00:00Favourite reads of mine of 2009 would be 'Nigh...Favourite reads of mine of 2009 would be 'Night Watch' or 'Last Watch', both of the same series by Sergei Lukyanenko (translated into English)~<br /><br />I'd also say the second half of the book Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke, if half a book counts.SnowCrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-50217134883468209332009-12-17T04:07:16.897+00:002009-12-17T04:07:16.897+00:00This may, or may not be a direct c&p from west...This may, or may not be a direct c&p from westeros ;)<br /><br />Tier One:<br /><br /><b>The Price of Spring</b> by Daniel Abraham<br /><b>On Stranger Tides</b> by Tim Powers<br /><b>My Dead Body</b> by Charlie Huston<br /><br />Tier Two:<br /><br /><b>The Affirmation</b> by Christopher Priest<br /><b>Memoirs of a Master Forger by William Heaney</b> by Graham Joyce<br /><b>The Walls of the Universe</b> by Paul Melko<br /><b>The Risen Empire</b> by Scott Westerfeld<br /><b>The Book of Lost Things</b> by John Connolly<br /><b>Fool Moon</b> by Jim Butcher<br /><b>Quin's Shanghai Circus</b> by Edward Whittemore<br /><br /><br />Biggest disappointments:<br /><br /><b>Best Served Cold</b> by Joe Abercrombie<br /><b>The Shadow of the Wind</b> by Carlos Ruiz Zafón<br /><br /><br /><br />I did end up adding one book, so it's not a direct c&p.RedEyedGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598706473655396491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-28308700239369925532009-12-17T02:34:20.038+00:002009-12-17T02:34:20.038+00:00Joe Abercrombie's "Best Served Cold"...Joe Abercrombie's "Best Served Cold". Perhaps not quite as good as his First Law books, but still the best thing I read in 2009.Jononoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-48941151031596166972009-12-17T02:25:27.202+00:002009-12-17T02:25:27.202+00:00That's a hard question. For YA - The book of a...That's a hard question. For YA - <i>The book of a thousand days</i> by Shannon Hale. For adult fantasy - <i>The Lies of Locke Lamora</i>. Now that I think of it, I haven't read that much this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com