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Jul. 7th, 2008 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mistymasseyHappy Great Pestilence Day! (The plague broke out around this day in England in 1348.) Bring out your dead!
As I mentioned last week, I got my hands on Kushiel's Mercy, and read it over the weekend. This was a wonderful ending to a series I was surprised to love. If you've never read any of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel books, you're missing something masterful. Every single character she creates is individual and real, even the minor folks. The political machinations are subtle and thrilling, and the battles are vivid and heartbreaking. Sure, the books are long (Mercy was 672 pages), but once you fall in, you'll be wishing the story was longer. The series is very physical, very sensual and stunning. Truly, you have not read erotically-charged fantasy if you haven't read these. But start with Kushiel's Dart, the first book.
WARNING - These are not books for middle-schoolers, and I'd probably recommend them to 18 and older ONLY. This is a grownup series. If any of my students happen to be reading this post, don't tell your parents I said you could read these! I'll be very cross with you if you do!
As I mentioned last week, I got my hands on Kushiel's Mercy, and read it over the weekend. This was a wonderful ending to a series I was surprised to love. If you've never read any of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel books, you're missing something masterful. Every single character she creates is individual and real, even the minor folks. The political machinations are subtle and thrilling, and the battles are vivid and heartbreaking. Sure, the books are long (Mercy was 672 pages), but once you fall in, you'll be wishing the story was longer. The series is very physical, very sensual and stunning. Truly, you have not read erotically-charged fantasy if you haven't read these. But start with Kushiel's Dart, the first book.
WARNING - These are not books for middle-schoolers, and I'd probably recommend them to 18 and older ONLY. This is a grownup series. If any of my students happen to be reading this post, don't tell your parents I said you could read these! I'll be very cross with you if you do!
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Date: 2008-07-08 12:45 am (UTC)Tomorrow Nova has a show about bog bodies though.
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Date: 2008-07-08 01:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-08 05:35 pm (UTC)Hard to believe that in "this rather extensive list", there's not one quiz for disease or pestilence(s).
Belated Great Pestilence Day!
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Date: 2008-07-08 09:34 pm (UTC)Hey, that's the neat thing about this holiday...since the actual plague lasted for years, you can keep celebrating for ages. *grin*