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julesmarie

The Book High

I've always said I'll read anything, and I really do mean that. Lately M/M romance has had my interest, but fantasy and sci-fi were my first loves and will always hold a special place in my heart. I also love histories and biographies.

Currently reading

The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Shakespeare After All
Marjorie Garber
Turning Tricks - Anne Tenino I was disappointed in this one. Where the first one was fun, this one was mostly just silly. The relationship between James and Matt crossed the line into melodrama, and ended up just being annoying for the first half of the book. They're supposed to be soldiers, but spend so much time crying over/on one another that it became a little ridiculous.

And I understand why Ms. Tenino did what she did with the taking out all of the acronyms, but it seemed (especially at the beginning) like giving in to peer pressure. I know the scene in the meeting when they're first told the use of acronyms is being banned was supposed to be funny, but it didn't come across that way to me. I was as bored as I've ever been in any meeting where people try to make jokes to make having to be in a meeting more tolerable. And having to learn new names for all of these organizations when the acronyms worked just fine frustrated me. I did forgive her for most of the confusion and frustration when she made the annoying correction app on the com into a plot device. I thought that was brilliant, and made up for most of having to put up with the com for the rest of the story.

The second half of the book felt more like the first, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's obvious this is just the start of a longer series, and I look forward to reading more about Task Force Iota.