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bazhsw
Posted 2013-12-10 2:38 PM (#5814 - in reply to #5558)
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Finished today!

I stumbled across WWE looking for sci-fi recommendations as it's a genre I tend to enjoy but not read often. Consequently the WOGF challenge was a good challenge for me. In terms of selections I pretty much looked at a couple of recent awards and just picked female authors so to a degree I didn't spend a lot of time selecting authors.

My selections were;

Song of Scarabaeus - Sara Creasy - this was the random pick, not really my thing.
Among Others - Jo Walton - loved this
Deathless - Catherynne Valente - an amazing book and I'm delighted I have discovered Valente. I will definitely check out more of her work.
In War Times - Kathlenn Ann Goonan - okay
Feed - Mira Grant - really didn't care much for this, found it quite annoying.
Wide Open - Deborah Coates - didn't really think much of this.
The Drowning Girl - thought it was good but not amazing. I can see why others love this.
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn - my book of the year (I think). Even though it was up for a horror award I don't think this can be considered speculative fiction though.
Shades of Milk and Honey - Mary Kowal Robinette - great little book which I really enjoyed
Ironskin - Tina Connelly - okay
The Killing Moon - N K Jemisin - good book
Cyber Circus - Kim Lakin-Smith - good book

So all in all for a pretty random selection I've found some real gems, some decent books and only a couple that weren't to my taste. I really enjoyed the challenge also and reading everyone's reviews.

An honourable mention has to go to Connie Willis - I had read a short story collection previously so she wasn't eligible for the WOGF challenge but I read all her time travel novels in 2013 and really enjoyed them. Blackout/All Clear is an amazing pair of books and it was great to see Willis represented so often in the reviews.

Edited by bazhsw 2013-12-10 2:41 PM

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