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mjmahoney - 2013-07-27 10:12 AM I really enjoyed Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre, which I discovered by clicking its cool book cover (yay snakes!) on someone else's WOGF reading list. Interesting post-apocalyptic world and I liked the main character a lot as well as the role of the snakes since it was grounded in actual snake biology but extended in a fascinating way.

Dreamsnake was a nice surprise for me.  I didn't think it would be my cup of tea and I've been putting off reading it for many years.  Glad I finally got around to it.

So far I've been really pleased with my picks for the WoGF.  Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang was an obvious and safe bet and Zoo City has been getting so many accolades I just had to read that one.  Plus, I got to meet Lauren Beukes at WorldCon in Reno and she was absolutely charming and I liked her reading from the book.  No brainer there either.

The one that I knew absolutely nothing about was Brenda Cooper's The Silver Ship and the Sea.  I picked her as my first random author, based on the book cover alone, and was not disappointed.  Went on to read book 2 right away and hope to get back to the 3rd eventually.

Unfortunately I'm really behind in my challenge.  I'm going to have to step it up now that we're halfway through!


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