{"id":76,"date":"2005-06-01T18:43:09","date_gmt":"2005-06-02T01:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=76"},"modified":"2024-08-09T10:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T14:11:16","slug":"swordspoint-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/76","title":{"rendered":"Swordspoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swordspoint<\/em>: A Melodrama of Manners<\/a> (1987) Ellen Kushner<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>While waiting for the last book in Sean Russell’s ‘The Swan’s War’ to arrive, I decided to indulge in a book I’ve read fairly recently and loved.<\/p>\n

This book is just as gorgeous as I remember. The writing is absolutely lovely, drawing me into the story from the first sentence. The story is excellent, but it’s the writing that I love so much.<\/p>\n

And as a bonus, there are additional short stories in the back of the book, so not only do you get to read just a little bit more, the book gets to surprise you with its ending, as you don’t realize it’s something. (Which is one reason why I like books with previews in the back. Not because I read the previews–I don’t–but because they allow the end of the book to sneak up on me, and there’s something satisfying about that.<\/p>\n

Now I just have to find something else to read while I’m waiting for ‘The Shadow Roads’<\/p>\n

Rating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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