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July 9, 2010
Bitter Seeds
A friend recommended Bitter Seeds, and I remember dismissing the recommendation as a "read later." What I don't remember is putting it on my library hold queue, so I was surprised when I got an email from KCLS saying it was waiting for pickup.
I was in the middle of trying again to make it through the first few chapters of Piracy (spoiler: I gave up), and figured some fiction was a great way to cheat on a book that made the Sahara seem positively damp.
I don't normally go in for WWII fiction - I don't care to romanticize or trivialize such a dark time in our collective history - so I'm surprised I enjoyed Bitter Seeds as much as I did. The characterizations, tone, pacing were all just right. The magic and technology were, as they should have been, supporting elements to a human story.
And the end wasn't - but still managed to wrap up enough of the story that I wasn't left frustrated or unsatisfied.
I find myself quite looking forward to it's successors.
Posted by dberger at July 9, 2010 8:27 AM