I really liked it! I haven't read Shadowed Sun yet, because none of my local bookshops have it in and also...I'm trying not to buy more books until I read more of the ones I own...(I have a problem, okay.) Er, anyway, I really liked KM. I find Jemisin a really thoughtful writer who does some very interesting things that other writers probably wouldn't; I've read the first two books of the Inheritance Trilogy, which have one of my favorite things in (gods!), so I was curious what her other books were like. Plus, the Book Smugglers reviewed it and really liked it, and I generally trust their opinions.

At the risk of sounding like a crazy person, I finished KM and went, "Wow, that story was everything I wish Star Wars was," which I know is a weird thing to say because they're not that alike and is probably pretty unfair to the book. But it hit me on some of the same levels, I guess: master and apprentice, the seduction of power/becoming what you hate, absolute faith. I think it was a pretty ballsy book. And a good one, definitely.

I do not GoodReads, alas! I keep a couple of Excel files to keep track of what I'm reading and how much I'm reading, but I don't tend to articulate my book thoughts unless they're really good or really bad. (Although I guess I livetweet what I'm reading a lot, mostly because I'm usually reading at my desk, where my computer is. Uh. Not a good habit.)

I have not! I shall put her on my oh-so-long list of stuff to read.