Finished reading:
Binti: home by Nnedi Okorafor (borrowed from the library ftw!) I bounced off Binti
lurchingly hard, and this book didn’t fix my concerns, exactly (nor, really, did I expect it to). But it did take the narrative off in a different enough direction – and to intriguing places, both worldbuilding and emotionally for the characters -- that I’m willing to let it slide. The second half of this really hooked me in hard. Also, warning, ends on a mid-scene cliffhanger, so you might want to have the last in the series by your side if you read Home…
Currently reading:
The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson. At about Book 8 or so. Paused while I devour Hugo finalists.
La Belle Sauvage (Book of dust ; 1) by Philip Pullman. I’m loving this so much. I bounced off the original trilogy sometime back, but a beloved friend gushed about this book on twitter, and the amazon sample was one of the most comforting, familiar openings I’ve read in a long time. The language is really simplified, even if some of the themes are somewhat older. One age recommendation was about 14+, and I’d so far be pegging this as about 8+, language-wise. It’s going to be my nighttime comfort read, because…
Up next:
Six wakes by Mur Lafferty (thanks for the loan,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
fred_mouse!) is definitely going to be a daytime-only read. See previous post for the write up of the sample chapter. I am kinda pumped, and slightly apprehensive. :D
ETA: Notes here while I think of it: want to give Rachel Sharp's "The big book of post-collapse fun" a whirl after Hugos
Binti: home by Nnedi Okorafor (borrowed from the library ftw!) I bounced off Binti
lurchingly hard, and this book didn’t fix my concerns, exactly (nor, really, did I expect it to). But it did take the narrative off in a different enough direction – and to intriguing places, both worldbuilding and emotionally for the characters -- that I’m willing to let it slide. The second half of this really hooked me in hard. Also, warning, ends on a mid-scene cliffhanger, so you might want to have the last in the series by your side if you read Home…
Currently reading:
The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson. At about Book 8 or so. Paused while I devour Hugo finalists.
La Belle Sauvage (Book of dust ; 1) by Philip Pullman. I’m loving this so much. I bounced off the original trilogy sometime back, but a beloved friend gushed about this book on twitter, and the amazon sample was one of the most comforting, familiar openings I’ve read in a long time. The language is really simplified, even if some of the themes are somewhat older. One age recommendation was about 14+, and I’d so far be pegging this as about 8+, language-wise. It’s going to be my nighttime comfort read, because…
Up next:
Six wakes by Mur Lafferty (thanks for the loan,
fred_mouse!) is definitely going to be a daytime-only read. See previous post for the write up of the sample chapter. I am kinda pumped, and slightly apprehensive. :DETA: Notes here while I think of it: want to give Rachel Sharp's "The big book of post-collapse fun" a whirl after Hugos
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