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Finished reading:
Raven stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee. DNF at ~60%. I realised that I was reading out of a vague sense of obligation, and decided to stop. I still loved Jedao, and I rather liked his interactions with Khiruev, but the rest of it felt like it was close, but still just out of my grasp. It felt like there was some delicious world building of family structures and the different factions but it just didn't hook me. There's also a glorious dynamic from last book that is absent in this book, much to my sorrow. I wanted to like it, but there wasn't enough to justify the four-ish more days of reading when there are so many more things on my Hugo list.
Currently reading:
A skinful of shadows by Frances Hardinge. This deliciously creepy and so well done so far. Makepeace has space within her for ghosts. This is very bleak and gothic, and as someone who's never actually read many of the classics in that genre area, it's really nice to have something that's accessible and with that feel. There's the emotional wrench of being actually-alone in the world and grieving. I also really appreciate how well it's set in its time without drawing too much attention to its 1600s-ness. On page 170 or so of 400 and so far so good.
Up next: Going to collect The collapsing empire by John Scalzi from the library tomorrow afternoon. Excite!
ETA!: (does it count as ETA if you're in the process of posting text you wrote earlier? Whatever) The voters packet is OUT! Downloading ALL the zip files! \o/ I'm especially interested in the related works this year, and which seem to either be full books or really substantial excerpts. Also ALL the novellas to sink my teeth into! The novels are about as anticipated, so I may or may not dig up the excerpted ones.
Raven stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee. DNF at ~60%. I realised that I was reading out of a vague sense of obligation, and decided to stop. I still loved Jedao, and I rather liked his interactions with Khiruev, but the rest of it felt like it was close, but still just out of my grasp. It felt like there was some delicious world building of family structures and the different factions but it just didn't hook me. There's also a glorious dynamic from last book that is absent in this book, much to my sorrow. I wanted to like it, but there wasn't enough to justify the four-ish more days of reading when there are so many more things on my Hugo list.
Currently reading:
A skinful of shadows by Frances Hardinge. This deliciously creepy and so well done so far. Makepeace has space within her for ghosts. This is very bleak and gothic, and as someone who's never actually read many of the classics in that genre area, it's really nice to have something that's accessible and with that feel. There's the emotional wrench of being actually-alone in the world and grieving. I also really appreciate how well it's set in its time without drawing too much attention to its 1600s-ness. On page 170 or so of 400 and so far so good.
Up next: Going to collect The collapsing empire by John Scalzi from the library tomorrow afternoon. Excite!
ETA!: (does it count as ETA if you're in the process of posting text you wrote earlier? Whatever) The voters packet is OUT! Downloading ALL the zip files! \o/ I'm especially interested in the related works this year, and which seem to either be full books or really substantial excerpts. Also ALL the novellas to sink my teeth into! The novels are about as anticipated, so I may or may not dig up the excerpted ones.