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ambyr, and ahead of tomorrow's What Am I Reading Wednesday post, here are some things I am not reading:
A book that a certain friend is always telling you to read: My offline friends are very enthusiastic about Josiah Bancroft’s Senlin Ascends and its sequels. I picked up Senlin some months back and then crapped out over fears (later confirmed) as to the ending. That said, I’ll finish it because I have to finish books once I start them, but I know I’m heading for irritation.
A book that's been on your TBR forever and yet you still haven't picked it up: For fiction, I’ve been sitting on a ton of Celtic fantasy/Arthuriana for longer than I care to admit: Diana L. Paxon’s The Serpent’s Tooth, Gillian Bradshaw’s The Hawk of Summer, and Parke Goodwin’s Firelord, to name a few.
In nonfiction, Bradley K. Martin’s Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader, which grows more out-of-date, but no shorter, with each passingday year.
A book in a series you've started, but haven't finished yet: Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series springs immediately to mind. I thought the novels were okay and found the audiobook adaptations fucking brilliant, but I can’t listen to an audiobook without first having read the paper book. It’s another of my things.
There’s also a ton of turn-of-the-century to mid-aughts manga I haven’t finished: Bleach, Mushishi, Natsume Yujincho, Sex Pistols...
A classic you've always liked the sound of, but never actually read: Hm, most of the classics I like the sound of, I read. I’ve made it part of the way through both The Tale of Genji and Kojiki in modern Japanese translation, so I suppose those count.
A popular book that it seems everyone but you has read: These are numerous, once I step outside my friendship and DW bookspheres: The Fault In Our Stars, Fifty Shades of Grey, all but three books of Stephen King’s back catalogue...
A book that inspired a film/TV adaptation that you really love, but you just haven't read it yet: I read lots of books and watch very little cinema/TV, I tend to avoid adaptations of favorite books (I’m looking at you, SyFy’s Magicians), and I’ve wracked my brains and can’t think of anything. In lieu of answering this question, I will state for the record that The Princess Bride is the only film I can think of that is unequivocally superior to the book.
A book you see all over Instagram/Tumblr/BookTube but haven't picked up yet: I stay away from these platforms, so again, nothing. That said, Nine Fox Gambit and Barbara Hambly’s various series have appeared repeatedly in my DW Reading feed, and in request letters for fic exchanges in which I’ve participated.
これで以上です。
ambyr, and ahead of tomorrow's What Am I Reading Wednesday post, here are some things I am not reading:A book that a certain friend is always telling you to read: My offline friends are very enthusiastic about Josiah Bancroft’s Senlin Ascends and its sequels. I picked up Senlin some months back and then crapped out over fears (later confirmed) as to the ending. That said, I’ll finish it because I have to finish books once I start them, but I know I’m heading for irritation.
A book that's been on your TBR forever and yet you still haven't picked it up: For fiction, I’ve been sitting on a ton of Celtic fantasy/Arthuriana for longer than I care to admit: Diana L. Paxon’s The Serpent’s Tooth, Gillian Bradshaw’s The Hawk of Summer, and Parke Goodwin’s Firelord, to name a few.
In nonfiction, Bradley K. Martin’s Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader, which grows more out-of-date, but no shorter, with each passing
A book in a series you've started, but haven't finished yet: Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series springs immediately to mind. I thought the novels were okay and found the audiobook adaptations fucking brilliant, but I can’t listen to an audiobook without first having read the paper book. It’s another of my things.
There’s also a ton of turn-of-the-century to mid-aughts manga I haven’t finished: Bleach, Mushishi, Natsume Yujincho, Sex Pistols...
A classic you've always liked the sound of, but never actually read: Hm, most of the classics I like the sound of, I read. I’ve made it part of the way through both The Tale of Genji and Kojiki in modern Japanese translation, so I suppose those count.
A popular book that it seems everyone but you has read: These are numerous, once I step outside my friendship and DW bookspheres: The Fault In Our Stars, Fifty Shades of Grey, all but three books of Stephen King’s back catalogue...
A book that inspired a film/TV adaptation that you really love, but you just haven't read it yet: I read lots of books and watch very little cinema/TV, I tend to avoid adaptations of favorite books (I’m looking at you, SyFy’s Magicians), and I’ve wracked my brains and can’t think of anything. In lieu of answering this question, I will state for the record that The Princess Bride is the only film I can think of that is unequivocally superior to the book.
A book you see all over Instagram/Tumblr/BookTube but haven't picked up yet: I stay away from these platforms, so again, nothing. That said, Nine Fox Gambit and Barbara Hambly’s various series have appeared repeatedly in my DW Reading feed, and in request letters for fic exchanges in which I’ve participated.
これで以上です。