What Am I Reading Wednesday - June 28

Wildfire smoke returns, and we have in no way received much of the rain--let alone any of the thunderstorms--the weatherpeople have been so direly forecasting (grumbles this pluviophile). Work is no less busy but has improved immeasurably in some important ways; RL outside of work is also pleasingly busy.

What I Finished Reading This Week

The Thorns Remain – JJA Harrow
This book is good when judged against many recent YA fantasy offerings but could have been so much more if the author had tried just a bit harder. Set in a depopulated Highland village in 1919, the story kicks off when the adolescent protagonist and her friends inadvertently dance with a fae lord and his host one night, and all but she are abducted.( Read more... )

So yeah, while it's good in comparison to the current YA fantasy standard, when judged against its own merits, it's so-so.

English, Welsh, Scottish & Irish Fiddle Tunes – Robin Williamson
This one was published in 1976, and like Williamson’s The Penny Whistle Book, I find it absolutely charming. Williamson’s text is just so unstudied compared to that of modern tune books, or those that even include any introduction or background on the tunes the contain, which is not many of them.( Read more... )

Very cool stuff indeed.


What I Still Need To Review: Queer City – Peter Ackroyd
I will get around to this eventually.


What I Am Currently Reading

Guided Tarot – Stefanie Capoli
I’ve made it through the Major Arcana and started in on the Minors.


What I’m Reading Next

This week I acquired Herbs for the Mediaeval Household by Margaret Freeman.

これで以上です。