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I haven't done one of these in...(checks)...yeah. OTOH, almost 400 hours of BG3 means I haven't been reading as much as I usually would, so there's at least there's that? At any rate, here's what I've been reading this week.
What I Finished Reading This Week
終点unknown 1 — 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown vol. 1 — Sugiura Shiho)
This series opens with two sets of gangs searching the wilderness for an ancient relic. We meet our two protagonists (or are they antagonists?): the first, a slave (as are all the members of his gang) with a devil-may-care attitude, and the second, a taciturn orphan adopted by the crime boss heading his gang. When disaster strikes, they're the only survivors of their respective groups, and have to compete to find the relic for their own reasons (the first to earn his freedom, the second to repay the boss for saving him).
And then, Sugiura's wicked imagination really kicks in.
終点unknown 2 — 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown vol. 2 — Sugiura Shiho)
The getting-to-know-you volume, in which our two protagonists (definitely antagonists to each other) go on a road trip to learn about the relic, which has bound itself to their arms, will kill them if they try to forcibly remove it but also prevents them from both injury (including at each other's hands) and from moving within a few meters of one another, and sheds an (invisible to anyone but them) beam of light that locates whatever anyone—except them—is searching for.
There's cross-dressing. There's forced proximity. There's accidentally falling asleep on the other's lap. There's bystanders mistaking the leads for lovers or husbands. There's Sugiura's wicked imagination in spades. It's all wholly up my alley.
終点unknown 3 — 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown vol. 3 — Sugiura Shiho)
This volume is a banger. It opens with lighthearted roadtrip hijinx, transitions seamlessly into a murderous cult, and then ends with massive revelations about the two protagonists that cements their antagonism to each other in the most gutwrenching way possible. No one puts their characters through an emotional wringer like Sugiura and hot damn she is good at it. I love this series so, so much.
What I Am Currently Reading
Celtic Tree Rituals — Sharlyn Hildalgo
This book is not very good.
The Two Princesses of Bamarre — Gail Levine
This is the YA/fantasy writing that I desire. I'm slowrolling it to make the experience last longer.
Atomic Accidents — James Mahaffey
Forty-odd pages in, I am very much enjoying this read, which is engaging and explains the science in an easily accessible way without dumbing it down.
The Chinese Computer — Thomas Mullaney
I very much enjoyed the opening chapter, but I will probably set this aside in favor of Atomic Accidents as my nonfiction read for the time being.
Stars of Chaos vol. 1 — Priest
Primarily prep reading of the appendices and figuring out the tones for the character and place names. (Dear god, why don't they give the tones for the character and place names?)
公爵様の羊飼い1 — 秋月こお (Koshaku-Sama no Hitsuji-kai vol. 1 — Akizuki Koh)
Akizuki Koh is probably my favorite BL novelist, and, I feel, the prose equivalent of Sugiura Shiho in her characterization, imagination, and love for her characters.
終点unknown 4 — 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown vol. 4 — Sugiura Shiho)
The fallout continues. This volume contains one of my absolute favorite panels from any manga, ever, and I am excited to get to it shortly.
What I’m Reading Next
I acquired no new books this week.
これで以上です。
What I Finished Reading This Week
終点unknown 1 — 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown vol. 1 — Sugiura Shiho)
This series opens with two sets of gangs searching the wilderness for an ancient relic. We meet our two protagonists (or are they antagonists?): the first, a slave (as are all the members of his gang) with a devil-may-care attitude, and the second, a taciturn orphan adopted by the crime boss heading his gang. When disaster strikes, they're the only survivors of their respective groups, and have to compete to find the relic for their own reasons (the first to earn his freedom, the second to repay the boss for saving him).
And then, Sugiura's wicked imagination really kicks in.
終点unknown 2 — 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown vol. 2 — Sugiura Shiho)
The getting-to-know-you volume, in which our two protagonists (definitely antagonists to each other) go on a road trip to learn about the relic, which has bound itself to their arms, will kill them if they try to forcibly remove it but also prevents them from both injury (including at each other's hands) and from moving within a few meters of one another, and sheds an (invisible to anyone but them) beam of light that locates whatever anyone—except them—is searching for.
There's cross-dressing. There's forced proximity. There's accidentally falling asleep on the other's lap. There's bystanders mistaking the leads for lovers or husbands. There's Sugiura's wicked imagination in spades. It's all wholly up my alley.
終点unknown 3 — 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown vol. 3 — Sugiura Shiho)
This volume is a banger. It opens with lighthearted roadtrip hijinx, transitions seamlessly into a murderous cult, and then ends with massive revelations about the two protagonists that cements their antagonism to each other in the most gutwrenching way possible. No one puts their characters through an emotional wringer like Sugiura and hot damn she is good at it. I love this series so, so much.
What I Am Currently Reading
Celtic Tree Rituals — Sharlyn Hildalgo
This book is not very good.
The Two Princesses of Bamarre — Gail Levine
This is the YA/fantasy writing that I desire. I'm slowrolling it to make the experience last longer.
Atomic Accidents — James Mahaffey
Forty-odd pages in, I am very much enjoying this read, which is engaging and explains the science in an easily accessible way without dumbing it down.
The Chinese Computer — Thomas Mullaney
I very much enjoyed the opening chapter, but I will probably set this aside in favor of Atomic Accidents as my nonfiction read for the time being.
Stars of Chaos vol. 1 — Priest
Primarily prep reading of the appendices and figuring out the tones for the character and place names. (Dear god, why don't they give the tones for the character and place names?)
公爵様の羊飼い1 — 秋月こお (Koshaku-Sama no Hitsuji-kai vol. 1 — Akizuki Koh)
Akizuki Koh is probably my favorite BL novelist, and, I feel, the prose equivalent of Sugiura Shiho in her characterization, imagination, and love for her characters.
終点unknown 4 — 杉浦 志保 (Shuten Unknown vol. 4 — Sugiura Shiho)
The fallout continues. This volume contains one of my absolute favorite panels from any manga, ever, and I am excited to get to it shortly.
What I’m Reading Next
I acquired no new books this week.
これで以上です。
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