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Wednesday RPGs mean I haven't posted one of these in ages. But since tonight's an off night...
What I Just Finished Reading
Witches of Lychford – Paul Cornell
I'd been debating reading London Falling and The Severed Streets for some time and this novella seemed the perfect way to dip a toe into Cornell's writing without committing for the long haul.
I needn't have waffled. This book was excellent—the precise blend of humor, folklore, and incisively portrayed human psychology I want out of modern fantasy. Highly recommended.
Who Fears Death – Nnedi Okorafor
Set in a post-apocalyptic Africa torn apart by a race war inspired by the Sudan genocide, this book had a lot of promise. But I detested its relentlessly immature and self-absorbed main character. And maybe I'm too idealistic, but I prefer my main characters to evince some self-determination; Okorafor's spend the majority of the narrative walking—literally—toward the appalling fate they've been told faces them like docile lambs, no questions, no resistance. This one wasn't for me.
Going Clear – Lawrence Wright
This book is as chilling as it is difficult to put down. Wright's history of Scientology's early days through the early 2000's is fascinating and compulsively readable, but reader beware, it is likely to give you weird dreams for the duration.
What I Am Currently Reading
Ancillary Justice – Ann Leckie
Yes, again, for the strength of its amazing opening pages alone.
The Virtu – Sarah Monette
Oh my god. So dark. So good. Somewhere halfway through Melusine these characters and this setting just clicked with me, and now I'm obsessed and reading on tenterhooks, because it's clear that while Monette loves these people, she is not afraid to put them through the wringer.
What I'm Reading Next
Circe – Madeline Miller
This one's been sitting on my desk since the day it came out, because while it's going to be so damn good I also know it's going to make me cry.
これで以上です。
What I Just Finished Reading
Witches of Lychford – Paul Cornell
I'd been debating reading London Falling and The Severed Streets for some time and this novella seemed the perfect way to dip a toe into Cornell's writing without committing for the long haul.
I needn't have waffled. This book was excellent—the precise blend of humor, folklore, and incisively portrayed human psychology I want out of modern fantasy. Highly recommended.
Who Fears Death – Nnedi Okorafor
Set in a post-apocalyptic Africa torn apart by a race war inspired by the Sudan genocide, this book had a lot of promise. But I detested its relentlessly immature and self-absorbed main character. And maybe I'm too idealistic, but I prefer my main characters to evince some self-determination; Okorafor's spend the majority of the narrative walking—literally—toward the appalling fate they've been told faces them like docile lambs, no questions, no resistance. This one wasn't for me.
Going Clear – Lawrence Wright
This book is as chilling as it is difficult to put down. Wright's history of Scientology's early days through the early 2000's is fascinating and compulsively readable, but reader beware, it is likely to give you weird dreams for the duration.
What I Am Currently Reading
Ancillary Justice – Ann Leckie
Yes, again, for the strength of its amazing opening pages alone.
The Virtu – Sarah Monette
Oh my god. So dark. So good. Somewhere halfway through Melusine these characters and this setting just clicked with me, and now I'm obsessed and reading on tenterhooks, because it's clear that while Monette loves these people, she is not afraid to put them through the wringer.
What I'm Reading Next
Circe – Madeline Miller
This one's been sitting on my desk since the day it came out, because while it's going to be so damn good I also know it's going to make me cry.
これで以上です。
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