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What I Just Finished Reading
Dealing With Dragons – Patricia Wrede
A delightful book from beginning to end; I wish I’d read this as a kid. Wrede’s subversion of fairy tale tropes doesn’t quite reach Diana Wynne Jones levels of excellence, but it does come in a close second. Cimorene is an awesome—and awesomely competent—protagonist. I definitely recommend this one to anyone who hasn’t read it yet.
What I Am Currently Reading
Zen Antics – Thomas Cleary
I picked this up this week in an attempt to read and release more volumes from my bookshelves.
The Raven Strategem – Yoon Ha Lee
I liked The Nine Fox Gambit well enough, primarily for the strength of its worldbuilding. I’m glad I stuck with the series, because about 30 percent of the way in, this volume started hitting all of my narrative kinks; worldbuilding, character development, interpersonal politics, high stakes strategy. This is good stuff.
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow – Natasha Pulley
Spoilers for page xii: Oh, jesus, Mori getting a tattoo on his forearm can only mean one thing. D: D: D:
Spoilers for chapter 1: I love the Thaniel-Fanshaw dynamic here. Also, it’s great fun to see Pulley tackling the issues fandom’s been doing for years.
In Search of Buddha’s Daughters – Christine Toomey
I’m currently on the first chapter, about martial artist Buddhist nuns in Nepal.
What I'm Reading Next
Aside from Pulley’s The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, this week I acquired Melissa Albert’s The Night Country, which I hope (I hope, I hope) does not roll back all the unique plot twists that made her first novel so good. In nonfiction, I picked up Scott Barry Kaufman’s Transcend, on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
これで以上です。
Dealing With Dragons – Patricia Wrede
A delightful book from beginning to end; I wish I’d read this as a kid. Wrede’s subversion of fairy tale tropes doesn’t quite reach Diana Wynne Jones levels of excellence, but it does come in a close second. Cimorene is an awesome—and awesomely competent—protagonist. I definitely recommend this one to anyone who hasn’t read it yet.
What I Am Currently Reading
Zen Antics – Thomas Cleary
I picked this up this week in an attempt to read and release more volumes from my bookshelves.
The Raven Strategem – Yoon Ha Lee
I liked The Nine Fox Gambit well enough, primarily for the strength of its worldbuilding. I’m glad I stuck with the series, because about 30 percent of the way in, this volume started hitting all of my narrative kinks; worldbuilding, character development, interpersonal politics, high stakes strategy. This is good stuff.
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow – Natasha Pulley
Spoilers for page xii: Oh, jesus, Mori getting a tattoo on his forearm can only mean one thing. D: D: D:
Spoilers for chapter 1: I love the Thaniel-Fanshaw dynamic here. Also, it’s great fun to see Pulley tackling the issues fandom’s been doing for years.
In Search of Buddha’s Daughters – Christine Toomey
I’m currently on the first chapter, about martial artist Buddhist nuns in Nepal.
What I'm Reading Next
Aside from Pulley’s The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, this week I acquired Melissa Albert’s The Night Country, which I hope (I hope, I hope) does not roll back all the unique plot twists that made her first novel so good. In nonfiction, I picked up Scott Barry Kaufman’s Transcend, on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
これで以上です。