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Gail Carriger: Timeless
I'm a little sad to see the Parasol Protectorate come to an end, but then, the author is already working on two other series set in the same universe - and one of them will be about a grown-up Prudence, giving a convenient time-frame of Biffy and Professor Lyall being due for a reunion right about then (I am sad that Biffy/Lord Akeldama didn't work out, but B/PL's cute, and Biffy is going to be the dandy-est Alpha ever - I kind of picture him a bit like Lord Peter Wimsey, monocle and all, only with a wolf's head - yes, I am silly).
Dette er ikke en krimi
This is a short story collection of stories that where supposed to deconstruct or challenge the tradition mystery genre, and mostly? Sort of dull, actually. I mean, some of the stories are alright, but most don't quite seem to fully appreciate what deconstruction is. One story I quite liked, though, was Svend Åge Madsens Dette er ikke nogen fortælling, which is fun satire about a journalism student who arrives in tiny town and - because she knows that tiny towns always harbour secrets - bloody, criminal, outrageous secrets - she proceeds to find them. It reminded me why I keep wanting to read more SÅM - oh, that damn to-read-list just keeps growing.
Per Olov Enquist: Livläkarens Besök
I don't get why POE keeps bitching about En Kongelig Affære - I mean, yes, his book and the movie are kind of alike, because they are both the story of Struensee, Caroline Mathilde and Christian VII, but honestly, it's two completely different spins, and anyway, he's a Swede. Why is he so pissed off about a Danish movie about a Danish historical event?
Naomi Novik: Crucible of Gold
I hope the hint I thought I read in the end of this is true and the journey is going to have to be by way of the States, since I am actually curious about this world's US. Besides, I sort of suspect at least part of the plot of this series is an excuse to show off all the different cultures and how they interact with dragons (I'm beginning to wonder exactly how Europe wound up having the dragons subservient, considering everywhere else they are either equal or large and in charge, but nevermind). Also, the alternate universe aspect has deviated sufficiently from our world to make it actually interesting to see who is going to win the Napoleonic Wars - I mean, historical novels are great, but in some ways, they suffer from the same problem as prequels - ultimately, you know how it has to end. Which can't be an easy situation to produce a good story in, you know?
Dan Slott: Time Trials
You know what I quite like about this She-Hulk series? The way it shows a lot of the ways a superhero universe impacts the more mundane world. For instance, apparently there is such a thing as Green Cross, an NGO dedicated to repairing Hulk- and gamma-monster-related damage, founded by a guy who, as a kid, dared one Rick Jones to trespass on a testing ground. On the other hand, the idea of a superhero lawfirm being new and exiting and going new places (well, part of a lawfirm) in the Marvel-verse kind of - well, superheroes and villains has been a part of this world for generations, right? Since WWII at least. So, how are people even capable of thinking of these things as truly separate from the rest of the world? How is it that people in superhero universes seem to have an uncanny ability to determine when something is "super", that is, deviates from what our world has? How does the very existence and the consequences of the existence of superbeings of various shades still come across as news to everybody? It - doesn't quite compute. I mean, if it was a mostly recent development, like in the new movies, but in the main Marvel-verse? It should be nothing new under the sun...
Total number of books and comics read this month: 29
Currently reading: Tallula Rising by Glen Duncan and Le bibendum celeste by Nicolas de Crécy.
I'm a little sad to see the Parasol Protectorate come to an end, but then, the author is already working on two other series set in the same universe - and one of them will be about a grown-up Prudence, giving a convenient time-frame of Biffy and Professor Lyall being due for a reunion right about then (I am sad that Biffy/Lord Akeldama didn't work out, but B/PL's cute, and Biffy is going to be the dandy-est Alpha ever - I kind of picture him a bit like Lord Peter Wimsey, monocle and all, only with a wolf's head - yes, I am silly).
Dette er ikke en krimi
This is a short story collection of stories that where supposed to deconstruct or challenge the tradition mystery genre, and mostly? Sort of dull, actually. I mean, some of the stories are alright, but most don't quite seem to fully appreciate what deconstruction is. One story I quite liked, though, was Svend Åge Madsens Dette er ikke nogen fortælling, which is fun satire about a journalism student who arrives in tiny town and - because she knows that tiny towns always harbour secrets - bloody, criminal, outrageous secrets - she proceeds to find them. It reminded me why I keep wanting to read more SÅM - oh, that damn to-read-list just keeps growing.
Per Olov Enquist: Livläkarens Besök
I don't get why POE keeps bitching about En Kongelig Affære - I mean, yes, his book and the movie are kind of alike, because they are both the story of Struensee, Caroline Mathilde and Christian VII, but honestly, it's two completely different spins, and anyway, he's a Swede. Why is he so pissed off about a Danish movie about a Danish historical event?
Naomi Novik: Crucible of Gold
I hope the hint I thought I read in the end of this is true and the journey is going to have to be by way of the States, since I am actually curious about this world's US. Besides, I sort of suspect at least part of the plot of this series is an excuse to show off all the different cultures and how they interact with dragons (I'm beginning to wonder exactly how Europe wound up having the dragons subservient, considering everywhere else they are either equal or large and in charge, but nevermind). Also, the alternate universe aspect has deviated sufficiently from our world to make it actually interesting to see who is going to win the Napoleonic Wars - I mean, historical novels are great, but in some ways, they suffer from the same problem as prequels - ultimately, you know how it has to end. Which can't be an easy situation to produce a good story in, you know?
Dan Slott: Time Trials
You know what I quite like about this She-Hulk series? The way it shows a lot of the ways a superhero universe impacts the more mundane world. For instance, apparently there is such a thing as Green Cross, an NGO dedicated to repairing Hulk- and gamma-monster-related damage, founded by a guy who, as a kid, dared one Rick Jones to trespass on a testing ground. On the other hand, the idea of a superhero lawfirm being new and exiting and going new places (well, part of a lawfirm) in the Marvel-verse kind of - well, superheroes and villains has been a part of this world for generations, right? Since WWII at least. So, how are people even capable of thinking of these things as truly separate from the rest of the world? How is it that people in superhero universes seem to have an uncanny ability to determine when something is "super", that is, deviates from what our world has? How does the very existence and the consequences of the existence of superbeings of various shades still come across as news to everybody? It - doesn't quite compute. I mean, if it was a mostly recent development, like in the new movies, but in the main Marvel-verse? It should be nothing new under the sun...
Total number of books and comics read this month: 29
Currently reading: Tallula Rising by Glen Duncan and Le bibendum celeste by Nicolas de Crécy.
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