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And I'm back from Bali - I promise I'll make a post with photos - and back to your regularly later-than-scheduled reading meme.
Apart from reading, I'm watching stuff. Two episodes into Defenders - so far there's too much focus on the annoying guy. Also watched the pilot of the new Ducktales show - more of that, please.
And I need to start figuring out what to nominate for Yuletide, apart from Shinya Shokudo.
What I've recently finished reading
Lois McMaster Bujold: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
I must admit, I was a bit disappointed with this book - nothing much happens, really. It continues exploring the implications of the uterine replicators, same as every Vorkosigan book, but usually they have a bit more plot outside of that. I mean, Jole seems nice enough, but - yeah. Not my favourite in the series.
Kai Ashante Wilson: The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
I'm kinda torn about this book. On one hand, it's a very well-written fantasy universe (or is it science fiction?), it's an interesting universe with the gods that went away and left their children with weird powers, I like the main characters, I like the setting, I like the writing, and I definitely want to read the next book set in the same universe.
On the other hand? Well, apart from disliking the ending (I saw Demane ending up as he did a mile away, but did they have to do that to the Captain?), well - I found most of the characters' speech annoying. I get that it's writing itself into the tradition of gritty, realistic military fantasy, but I just felt yanked out of the fiction every time one of the brothers opened his mouth. Especially the guy who kept talking French.
Benedict Jacka: Fated
A decent bit of urban fantasy a la that wizard from Chicago, with some good vs. evil sneaky politics. It has a main character with an interesting sort of magic and a few interesting minor characters, but I'm not convinced that I'll go looking for more of this.
Terry Pratchett: The Shepherd's Crown
And - apart from the last Science of book - that was my last Discworld novel. Goodbye, Discworld. And goodbye, Granny Weatherwax. It wasn't a bad book, but really - Pratchett's writing these last few years really didn't compare to how it used to be. This book - it felt so very - preachy, I suppose. Earlier books did the same thing and did it so much better - and nobody really felt like themselves. I can't help but wonder how the same tale would have been, if only it had been written 10 years earlier...
Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture
Some of the chapters were very interesting, others less so (and I am getting to the point where reading through the section of the book about "global" fandom and finding only articles about Asia is getting to be annoying. The world isn't just the Anglo-Saxon west and Asia/Africa, you know.
Katherine Arden: The Bear and the Nightingale
Very nicely written. My only complaint, really, is that it felt like it took forever to get going, and the climax felt - not very climactic. Though, since it's apparently the first in a series, I suppose that explains it.
What I'm reading now
Blue Eyed Stranger by Alex Beecroft and The Role-playing Society
What I'm reading next
Hmmm. Well, I've got the book that they published 25 years ago, last time the National Museum did the write a diary for a day thing. So - possibly that one? Speaking of - any other Danes planning on doing that? It's wednesday the 6th of October.
Total number of books and comics read this year: 141
Apart from reading, I'm watching stuff. Two episodes into Defenders - so far there's too much focus on the annoying guy. Also watched the pilot of the new Ducktales show - more of that, please.
And I need to start figuring out what to nominate for Yuletide, apart from Shinya Shokudo.
What I've recently finished reading
Lois McMaster Bujold: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
I must admit, I was a bit disappointed with this book - nothing much happens, really. It continues exploring the implications of the uterine replicators, same as every Vorkosigan book, but usually they have a bit more plot outside of that. I mean, Jole seems nice enough, but - yeah. Not my favourite in the series.
Kai Ashante Wilson: The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
I'm kinda torn about this book. On one hand, it's a very well-written fantasy universe (or is it science fiction?), it's an interesting universe with the gods that went away and left their children with weird powers, I like the main characters, I like the setting, I like the writing, and I definitely want to read the next book set in the same universe.
On the other hand? Well, apart from disliking the ending (I saw Demane ending up as he did a mile away, but did they have to do that to the Captain?), well - I found most of the characters' speech annoying. I get that it's writing itself into the tradition of gritty, realistic military fantasy, but I just felt yanked out of the fiction every time one of the brothers opened his mouth. Especially the guy who kept talking French.
Benedict Jacka: Fated
A decent bit of urban fantasy a la that wizard from Chicago, with some good vs. evil sneaky politics. It has a main character with an interesting sort of magic and a few interesting minor characters, but I'm not convinced that I'll go looking for more of this.
Terry Pratchett: The Shepherd's Crown
And - apart from the last Science of book - that was my last Discworld novel. Goodbye, Discworld. And goodbye, Granny Weatherwax. It wasn't a bad book, but really - Pratchett's writing these last few years really didn't compare to how it used to be. This book - it felt so very - preachy, I suppose. Earlier books did the same thing and did it so much better - and nobody really felt like themselves. I can't help but wonder how the same tale would have been, if only it had been written 10 years earlier...
Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture
Some of the chapters were very interesting, others less so (and I am getting to the point where reading through the section of the book about "global" fandom and finding only articles about Asia is getting to be annoying. The world isn't just the Anglo-Saxon west and Asia/Africa, you know.
Katherine Arden: The Bear and the Nightingale
Very nicely written. My only complaint, really, is that it felt like it took forever to get going, and the climax felt - not very climactic. Though, since it's apparently the first in a series, I suppose that explains it.
What I'm reading now
Blue Eyed Stranger by Alex Beecroft and The Role-playing Society
What I'm reading next
Hmmm. Well, I've got the book that they published 25 years ago, last time the National Museum did the write a diary for a day thing. So - possibly that one? Speaking of - any other Danes planning on doing that? It's wednesday the 6th of October.
Total number of books and comics read this year: 141