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ironymaiden) wrote2019-01-30 02:11 pm
ironymaiden) wrote2019-01-30 02:11 pm
Reading Wednesday
Recently Finished
The Wonder Engine, the second half of T. Kingfisher's Clocktaur War. I loved it. It was a great continuation and expansion of the story of the D&D Suicide Squad from Clockwork Boys. I was even surprised by a well-earned plot twist (which doesn't happen to me often enough). It's cinematic and funny and has a nice romance plot that comes from character and doesn't mess with the fantasy action. Looking forward to reading more by this author.
Jade City - it turned out to be a bit more Godfather than Mistborn. i enjoyed it but i didn't go put a hold on the sequel.
This was a week of bouncing off of things:
DNF: Grave Mercy - it started out with some sexual assault and i apparently am not interested in starting on that note right now.
DNF: Adaptation - the coming apocalypse escalated too quickly and i didn't care about the protagonist's feelings about her debate partner. this YA was too YA for me.
DNF: Those Who Hunt the Night - the protagonist is an academic who uses his research activities to cover for being a spy. a vampire shows up in his house. they fight crime? this one sounded like it should be for me, but it was not for me this week, so i let it go back to the library.
DNF: Lud-in-the-Mist - if you loved Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell you would probably love Lud-in-the-Mist. At 70 pages (of a relatively slim volume) the mayor's son seemed to have been fairy-addled. That's pretty much all that had happened. Prose was pretty, but not for me. i tried and tried. i felt guilty, until i acknowledged that i was actively avoiding reading for several days because i was supposed to be reading Lud-in-the-Mist.
Currently Reading
Fangirl!
after being skeptical of the Rainbow Rowell hype train, i appear to have bought a coach ticket.* i am enjoying this one enough to find moments to steal for reading during the day. even more so since i read Carry On (the protagonist's fanfic that is being written during this novel) first. thus far, i think i would recommend that reading order.
What's Next
more library books, in order of return dates, and the new Wayward Children, then my gift books.
*books about contemporary white people just usually aren't for me. i don't entirely understand why i liked the mundane Attachments especially since i didn't enjoy her with-fantastical-elements Landline. but Landline seems to have been a fluke. i guess i like Rainbow Rowell?
The Wonder Engine, the second half of T. Kingfisher's Clocktaur War. I loved it. It was a great continuation and expansion of the story of the D&D Suicide Squad from Clockwork Boys. I was even surprised by a well-earned plot twist (which doesn't happen to me often enough). It's cinematic and funny and has a nice romance plot that comes from character and doesn't mess with the fantasy action. Looking forward to reading more by this author.
Jade City - it turned out to be a bit more Godfather than Mistborn. i enjoyed it but i didn't go put a hold on the sequel.
This was a week of bouncing off of things:
DNF: Grave Mercy - it started out with some sexual assault and i apparently am not interested in starting on that note right now.
DNF: Adaptation - the coming apocalypse escalated too quickly and i didn't care about the protagonist's feelings about her debate partner. this YA was too YA for me.
DNF: Those Who Hunt the Night - the protagonist is an academic who uses his research activities to cover for being a spy. a vampire shows up in his house. they fight crime? this one sounded like it should be for me, but it was not for me this week, so i let it go back to the library.
DNF: Lud-in-the-Mist - if you loved Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell you would probably love Lud-in-the-Mist. At 70 pages (of a relatively slim volume) the mayor's son seemed to have been fairy-addled. That's pretty much all that had happened. Prose was pretty, but not for me. i tried and tried. i felt guilty, until i acknowledged that i was actively avoiding reading for several days because i was supposed to be reading Lud-in-the-Mist.
Currently Reading
Fangirl!
after being skeptical of the Rainbow Rowell hype train, i appear to have bought a coach ticket.* i am enjoying this one enough to find moments to steal for reading during the day. even more so since i read Carry On (the protagonist's fanfic that is being written during this novel) first. thus far, i think i would recommend that reading order.
What's Next
more library books, in order of return dates, and the new Wayward Children, then my gift books.
*books about contemporary white people just usually aren't for me. i don't entirely understand why i liked the mundane Attachments especially since i didn't enjoy her with-fantastical-elements Landline. but Landline seems to have been a fluke. i guess i like Rainbow Rowell?
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the worldbuilding and the prose are really lovely, but from my perspective not enough happened in terms of plot or character development. this is exactly why I was ultimately disappointed with JS&MN, which I did read to the end.
you know, as I think about it, JS&MN would have been more effective as an RPG setting.
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