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Wednesday. Memeday for reading. And I even finished something:
A Succession of Bad Days by Graydon Saunders, the "egalatarian fantasy" sequel to The March North (read last year). Interesting how, given the first book is so thoroughly focused on the external conflicts that, until late in the story, the internal ones only show sideways through the narrator's details, here the focus is so tightly on the internal conflicts of a sorcerer-in-training who must, literally, remake himself or die (which means figuring out into who) that the external conflicts stay veiled until near the end. Picks up not long after the end of the first book, and assumes some knowledge of the characters and events but without clearly explaining much of it, so you may need to read The March North first? -- dunno. Highly enjoyable, especially if you like competence porn centered on civil engineering.
In progress:
Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer, one that I bounced off when I tried before. Mid-level Heyer, with many familiar elements and several characters who aren't as engaging as they might be (including, alas, the titular heroine). Am about 2/3 of the way through and amused by how many kidnapping plots are piling up.
Eon by Allison Goodman, another I once bounced off and am trying again. At the moment, I'm stalled halfway through. YA fantasy with a lot of elements I ought to like (including Chinese template for the fantasy world) but I can't help but compare the protagonist to Maia from The Goblin Emperor, to not good effect. Good chance of becoming DNF before it comes due at the library (especially if my hold on Ancillary Mercy comes up).
Life and Society in the Hittite World by Trevor Bryce, because Hittites. Am only about 1/3 through, mostly because I get to read it only during weekend naptimes, but enjoying it quite a bit, because Hittites. Recommended if "because Hittites" works for you.
---L.
Subject quote from "The Prophecy of Samuel Sewall," John Greenleaf Whittier.
A Succession of Bad Days by Graydon Saunders, the "egalatarian fantasy" sequel to The March North (read last year). Interesting how, given the first book is so thoroughly focused on the external conflicts that, until late in the story, the internal ones only show sideways through the narrator's details, here the focus is so tightly on the internal conflicts of a sorcerer-in-training who must, literally, remake himself or die (which means figuring out into who) that the external conflicts stay veiled until near the end. Picks up not long after the end of the first book, and assumes some knowledge of the characters and events but without clearly explaining much of it, so you may need to read The March North first? -- dunno. Highly enjoyable, especially if you like competence porn centered on civil engineering.
In progress:
Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer, one that I bounced off when I tried before. Mid-level Heyer, with many familiar elements and several characters who aren't as engaging as they might be (including, alas, the titular heroine). Am about 2/3 of the way through and amused by how many kidnapping plots are piling up.
Eon by Allison Goodman, another I once bounced off and am trying again. At the moment, I'm stalled halfway through. YA fantasy with a lot of elements I ought to like (including Chinese template for the fantasy world) but I can't help but compare the protagonist to Maia from The Goblin Emperor, to not good effect. Good chance of becoming DNF before it comes due at the library (especially if my hold on Ancillary Mercy comes up).
Life and Society in the Hittite World by Trevor Bryce, because Hittites. Am only about 1/3 through, mostly because I get to read it only during weekend naptimes, but enjoying it quite a bit, because Hittites. Recommended if "because Hittites" works for you.
---L.
Subject quote from "The Prophecy of Samuel Sewall," John Greenleaf Whittier.