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larryhammerWhat I've recently finished since last post:
Lady Knight Volant by Bracketyjack, fanfiction that aims to be a fifth Protector of the Small book, carrying the story through to the end of the Scanran war. An interesting exercise in the systematic application of Mary Sue tropes to a well-rounded character. Madge says, "Wish-fulfillment? You're soaking in it." Also, as long as a Chinese novel.
Madan no Ô to Vanadis volume 6 by Tsukasa Kawaguchi. New arc, settling, characters, and conflict were not as easy to get interested in -- when your protagonist levels up from war captive to ambassador, he has less at stake, at least until you can get him across the continent into the meat of the conflict.
Poems of Places volume 1 -- three more to go, heigh ho, to get through England. Compared to Poly-Olbion, which does get excerpted here, a piece of cake.
Honor Among Enemies by David Weber, a reread. I have no excuse.
Absolute Duo volume 1 by Takumi Hiiragi. Another near-future science fantasy set in a combat-centered high school, with fanservice for boys. Yawn. Why did I finish it? Again, I have no excuse.
A couple random volumes of Yotsuba&!, rereads of course, which are in themselves every excuse in the world.
What I'm reading now:
Some canon review for my Yuletide assignment, which must, excuse me, remain nameless.
The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse ed. by Walter Murdoch -- a 1918 collection, which means it's another lode of perfectly competent but largely ignored 19th century versification (with, admittedly, a generous helping of Victorianic sentimentalism). Nothing Aboriginal, alas -- all European-ancestry poets.
White-Haired Demoness by Liang Yusheng -- still tropin' along, to about 1/3 in. The imperial politics are getting dangerous.
What I might read next:
I'm sure I had some ideas about this somewhere. Maybe I left them in my other pants.
---L.
Lady Knight Volant by Bracketyjack, fanfiction that aims to be a fifth Protector of the Small book, carrying the story through to the end of the Scanran war. An interesting exercise in the systematic application of Mary Sue tropes to a well-rounded character. Madge says, "Wish-fulfillment? You're soaking in it." Also, as long as a Chinese novel.
Madan no Ô to Vanadis volume 6 by Tsukasa Kawaguchi. New arc, settling, characters, and conflict were not as easy to get interested in -- when your protagonist levels up from war captive to ambassador, he has less at stake, at least until you can get him across the continent into the meat of the conflict.
Poems of Places volume 1 -- three more to go, heigh ho, to get through England. Compared to Poly-Olbion, which does get excerpted here, a piece of cake.
Honor Among Enemies by David Weber, a reread. I have no excuse.
Absolute Duo volume 1 by Takumi Hiiragi. Another near-future science fantasy set in a combat-centered high school, with fanservice for boys. Yawn. Why did I finish it? Again, I have no excuse.
A couple random volumes of Yotsuba&!, rereads of course, which are in themselves every excuse in the world.
What I'm reading now:
Some canon review for my Yuletide assignment, which must, excuse me, remain nameless.
The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse ed. by Walter Murdoch -- a 1918 collection, which means it's another lode of perfectly competent but largely ignored 19th century versification (with, admittedly, a generous helping of Victorianic sentimentalism). Nothing Aboriginal, alas -- all European-ancestry poets.
White-Haired Demoness by Liang Yusheng -- still tropin' along, to about 1/3 in. The imperial politics are getting dangerous.
What I might read next:
I'm sure I had some ideas about this somewhere. Maybe I left them in my other pants.
---L.