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What I've recently finished since my last post:

The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima - The climax was as good as expected, and I finished it really digging the protagonist's counterpart. I hope she shows up in the sequels.

100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda tr. Stephen Tapscott - Yup, that's poetry alright. Tasty, tasty poetry. Excellent for reading to your beloved when you're in separate cities, during the phone call just before going to bed. And other times.

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata tr. Edward Seidensticker - Beautiful, well-written, depressing.

Faith & Practice, Intermountain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.

The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery - Hello unexpected first-person narrator, and a male one at that. I am not sure adopting a conceit that so strongly encourages Montgomery's early tendency to episodic novel structures was the best craft choice. Some of the title character's stories are, at least, quite wonderful. Pleasant, but no Blue Castle.

I thought there was something else, but maybe not. Hmm. Lose my head next.

What I'm reading now:

The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima - Second in the trilogy. it's taking me a while to warm up to Seph the way I did Jack from the first book. Plus, no Jack's counterpart yet, though I have reason to suspect she'll show up eventually. I need to finish it soon, though, as this is from the library.

A Tangled Web by L.M. Montgomery - Still working through it, slowly. Ensemble cast is not, of course, a bad thing, but wasn't quite what I was looking for in a Montgomery book.

Spice & Wolf volume 1 by Isuna Hasekura tr. Paul Starr - European-ambient fantasy about a traveling merchant (named Lawrence, hello) who forms an unlikely partnership with a wolf-spirit on the run from being a village's harvest goddess, having tired of the job after a few centuries. Just getting started, really, but liking it so far.

What I might read next:

Pat of Silver Bush, maybe?

---L.

Date: 19 February 2014 05:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] harvestar.livejournal.com
I also really like the sequel to The Story Girl, The Golden Road.

Date: 20 February 2014 04:57 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] snakypoet
Intrigued that you are reading Montgomery, in this day and age. Mind you, she probably never goes out of fashion, and I wouldn't mind re-acquainting myself some time.

Date: 20 February 2014 09:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] snakypoet
She does! Thank you for reminding me of her.

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