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What I'm reading
I am about 1/4 of the way through Aliette de Bodard's Hugo-nominated novella On a Red Station, Drifting and I really like it so far. I have loved de Bodard's short stories and novels before, and although I'm sadly unfamiliar with this work's loose inspiration, A Dream of the Red Chamber, that is not detracting from my enjoyment. I have to say, though, that both covers (I'm reading the print version, although ironically de Bodard sent me the manuscript a while back and then I stupidly forgot about it; the ebook is still available) could be a lot better, to my eye.
What I've just read
I finally finished N.K. Jemisin's The Broken Kingdoms, approximately 2.5 years after putting it down because I'd speed-read my way through it in frenzy. I liked it--she is such a vivid writer--with the qualified exception of the whole "magical blindness" thing, which Jemisin herself addressed in a post on her blog. I will happily read the sequel, and her next two books. I also finished The Wild Machines, which was great.
What I'll read next
I have Karen Healey's When We Wake out from the library (yay!) and I'm still slowly trying to clear out my shelves. Possibly Akata Witch, although I know Lost Burgundy will sneak its way in there soon too.
But tomorrow I am going to see Kate Elliott (and Katherine Kerr) at Borderlands in San Francisco, and I am completely certain that Cold Steel is going to pre-empt a significant chunk of my weekend. I can't wait.
I am about 1/4 of the way through Aliette de Bodard's Hugo-nominated novella On a Red Station, Drifting and I really like it so far. I have loved de Bodard's short stories and novels before, and although I'm sadly unfamiliar with this work's loose inspiration, A Dream of the Red Chamber, that is not detracting from my enjoyment. I have to say, though, that both covers (I'm reading the print version, although ironically de Bodard sent me the manuscript a while back and then I stupidly forgot about it; the ebook is still available) could be a lot better, to my eye.
What I've just read
I finally finished N.K. Jemisin's The Broken Kingdoms, approximately 2.5 years after putting it down because I'd speed-read my way through it in frenzy. I liked it--she is such a vivid writer--with the qualified exception of the whole "magical blindness" thing, which Jemisin herself addressed in a post on her blog. I will happily read the sequel, and her next two books. I also finished The Wild Machines, which was great.
What I'll read next
I have Karen Healey's When We Wake out from the library (yay!) and I'm still slowly trying to clear out my shelves. Possibly Akata Witch, although I know Lost Burgundy will sneak its way in there soon too.
But tomorrow I am going to see Kate Elliott (and Katherine Kerr) at Borderlands in San Francisco, and I am completely certain that Cold Steel is going to pre-empt a significant chunk of my weekend. I can't wait.