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What I'm reading
I finally did start reading Ôoku volume 8. It comes out in English later this month and I am enjoying it so far. Looking at volume 9, which I also have, I very much doubt that the series is going to end at 10 volumes as was originally projected. I also started reading Constance Penney's NASA/Trek, which is enjoyable thus far but also in some respects rather badly dated, as it was first published in 1997 when people were still debating the funding authorizations for the ISS. She doesn't even call it the ISS in her text. (Morbidly, the lack of discussion of the Columbia disaster is felt keenly in her discussion of awful jokes post-the Challenger disaster.) The discussion of Star Trek also feels badly dated, in a "I feel horrible about the current state of a fandom that is part of how I structure my life" way, in the Reboot era. We shall see about the rest of it.
What I just read
A lot of things! I drank beer and read Chime by Franny Billingsley on the couch last Friday and it was really good! I really liked the protagonist, Briony, and the way her story played out; it was intense and moving. I also stayed up until 2:30 am on Monday finishing The Crown of Embers, the sequel to The Girl of Fire and Thorns, by Rae Carson. I loved that one too, though in the way of second books it is a bit less revelatory than the first. I'm looking forward to the next book, The Bitter Kingdom, which is out now.
What I'll read next
A short list of the books I want to read in the next month: Bleeding Violet, Black Wine, The Privilege of the Sword, The Freedom Maze, Ôoku volume 9, Lost Burgundy.
I finally did start reading Ôoku volume 8. It comes out in English later this month and I am enjoying it so far. Looking at volume 9, which I also have, I very much doubt that the series is going to end at 10 volumes as was originally projected. I also started reading Constance Penney's NASA/Trek, which is enjoyable thus far but also in some respects rather badly dated, as it was first published in 1997 when people were still debating the funding authorizations for the ISS. She doesn't even call it the ISS in her text. (Morbidly, the lack of discussion of the Columbia disaster is felt keenly in her discussion of awful jokes post-the Challenger disaster.) The discussion of Star Trek also feels badly dated, in a "I feel horrible about the current state of a fandom that is part of how I structure my life" way, in the Reboot era. We shall see about the rest of it.
What I just read
A lot of things! I drank beer and read Chime by Franny Billingsley on the couch last Friday and it was really good! I really liked the protagonist, Briony, and the way her story played out; it was intense and moving. I also stayed up until 2:30 am on Monday finishing The Crown of Embers, the sequel to The Girl of Fire and Thorns, by Rae Carson. I loved that one too, though in the way of second books it is a bit less revelatory than the first. I'm looking forward to the next book, The Bitter Kingdom, which is out now.
What I'll read next
A short list of the books I want to read in the next month: Bleeding Violet, Black Wine, The Privilege of the Sword, The Freedom Maze, Ôoku volume 9, Lost Burgundy.