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Sep. 18th, 2013 18:56![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starladyWhat I'm reading
Well, I just started The Freedom Maze, and I expect it won't take me too long given how big the font is. I am only one chapter in so I have no real opinions so far. I am also about halfway through Ôoku volume 9. As much as the straightwashing in general and of the Tsunayoshi volumes in particular bothers me now, I think those ones (5 and 6) may have been the strongest in the series. Well, 7 is great too because Yoshimune. And the earlier ones are also great in their angst-fest way. I'll be fascinated to see how Yoshinaga handles Tokugawa Ienari. And I'm still kind of dreading the ultimate denouement. In the meantime, though, the Hiraga Gennai plotline looks like it's going to be heating up in volume 10.
What I've just read
In the continuing annals of "questionable but enjoyable life choices," I laid on the couch and devoured Rae Carson's The Bitter Kingdom in one sitting on Sunday night. I liked it quite a lot in the end! And on Saturday I laid on the couch and devoured The Secret Journal of Beatrice Hassi Barahal, the Kate Elliott/Julie Dillon collaboration that extends the story of the Spiritwalker trilogy as well as telling it, in highly abbreviated form, from Beatrice's point of view. Beatrice is a BAMF, the illustrations are gorgeous, and I quite enjoyed it. It's available from Crabtank as a print volume or as a PDF.
What I'll read next
Whatever I can. More seriously, I want to take Lost Burgundy on the road to Minneapolis with me next weekend. Other than that, I don't know. It's long past time for me to switch to reading academic books for my qualifying exam. More realistically, I will probably try to tackle The Privilege of the Sword before Sirens. And then who knows.
Well, I just started The Freedom Maze, and I expect it won't take me too long given how big the font is. I am only one chapter in so I have no real opinions so far. I am also about halfway through Ôoku volume 9. As much as the straightwashing in general and of the Tsunayoshi volumes in particular bothers me now, I think those ones (5 and 6) may have been the strongest in the series. Well, 7 is great too because Yoshimune. And the earlier ones are also great in their angst-fest way. I'll be fascinated to see how Yoshinaga handles Tokugawa Ienari. And I'm still kind of dreading the ultimate denouement. In the meantime, though, the Hiraga Gennai plotline looks like it's going to be heating up in volume 10.
What I've just read
In the continuing annals of "questionable but enjoyable life choices," I laid on the couch and devoured Rae Carson's The Bitter Kingdom in one sitting on Sunday night. I liked it quite a lot in the end! And on Saturday I laid on the couch and devoured The Secret Journal of Beatrice Hassi Barahal, the Kate Elliott/Julie Dillon collaboration that extends the story of the Spiritwalker trilogy as well as telling it, in highly abbreviated form, from Beatrice's point of view. Beatrice is a BAMF, the illustrations are gorgeous, and I quite enjoyed it. It's available from Crabtank as a print volume or as a PDF.
What I'll read next
Whatever I can. More seriously, I want to take Lost Burgundy on the road to Minneapolis with me next weekend. Other than that, I don't know. It's long past time for me to switch to reading academic books for my qualifying exam. More realistically, I will probably try to tackle The Privilege of the Sword before Sirens. And then who knows.
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Date: 2013-09-19 04:40 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-09-19 04:45 (UTC)And yes, the Secret Journal is fun, and a quick read!
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Date: 2013-09-19 06:56 (UTC)