Reading Wednesday 7/08
Aug. 7th, 2019 02:20 pmRecently read: Spinning silver by Naomi Novik. (c) Temeraire LLC 2018; Pub Pan Books 2019; ISBN 978-1-5098-9903-6
Pretty much all the Hugo reviews have been enthusiastic about this, and two of my partners both told me that I absolutely must read it because it's a fairy tale retelling with Lithuanian Jews. I ended up borrowing![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jack's Kindle, and reading it fairly fast during a road trip while jack was driving, so that I could return the device to him before he got too deprived of the books he was in the middle of. This is a very inconvenient arrangement and I really ought to figure out Calibre enough to be able to borrow Amazon ebooks.
I was not disappointed, I found Spinning Silver enjoyable and original and atmospheric, if a little superficial in some ways.
( detailed review, some spoilers )
Currently reading: The Storm Keeper's island by Catherine Doyle. I'm really enjoying this so far, the narrative voice which is tight third for an 11yo boy is absolutely gorgeous, just a bit sarcastic, and hilarious in a way that feels age-appropriate. Also lots of evocative descriptions of a magical landscape and of children being children.
Up next: Not sure, maybe Declare by Tim Powers, which has been on my to-read pile for ages and I feel I have energy for something complicated.
Pretty much all the Hugo reviews have been enthusiastic about this, and two of my partners both told me that I absolutely must read it because it's a fairy tale retelling with Lithuanian Jews. I ended up borrowing
jack's Kindle, and reading it fairly fast during a road trip while jack was driving, so that I could return the device to him before he got too deprived of the books he was in the middle of. This is a very inconvenient arrangement and I really ought to figure out Calibre enough to be able to borrow Amazon ebooks.I was not disappointed, I found Spinning Silver enjoyable and original and atmospheric, if a little superficial in some ways.
( detailed review, some spoilers )
Currently reading: The Storm Keeper's island by Catherine Doyle. I'm really enjoying this so far, the narrative voice which is tight third for an 11yo boy is absolutely gorgeous, just a bit sarcastic, and hilarious in a way that feels age-appropriate. Also lots of evocative descriptions of a magical landscape and of children being children.
Up next: Not sure, maybe Declare by Tim Powers, which has been on my to-read pile for ages and I feel I have energy for something complicated.
