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wednesday reading meme
Jun. 11th, 2014 02:02 pmAck, I forgot to do this last week, much like how I forgot how to do the last five months' worth of book round-ups.
What I've just finished
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin, the first of the Matthew Swift books -- I actually read, like, the third or fourth one in the series in Leicester, which was a little confusing without having the background. This one was fun, with a really unusual magic system -- I mean, as a historian I kind of sideeye the assertion that urban magic didn't spring up until fairly recently, because it's not like cities didn't exist before the last century, but I get where Griffin is coming from there.
Rereads of The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea by Martha Wells; I just really love these books and they turned into comfort reading surprisingly quickly.
City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare's new book and the conclusion to the Mortal Instruments series. Cassandra Clare gets a lot of crap from fandom (and yes, I was in HP fandom back in the day), but the books are solid YA urban fantasy and don't deserve the hate they get from some of the older corners of fandom. COHF was a great conclusion to the series, with some nice groundwork laid for her next series.
Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh's book -- SO GOOD.
The Lost Fleet: Fearless by Jack Campbell -- another reread. I realized the other day that one of the reasons I've been doing so many rereads probably has to do with how much of my brain is taken up with my WIP right now, so I have trouble processing too much new information; I do the same thing during the school year.
What I'm currently reading
Actively reading: Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge by Martha Wells (reread), The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch (reread), The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells (reread).
In progress but not actively reading: The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army by Stephan Talty, Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno, The Hawkwood War by Ankaret Wells.
What I'm reading next
Probably one of this stack of library books, of which I have a bunch both ebooks and hardcopy, most of the former I had on hold and three just came in at once, so I kind of have to read them or wait another few months. So that's the two Ilona Andrews novels, Gunmetal Magic and Magic Rises, and then I think I'm finally going to read my first Terry Pratchett novel. (What? Yes, I did reach this age and never read any Pratchett.) Also I'm slowly rereading my namesake series, so I have Spirits White as Lightning (Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill) out from the library. (The series is called the Bedlam's Bard series. BOOM! I don't get as many questions over where my username came from as I did ten years ago, but yeah, that's where it's from.)
And the new Star Wars comic just came in, so that, right after I finish writing this post.
What I've just finished
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin, the first of the Matthew Swift books -- I actually read, like, the third or fourth one in the series in Leicester, which was a little confusing without having the background. This one was fun, with a really unusual magic system -- I mean, as a historian I kind of sideeye the assertion that urban magic didn't spring up until fairly recently, because it's not like cities didn't exist before the last century, but I get where Griffin is coming from there.
Rereads of The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea by Martha Wells; I just really love these books and they turned into comfort reading surprisingly quickly.
City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare's new book and the conclusion to the Mortal Instruments series. Cassandra Clare gets a lot of crap from fandom (and yes, I was in HP fandom back in the day), but the books are solid YA urban fantasy and don't deserve the hate they get from some of the older corners of fandom. COHF was a great conclusion to the series, with some nice groundwork laid for her next series.
Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh's book -- SO GOOD.
The Lost Fleet: Fearless by Jack Campbell -- another reread. I realized the other day that one of the reasons I've been doing so many rereads probably has to do with how much of my brain is taken up with my WIP right now, so I have trouble processing too much new information; I do the same thing during the school year.
What I'm currently reading
Actively reading: Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge by Martha Wells (reread), The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch (reread), The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells (reread).
In progress but not actively reading: The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army by Stephan Talty, Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno, The Hawkwood War by Ankaret Wells.
What I'm reading next
Probably one of this stack of library books, of which I have a bunch both ebooks and hardcopy, most of the former I had on hold and three just came in at once, so I kind of have to read them or wait another few months. So that's the two Ilona Andrews novels, Gunmetal Magic and Magic Rises, and then I think I'm finally going to read my first Terry Pratchett novel. (What? Yes, I did reach this age and never read any Pratchett.) Also I'm slowly rereading my namesake series, so I have Spirits White as Lightning (Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill) out from the library. (The series is called the Bedlam's Bard series. BOOM! I don't get as many questions over where my username came from as I did ten years ago, but yeah, that's where it's from.)
And the new Star Wars comic just came in, so that, right after I finish writing this post.