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totally not wednesday reading meme
Jun. 28th, 2014 05:08 pmYeah, I missed last week, and then I missed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. *facepalm*
What I've just finished
Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge, by Martha Wells (reread). This is just a really enjoyable romp starring Leia and set between ANH and ESB; it's one of my favorite EU books because it's such a perfect slice of life -- that's kind of a weird way to describe it, but that's essentially what it is. Hijinks, pirates, personal and political loyalty, and probably more female characters than any other piece of Star Wars canon (or semi-canon, whatever). Such a great read; this was my fourth reread since it came out in...September? October?
Spirits White as Lightning, by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill (reread). I'm doing a slow reread of my namesake series (technically the series is called the Bedlam's Bard series, so yeah, if you were wondering where my username came from, that's it). Urban fantasy, main character is a flute-playing bard who went through some shit, disappeared Underhill for a while, and is now back in NYC to study at Julliard. There's elves and a talking gargoyle and government conspiracies.
Gunmetal Magic and Magic Rises, by Ilona Andrews, and Night Broken by Patricia Briggs -- I just kind of count these three in the same category, since they're reasonably similar urban fantasy and I read them pretty close together. Were-animal politics, largely.
The Heart of Valor, by Tanya Huff -- military sci-fi. Fun.
Terrier and Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce, both rereads. I love this Tortall so much. Alanna is my forever girl, but I adore the world-building of the Provost's Dog books. I wish there were fourteen books set in this era the way there are for the later period.
What I'm currently reading
Actively reading: Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (reread), The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend by Glenn Frankel, A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly (reread), The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells (reread).
In progress but not actively reading: Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon, Legions of Hell by C.J. Cherryh, The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch (reread), The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army by Stephan Talty, Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno, The Hawkwood War by Ankaret Wells.
...okay, Bedlam, maybe you should try finishing a couple of books before you start anything else new.
Okay, the reason I usually have so many books in progress is because I'll usually have two or three that I'm reading in hard copy -- in this case, Mastiff, The Searchers, and A Free Man of Color, and then one or two that I'm reading as an ebook on my computer, which right now is The Death of the Necromancer. If I'm reading a non-fiction book, I sometimes can't process that first thing in the morning, so I usually have a fiction book on the go at the same time to read instead. Sometimes more than one, depending what I'm in the mood for, and since the non-fiction's new to me, the fiction book I'm reading is usually a reread because if it's new I almost always go straight through it. If it doesn't grab me enough to read straight through -- you'll notice on the in-progress but not active list there are a bunch of new books -- then it can take me weeks or months to read because I'm just not that compelled to read it.
What I'm reading next
The Neon Court by Kate Griffin just arrived in the mail, and I've got Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff and Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn out from the Washington Anytime Library. I kind of want to do a full on Tortall reread, so I might do that.
On the other hand, I could theoretically finish some of those books on the in progress list. Nah. That would be crazy.
What I've just finished
Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge, by Martha Wells (reread). This is just a really enjoyable romp starring Leia and set between ANH and ESB; it's one of my favorite EU books because it's such a perfect slice of life -- that's kind of a weird way to describe it, but that's essentially what it is. Hijinks, pirates, personal and political loyalty, and probably more female characters than any other piece of Star Wars canon (or semi-canon, whatever). Such a great read; this was my fourth reread since it came out in...September? October?
Spirits White as Lightning, by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill (reread). I'm doing a slow reread of my namesake series (technically the series is called the Bedlam's Bard series, so yeah, if you were wondering where my username came from, that's it). Urban fantasy, main character is a flute-playing bard who went through some shit, disappeared Underhill for a while, and is now back in NYC to study at Julliard. There's elves and a talking gargoyle and government conspiracies.
Gunmetal Magic and Magic Rises, by Ilona Andrews, and Night Broken by Patricia Briggs -- I just kind of count these three in the same category, since they're reasonably similar urban fantasy and I read them pretty close together. Were-animal politics, largely.
The Heart of Valor, by Tanya Huff -- military sci-fi. Fun.
Terrier and Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce, both rereads. I love this Tortall so much. Alanna is my forever girl, but I adore the world-building of the Provost's Dog books. I wish there were fourteen books set in this era the way there are for the later period.
What I'm currently reading
Actively reading: Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (reread), The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend by Glenn Frankel, A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly (reread), The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells (reread).
In progress but not actively reading: Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon, Legions of Hell by C.J. Cherryh, The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch (reread), The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army by Stephan Talty, Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno, The Hawkwood War by Ankaret Wells.
...okay, Bedlam, maybe you should try finishing a couple of books before you start anything else new.
Okay, the reason I usually have so many books in progress is because I'll usually have two or three that I'm reading in hard copy -- in this case, Mastiff, The Searchers, and A Free Man of Color, and then one or two that I'm reading as an ebook on my computer, which right now is The Death of the Necromancer. If I'm reading a non-fiction book, I sometimes can't process that first thing in the morning, so I usually have a fiction book on the go at the same time to read instead. Sometimes more than one, depending what I'm in the mood for, and since the non-fiction's new to me, the fiction book I'm reading is usually a reread because if it's new I almost always go straight through it. If it doesn't grab me enough to read straight through -- you'll notice on the in-progress but not active list there are a bunch of new books -- then it can take me weeks or months to read because I'm just not that compelled to read it.
What I'm reading next
The Neon Court by Kate Griffin just arrived in the mail, and I've got Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff and Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn out from the Washington Anytime Library. I kind of want to do a full on Tortall reread, so I might do that.
On the other hand, I could theoretically finish some of those books on the in progress list. Nah. That would be crazy.