wednesday reading meme
May. 21st, 2014 03:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedlamsbardOkay, I kept forgetting to do my monthly book round-ups, and at this point I kind of feel like I'm too far behind to catch up again, so let's try the Wednesday book meme.
What I've just finished
Bunker Hill - A City, A Siege, A Revolution, by Nathaniel Philbrick, which is part of my Queen's Gambit background reading. Philbrick is a good writer and very readable; this is the third book on the American Revolution I've read in the past few months, and as usual I'm always surprised by how much I don't know about the American Revolution, considering that it's, you know, the founding event of my country.
Before that I finished rereading Spindle's End by Robin McKinley, which is a retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale and one of my favorite books ever.
What I'm reading now
Right now I'm trying to clear out the unfinished books on my reading spreadsheet, but the ones I'm actively reading are: The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell (this is the fourth or fifth reread in the past couple months; I really, really, really like these books.aella_irene gave me them to me and I have never received a more painfully accurate book rec in my life), Tales of the Emerald Serpent, which is a shared world collection edited by Scott Taylor and so far pretty fun, and The Siren Depths by Martha Wells, another reread (this is, I think, the third or fourth reread. I also really like these books).
On my "in progress but not actively reading" list are The Hawkwood War by Ankaret Wells, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno, and Sunshine by Robin McKinley, the latter of which is a reread. As you can tell I am a little scatter-minded at the moment and having trouble concentrating on any single book.
I've also got some Star Wars comics that I'm rereading or trying to reread, but again, can't focus. That would be Star Wars: Republic: Darkness by John Ostrander (art by Jan Duursema) and Star Wars: Volume 1: In the Shadow of Yavin by Brian Wood (art by Carlos D'Anda).
What I'm reading next
Well, the above, and then I've got a couple of books out from the library I've had for a while and keep renewing without reading -- Melusine by Sarah Monette, The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton (reread), and How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City by Joan DeJean. And a collection of novellas from the Washington Anytime Library, which I think I picked up specifically for the Mercedes Lackey novella.
I've got a bunch of unread books on my Kindle, too, because I have a habit of distractedly buying books online, not to mention the truly enormous piles of unread books in my room and in my little book nook right outside my room. At the moment, it's usually a toss-up between actually having the energy to read something new and going for something familiar as a comfort read.
Comics-wise I've got two issues of Rat Queens I just picked up and the new Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir.
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*stares up* Dear gods, I need to be able to focus on something.
What I've just finished
Bunker Hill - A City, A Siege, A Revolution, by Nathaniel Philbrick, which is part of my Queen's Gambit background reading. Philbrick is a good writer and very readable; this is the third book on the American Revolution I've read in the past few months, and as usual I'm always surprised by how much I don't know about the American Revolution, considering that it's, you know, the founding event of my country.
Before that I finished rereading Spindle's End by Robin McKinley, which is a retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale and one of my favorite books ever.
What I'm reading now
Right now I'm trying to clear out the unfinished books on my reading spreadsheet, but the ones I'm actively reading are: The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell (this is the fourth or fifth reread in the past couple months; I really, really, really like these books.
aella_irene gave me them to me and I have never received a more painfully accurate book rec in my life), Tales of the Emerald Serpent, which is a shared world collection edited by Scott Taylor and so far pretty fun, and The Siren Depths by Martha Wells, another reread (this is, I think, the third or fourth reread. I also really like these books).On my "in progress but not actively reading" list are The Hawkwood War by Ankaret Wells, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno, and Sunshine by Robin McKinley, the latter of which is a reread. As you can tell I am a little scatter-minded at the moment and having trouble concentrating on any single book.
I've also got some Star Wars comics that I'm rereading or trying to reread, but again, can't focus. That would be Star Wars: Republic: Darkness by John Ostrander (art by Jan Duursema) and Star Wars: Volume 1: In the Shadow of Yavin by Brian Wood (art by Carlos D'Anda).
What I'm reading next
Well, the above, and then I've got a couple of books out from the library I've had for a while and keep renewing without reading -- Melusine by Sarah Monette, The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton (reread), and How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City by Joan DeJean. And a collection of novellas from the Washington Anytime Library, which I think I picked up specifically for the Mercedes Lackey novella.
I've got a bunch of unread books on my Kindle, too, because I have a habit of distractedly buying books online, not to mention the truly enormous piles of unread books in my room and in my little book nook right outside my room. At the moment, it's usually a toss-up between actually having the energy to read something new and going for something familiar as a comfort read.
Comics-wise I've got two issues of Rat Queens I just picked up and the new Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir.
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*stares up* Dear gods, I need to be able to focus on something.