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tardis_stowawayA number of people on my friends list have been doing the What I'm Reading Wednesday meme as a semi-regular feature. I thought I might try it.
What are you currently reading?
I just started London Falling by Paul Cornell, an urban fantasy about cops who accidentally become involved with supernatural goings-on. I'm enjoying it quite a bit, although it's taking its sweet time to get to events described in the second sentence of the blurb on the cover. Still, despite the slightly slow start my attention is very much caught, and I'm enjoying the
What have you recently finished reading?
I just finished Philip Pullman's The Shadow in the North, second of the Sally Lockhart YA Victorian mystery novels. It's been a while since I read the first in that series (The Ruby in the Smoke), but I remember liking the first one better than I liked this. Sally Lockhart herself is a great character: stubborn, independent, and with a practical interest in finance that you don't often see celebrated. There was some nicely done atmospheric creepiness. Overall, however, I found this book curiously unsatisfying. There were some characters who made decisions that didn't make sense for them and some events that seemed to happen because the plot needed it rather than because they made much sense. Also, there were certain instances of genuine psychic-type powers that didn't seem to fit with the rest of the world established in the book, let alone the marketing as a mystery/thriller. If you're going to write a fantasy, then commit to it, don't just throw in a few random instances of minor characters with psychic powers as a lazy way to give your protagonists information.
What do you think you'll read next?
I bought the first volume of Saga (written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples) recently. I think that might be next on my reading list.
Meanwhile in music, I recently discovered the band Delta Rae and have been listening to their Chasing Twisters EP obsessively. You can stream the whole thing here.
Now, what you really want: kitten pictures!
Mama Biscuit teaches wee Noodles the art of sleeping in an elegant stretched-out pose.
If I fits, I sits.
My roommate left out a hamper of stuff to take to Goodwill. Kittens, you are not going to Goodwill!
What are you currently reading?
I just started London Falling by Paul Cornell, an urban fantasy about cops who accidentally become involved with supernatural goings-on. I'm enjoying it quite a bit, although it's taking its sweet time to get to events described in the second sentence of the blurb on the cover. Still, despite the slightly slow start my attention is very much caught, and I'm enjoying the
What have you recently finished reading?
I just finished Philip Pullman's The Shadow in the North, second of the Sally Lockhart YA Victorian mystery novels. It's been a while since I read the first in that series (The Ruby in the Smoke), but I remember liking the first one better than I liked this. Sally Lockhart herself is a great character: stubborn, independent, and with a practical interest in finance that you don't often see celebrated. There was some nicely done atmospheric creepiness. Overall, however, I found this book curiously unsatisfying. There were some characters who made decisions that didn't make sense for them and some events that seemed to happen because the plot needed it rather than because they made much sense. Also, there were certain instances of genuine psychic-type powers that didn't seem to fit with the rest of the world established in the book, let alone the marketing as a mystery/thriller. If you're going to write a fantasy, then commit to it, don't just throw in a few random instances of minor characters with psychic powers as a lazy way to give your protagonists information.
What do you think you'll read next?
I bought the first volume of Saga (written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples) recently. I think that might be next on my reading list.
Meanwhile in music, I recently discovered the band Delta Rae and have been listening to their Chasing Twisters EP obsessively. You can stream the whole thing here.
Now, what you really want: kitten pictures!
Mama Biscuit teaches wee Noodles the art of sleeping in an elegant stretched-out pose.
If I fits, I sits.
My roommate left out a hamper of stuff to take to Goodwill. Kittens, you are not going to Goodwill!
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Date: 2014-06-19 03:03 pm (UTC)I read the first two volumes of Saga recently and loved it. The art is amazing and so are the concepts.
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Date: 2014-06-20 07:12 pm (UTC)I am really looking forward to reading Saga!
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Date: 2014-06-20 01:11 am (UTC)Ooh, Saga, I hope you like it! It's so good. :)
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Date: 2014-06-20 07:13 pm (UTC)I am really looking forward to Saga. I'll let you know what I think of it.