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luzula1) I have turned in the first draft of my due South Big Bang fic! Which doesn't mean there isn't any work done--I have to do a bit of rewriting following beta feedback--but still, it's satisfying.
2) Am up to "Bounty Hunter" in my dS rewatch, and now I want Benton Fraser/Janet Morse fic, of which there is very little (I can only think of two?). I suppose I'll have to ask for it in dSSS... Also, PG, please do not have Fraser say things like "poisonous tundra beetles". *headdesks*
3) If you want an update on the environmental conflict I posted about recently, it seems that we have temporarily won! \o/ The pressure got to be too much for the logging contractor (I guess photos of white-haired older women being carried away by the police are not exactly good press) and they said they'd hold off until the Supreme Court had decided on it. And apparently there were so many people there that as soon as the police carried someone away, someone else could take their place, so not much of the forest actually got cut down. Still wish I could've been there, though. And the struggle isn't necessarily over, but still! Yay!
4) Recent books I've read:
The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff
I love Sutcliff's language and her landscape descriptions! Also I liked the BFF main characters in this one. She's written so many books, too, and I'm looking forward to reading more of them.
The Steerswoman's Road by Rosemary Kirstein
It took me some time to get into this one. I don't know why, because the main character should push my buttons: it's a woman who does important stuff, without any romance angle. Maybe it's because I came to it from Sutcliff, and I didn't enjoy the language for its own sake in this book. Anyway, it won me over with the heightened action and world-building revelations at the end, and I like the focus on critical thinking in a fantasy-type world. Will be reading the sequel.
Getting Married In Buffalo Jump by Susan Haley
I have a thing for backstory, and I liked getting more of it here. The backstory in the book is not incompatible with the movie, from what I remember, but it's not hinted at there--specifically, much of it revolves around one person who isn't present but was important to Alex and Annie, and who isn't in the movie. It's interesting to see Sophie try to piece together the different stories that people tell themselves about what actually happened.
The Jump-Off Creek by Molly Gloss
The writing is beautifully suited to the characters, and it kind of sneaks up on you so that you're surprised by how much you care about the characters by the end when they're in danger. The book is about a woman homesteader in Oregon in the 1890's, and her neighbors. I like the focus on the neighbor relationships--that isn't something you read about often. Am going to pick up Gloss' SF book The Dazzle of Day soon.
Have now started on The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, which was recced to me bymalnpudl. It's not something I would have picked up otherwise--I have no particular interest in the American Civil War--but the writing is lovely (sometimes I go back and reread passages just to enjoy the language) and yes, it is incredibly slashy.
2) Am up to "Bounty Hunter" in my dS rewatch, and now I want Benton Fraser/Janet Morse fic, of which there is very little (I can only think of two?). I suppose I'll have to ask for it in dSSS... Also, PG, please do not have Fraser say things like "poisonous tundra beetles". *headdesks*
3) If you want an update on the environmental conflict I posted about recently, it seems that we have temporarily won! \o/ The pressure got to be too much for the logging contractor (I guess photos of white-haired older women being carried away by the police are not exactly good press) and they said they'd hold off until the Supreme Court had decided on it. And apparently there were so many people there that as soon as the police carried someone away, someone else could take their place, so not much of the forest actually got cut down. Still wish I could've been there, though. And the struggle isn't necessarily over, but still! Yay!
4) Recent books I've read:
The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff
I love Sutcliff's language and her landscape descriptions! Also I liked the BFF main characters in this one. She's written so many books, too, and I'm looking forward to reading more of them.
The Steerswoman's Road by Rosemary Kirstein
It took me some time to get into this one. I don't know why, because the main character should push my buttons: it's a woman who does important stuff, without any romance angle. Maybe it's because I came to it from Sutcliff, and I didn't enjoy the language for its own sake in this book. Anyway, it won me over with the heightened action and world-building revelations at the end, and I like the focus on critical thinking in a fantasy-type world. Will be reading the sequel.
Getting Married In Buffalo Jump by Susan Haley
I have a thing for backstory, and I liked getting more of it here. The backstory in the book is not incompatible with the movie, from what I remember, but it's not hinted at there--specifically, much of it revolves around one person who isn't present but was important to Alex and Annie, and who isn't in the movie. It's interesting to see Sophie try to piece together the different stories that people tell themselves about what actually happened.
The Jump-Off Creek by Molly Gloss
The writing is beautifully suited to the characters, and it kind of sneaks up on you so that you're surprised by how much you care about the characters by the end when they're in danger. The book is about a woman homesteader in Oregon in the 1890's, and her neighbors. I like the focus on the neighbor relationships--that isn't something you read about often. Am going to pick up Gloss' SF book The Dazzle of Day soon.
Have now started on The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, which was recced to me by
malnpudl. It's not something I would have picked up otherwise--I have no particular interest in the American Civil War--but the writing is lovely (sometimes I go back and reread passages just to enjoy the language) and yes, it is incredibly slashy.
