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I am getting tons of reading done, what with all the traveling. A couple of months ago, I finally caved and got myself an ereader (a Pocketbook 360) and wow, I love it! Such a relief not be lugging lots of books around. I am reading lots of fic, too, which is a good thing since my to-read list had grown really long, but it would be far too much work to write about it all (although I do have a good workflow for leaving comments, at least).
Frontier Wolf, by Rosemary Sutcliff
By now I feel like I know what I'll get when I read a Sutcliff book. Which is not a bad thing, because I love her writing! Nnngh, there were some truly lovely descriptive passages in this book. And the characters and plot really worked for me, too. I didn't really see the Alexios/Hilarion that seems to be the popular pairing, though? Alexios/Cunorix was far more obvious to me (though wow, talk about tragic), and I see that![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
isis has recently written this pairing. *puts on to-read list* Although I mostly read this book as gen, actually--it doesn't particularly make me want shippy fic.
A Matter of Oaths, by Helen S. Wright
This has been recced on my reading list (though I don't remember by whom) and you can download it for free at the link above. It's science fiction, and my favorite bit was the worldbuilding, with spaceships being run by a tightly knit team of people communing while submerged in a "web". There's a canon gay couple and a nicely twisty plot, too. This book falls into the "I enjoyed it, but it didn't blow my mind" category, I suppose.
Frontier Wolf, by Rosemary Sutcliff
By now I feel like I know what I'll get when I read a Sutcliff book. Which is not a bad thing, because I love her writing! Nnngh, there were some truly lovely descriptive passages in this book. And the characters and plot really worked for me, too. I didn't really see the Alexios/Hilarion that seems to be the popular pairing, though? Alexios/Cunorix was far more obvious to me (though wow, talk about tragic), and I see that
isis has recently written this pairing. *puts on to-read list* Although I mostly read this book as gen, actually--it doesn't particularly make me want shippy fic. A Matter of Oaths, by Helen S. Wright
This has been recced on my reading list (though I don't remember by whom) and you can download it for free at the link above. It's science fiction, and my favorite bit was the worldbuilding, with spaceships being run by a tightly knit team of people communing while submerged in a "web". There's a canon gay couple and a nicely twisty plot, too. This book falls into the "I enjoyed it, but it didn't blow my mind" category, I suppose.
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