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Recent reading and listening
May. 31st, 2013 01:47 pmDogsbody, by Diana Wynne Jones
Childhood nostalgia! And entirely untouched by the suck fairy, as well. \o/ The best part of this for me is Sirius' sheer dogginess. It is so very charming. In fact, all the dogs and the cats are so well written here. And the Sun and Earth are great, too. It's kind of a weird idea to mix sentient star creatures with the legends of Arawn, but I don't even care--I'm too busy being charmed. Now I want to reread all my favorite DWJ childhood books.
Ally, by Karen Traviss (#5 in the Wess'Har series)
Still a bit ambivalent about these, and I feel that the middle books in the series could have been compressed a bit. But still, I'm interested enough to read the sixth and last book.
The Mountains of Mourning, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Ooh, this was good! I liked Miles a lot better here, without the improbable space opera antics. It was good to see more of Barrayar culture, as well.
Sword at Sunset, by Rosemary Sutcliff
I feel like I would've been more impressed by this book had I not read Jo Walton's The King's Peace and The King's Name first, because I'm pretty sure they will forever be my favorite Arthurian adaptation. Anyway, I was slow to get into Sword at Sunset--there's just so much campaigning in the first half of the book--but it did grip me in the end, and the writing is lovely as always. I'm surprised that there is no Artos/Guenhumara/Bedwyr fic on the AO3?
Fannishly, I've really enjoyed A Glorified Screw (or: Five Times Joe Kissed Billy, and One Time Billy Kissed Joe) (16565 words) by jar. I thought I'd read all the Hard Core Logo fic there was, but hey, here's a new-to-me long story (well, long for the fandom) with great writing and characterization.
Oh, and I've also been listening to this seminar series about The Silmarillion. It delights my geeky heart--about one and a half to two hours' discussion about each chapter of the book. Apparently I know The Silmarillion by heart, because I can easily follow along without rereading the book.
Childhood nostalgia! And entirely untouched by the suck fairy, as well. \o/ The best part of this for me is Sirius' sheer dogginess. It is so very charming. In fact, all the dogs and the cats are so well written here. And the Sun and Earth are great, too. It's kind of a weird idea to mix sentient star creatures with the legends of Arawn, but I don't even care--I'm too busy being charmed. Now I want to reread all my favorite DWJ childhood books.
Ally, by Karen Traviss (#5 in the Wess'Har series)
Still a bit ambivalent about these, and I feel that the middle books in the series could have been compressed a bit. But still, I'm interested enough to read the sixth and last book.
The Mountains of Mourning, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Ooh, this was good! I liked Miles a lot better here, without the improbable space opera antics. It was good to see more of Barrayar culture, as well.
Sword at Sunset, by Rosemary Sutcliff
I feel like I would've been more impressed by this book had I not read Jo Walton's The King's Peace and The King's Name first, because I'm pretty sure they will forever be my favorite Arthurian adaptation. Anyway, I was slow to get into Sword at Sunset--there's just so much campaigning in the first half of the book--but it did grip me in the end, and the writing is lovely as always. I'm surprised that there is no Artos/Guenhumara/Bedwyr fic on the AO3?
Fannishly, I've really enjoyed A Glorified Screw (or: Five Times Joe Kissed Billy, and One Time Billy Kissed Joe) (16565 words) by jar. I thought I'd read all the Hard Core Logo fic there was, but hey, here's a new-to-me long story (well, long for the fandom) with great writing and characterization.
Oh, and I've also been listening to this seminar series about The Silmarillion. It delights my geeky heart--about one and a half to two hours' discussion about each chapter of the book. Apparently I know The Silmarillion by heart, because I can easily follow along without rereading the book.
