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Recent reading
Sep. 12th, 2024 09:23 amAaaah. Today I am up early to go to the appointment where the house changes owners, and tomorrow I move. I suppose it's understandable that I didn't sleep well last night, but it's ironic that this happens just when I most need to sleep well.
Babel by R F Kuang (2022, audiobook)
For book club. I thought the central idea of the book (the linguistics magic) was very cool, and found the book page-turney and interesting! Perhaps it's a little on the nose about colonialism being bad, which was reinforced by the footnotes being read by a different person, so before I understood that they were footnotes, I thought it was a little voice coming in to point out all the things that were racist. But hey, colonialism is bad, and it's good to read that perspective along with the regency romances. The other things I want to say are spoilery. ( Read more... )
System Collapse by Martha Wells (2024)
Murderbot! Murderbot is much more stressed out than I am. I don't have anything deep to say about this book, but it's good to read another installment in a series you already know you like. Also, I'm impressed by Well's ability to write action scenes in a way that is 1) easy to understand, and 2) engaging. It's in the character voice, I suppose.
Babel by R F Kuang (2022, audiobook)
For book club. I thought the central idea of the book (the linguistics magic) was very cool, and found the book page-turney and interesting! Perhaps it's a little on the nose about colonialism being bad, which was reinforced by the footnotes being read by a different person, so before I understood that they were footnotes, I thought it was a little voice coming in to point out all the things that were racist. But hey, colonialism is bad, and it's good to read that perspective along with the regency romances. The other things I want to say are spoilery. ( Read more... )
System Collapse by Martha Wells (2024)
Murderbot! Murderbot is much more stressed out than I am. I don't have anything deep to say about this book, but it's good to read another installment in a series you already know you like. Also, I'm impressed by Well's ability to write action scenes in a way that is 1) easy to understand, and 2) engaging. It's in the character voice, I suppose.
