Recent reading
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luzulaBära mistel by Sara Lidman (To Carry Mistletoe, not available in English)
Sequel to The Rain Bird. This is about a woman and a man who are a traveling violin/accordion duo in the 1920's in northern Sweden. He's gay; she's unrequitedly in love with him. It does not end well. Will probably read more of the author's work; this is the third one of hers that I read and I love her language. I think I'll pick up one of her books with a wider social canvas the next time.
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
For my fannish book club. I think we all agreed that this was standard GGK fare but one of his weaker books. Also there is less and less magic in his books; I miss the magic. I read and enjoyed a lot of his books when I was younger, and I kind of feel like his style is so predictable now that I can see through it. I mean, a typical sentence goes: "And it was then, under the stars and the night sky, that [insert character's full name] realized that [insert profound insight here]." Maybe I'm being unfair now. I do wonder what I'd think of those books I loved when I was younger if I reread them now, though? Oh, and also, I am tired of all the exotic sexy prostitutes.
Sequel to The Rain Bird. This is about a woman and a man who are a traveling violin/accordion duo in the 1920's in northern Sweden. He's gay; she's unrequitedly in love with him. It does not end well. Will probably read more of the author's work; this is the third one of hers that I read and I love her language. I think I'll pick up one of her books with a wider social canvas the next time.
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
For my fannish book club. I think we all agreed that this was standard GGK fare but one of his weaker books. Also there is less and less magic in his books; I miss the magic. I read and enjoyed a lot of his books when I was younger, and I kind of feel like his style is so predictable now that I can see through it. I mean, a typical sentence goes: "And it was then, under the stars and the night sky, that [insert character's full name] realized that [insert profound insight here]." Maybe I'm being unfair now. I do wonder what I'd think of those books I loved when I was younger if I reread them now, though? Oh, and also, I am tired of all the exotic sexy prostitutes.
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Date: 2016-08-30 12:45 am (UTC)Maybe we can read her Arthur book...
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Date: 2016-08-30 05:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-08-30 07:10 pm (UTC)Her Arthur book is good! I mean, it's not the world's happiest book (because inevitable tragedy and all) but I do think it's one of her best. That I've read, anyway. Also I wrote threesome fixit fic for it.
I think my favorite King Arthur books are actually Jo Walton's The King's Peace and The King's Name, btw. Totally lacking in love triangle angst and generally awesome!
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Date: 2016-08-30 07:12 pm (UTC)(Also the point is to make other people read stuff that you want them to read. Mwa ha ha!)