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highlyeccentricCurrently Reading: I'm listening through Harry Potter et la Chambre des Sècrets, which is very enjoyable and good listening practice.
Reading Monstrous Affections on the Kobo app - a paranormal anthology that I bought b/c of a Sarah Rees Brennan story, and which is turning out to be surprisingly heavy stuff. Teen pregnancy, twice so far; death of a parent, once; world war two; abusive step-parents and attempted assault; the whole works.
On Aldiko app, reading The Lesbian Premodern, which is really interesting but very tough going in pdf format.
Puttering through House of Leaves (slow, well done, but not something I'm absorbed in), the Marvel team-up anthology, and Asking the Right Questions.
Recently Finished:
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I re-read slash listened through this in free audiobook format from audiolivre.fr. It was all rather adorable, although reading again as an adult i cringed and cringed at the classism. The book is not in favour of maltreatment of the poor, per se, but it *is* vastly in favour of the rich staying rich or getting richer - Sarah deserves a life of luxury because that's what she was born to.
I found myself wishing for an alternate story where the diamond mine never paid out, but Uncle Tom searched out his friends' daughter anyway, because of a sense of justice, and he and Sarah have to adopt a lower-middle class lifestyle - and Sarah's experience as a pauper has taught her to value small comforts so she is able to comfort Uncle Tom and change his perspective or something equally twee but less... gross.
Harry Potter a l'Ecole des Sorciers by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
It was delightful to revisit The Philosopher's Stone, and excellent listening practice for me - more colloquial and faster dialogue than A Little Princess. But oh my goodness the comedian who does the reading has the MOST ANNOYING VOICE himself and then manages to magnify the annoyance for all the characters. Gaaah.
To Read Next: More Harry Potter en francais, sur youtube. Expecting a new SRB novel soon, and have ordered Stone Butch Blues.
Reading Monstrous Affections on the Kobo app - a paranormal anthology that I bought b/c of a Sarah Rees Brennan story, and which is turning out to be surprisingly heavy stuff. Teen pregnancy, twice so far; death of a parent, once; world war two; abusive step-parents and attempted assault; the whole works.
On Aldiko app, reading The Lesbian Premodern, which is really interesting but very tough going in pdf format.
Puttering through House of Leaves (slow, well done, but not something I'm absorbed in), the Marvel team-up anthology, and Asking the Right Questions.
Recently Finished:
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I re-read slash listened through this in free audiobook format from audiolivre.fr. It was all rather adorable, although reading again as an adult i cringed and cringed at the classism. The book is not in favour of maltreatment of the poor, per se, but it *is* vastly in favour of the rich staying rich or getting richer - Sarah deserves a life of luxury because that's what she was born to.
I found myself wishing for an alternate story where the diamond mine never paid out, but Uncle Tom searched out his friends' daughter anyway, because of a sense of justice, and he and Sarah have to adopt a lower-middle class lifestyle - and Sarah's experience as a pauper has taught her to value small comforts so she is able to comfort Uncle Tom and change his perspective or something equally twee but less... gross.
Harry Potter a l'Ecole des Sorciers by J.K. RowlingMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
It was delightful to revisit The Philosopher's Stone, and excellent listening practice for me - more colloquial and faster dialogue than A Little Princess. But oh my goodness the comedian who does the reading has the MOST ANNOYING VOICE himself and then manages to magnify the annoyance for all the characters. Gaaah.
To Read Next: More Harry Potter en francais, sur youtube. Expecting a new SRB novel soon, and have ordered Stone Butch Blues.
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Date: 2014-10-16 04:45 pm (UTC)