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highlyeccentric) wrote2017-04-29 10:37 am
highlyeccentric) wrote2017-04-29 10:37 am
What Are You Reading (Not Actually On A) Wednesday
Currently Reading: Nothing gripping. A lot of fanfic. The usual.
Recently Finished:
CS Pacat, Captive Prince trilogy. I haven't edited my 2016 review, and my plot-related issues with the series have only exacerbated.
The Summer Palace by C.S. Pacat
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This solves exactly none of my political-world-building problems with the series, but it's pretty cute.
Meanjin Summer 2016 by Jonathan Green
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I liked this volume a lot. Alexis Wright's cover article was weighty, and absolutely worth a read.
Other highlights included:
Matthew Sini's The Marx of Queerness, a fascinating survey of the myth of "cultural marxism".
Arnold Zable's biographical essay on Sonia Lizaron, Holocaust survivor and founding member of 'The Concentration Camp Theatre'.
Andrew Ford's God and I, on writing liturgical music as an agnostic.
Fiona Wright's The Everyday Injuries, which. Wow. The woman can write. (CN: eating disorder)
Up Next: I want to get back to the Ben Aaronovitch audiobook I started on the flight back from Aus. Some audiobook time might be goood for my overall levels of chill.
Music notes:
Since last I posted re music, I have discovered that the Internet is right about Harry Styles: his new solo track is awesome. So is the new Paramore track, and I've pre-ordered that album.
I've been listening to a lot of The Black Sorrows lately, and bought the 'Hold Onto Me' album to go with the two I already have. That lead me to looking up Vika and Linda Bull, so I have a 'greatest hits acoustic' album of theirs as well.
Other music acquired:
Electric Six, 'Fire' - a pretty fun album but wow, I am not comfortable with its most successful single, 'Gay Bar'.
Eva Cassidy, 'Songbird' - a good purchase.
Chris de Burgh, 'Spanish Train and other Stories' - also part of the quest to legally acquire music I grew up with. Uncertain if this will turn out to have been worth the effort.
Recently Finished:
CS Pacat, Captive Prince trilogy. I haven't edited my 2016 review, and my plot-related issues with the series have only exacerbated.
The Summer Palace by C.S. PacatMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This solves exactly none of my political-world-building problems with the series, but it's pretty cute.
Meanjin Summer 2016 by Jonathan GreenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I liked this volume a lot. Alexis Wright's cover article was weighty, and absolutely worth a read.
Other highlights included:
Matthew Sini's The Marx of Queerness, a fascinating survey of the myth of "cultural marxism".
Arnold Zable's biographical essay on Sonia Lizaron, Holocaust survivor and founding member of 'The Concentration Camp Theatre'.
Andrew Ford's God and I, on writing liturgical music as an agnostic.
Fiona Wright's The Everyday Injuries, which. Wow. The woman can write. (CN: eating disorder)
Up Next: I want to get back to the Ben Aaronovitch audiobook I started on the flight back from Aus. Some audiobook time might be goood for my overall levels of chill.
Music notes:
Since last I posted re music, I have discovered that the Internet is right about Harry Styles: his new solo track is awesome. So is the new Paramore track, and I've pre-ordered that album.
I've been listening to a lot of The Black Sorrows lately, and bought the 'Hold Onto Me' album to go with the two I already have. That lead me to looking up Vika and Linda Bull, so I have a 'greatest hits acoustic' album of theirs as well.
Other music acquired:
Electric Six, 'Fire' - a pretty fun album but wow, I am not comfortable with its most successful single, 'Gay Bar'.
Eva Cassidy, 'Songbird' - a good purchase.
Chris de Burgh, 'Spanish Train and other Stories' - also part of the quest to legally acquire music I grew up with. Uncertain if this will turn out to have been worth the effort.