What Are You Reading Weekend
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highlyeccentricCurrently Reading:
Fiction: 'Ship of Destiny' (Robin Hobb) is taking me far too long. I think because for it, of all the books in the series, I can remember more or less what happens, I haven't been able to get sucked in.
Lit Mag: Latest Meanjin is on hiatus
Poetry: Sporadically listening to Paradise Lost, still
Academic: Working through Molly Martin's 'Castles and Space in Malory's Morte Darthur'
Other non-fiction: is on hiatus
Recently Finished:
Something Human by A.J. Demas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
AJ Demas finally released this for other platforms!
I loved it. I will say of it, primarily: thank the powers that be for a political enemies-to-lovers that *actually puts practical thought into the realities of politics vis a vis happily ever after*. I also appreciated that the historical setting wasn't a handwave 'and everything's gay in ancient greece' - there were differences between the strict taboos of one society and the toleration of the other, but even the more permissive had limits.
The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Every bit as good as I remembered. The sheer density of it - plotting and characterisation both - makes it slow going, but so good.
Common People by Tony Birch
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I knew this was going to be a great collection, and lo, it is. I think perhaps my favourite is the story of a genealogist hired by a closing-down funeral home, but it's a close call. The depth of attention here: to character, to different grades of urban, suburban and rural setting, to economic and racial factors, is phenomenal but never laboured. Brilliant work.
Online Fiction
Zulema Renee Summerfield (Guernica), The book. A beautifully constructed and crafted tale of a separation and its aftermath.
Julia Armfield, Formerly Feral, recommended by Lara Williams (Electric Lit). If I was forced to comment upon this story I would say something about adolescence and animality, but... that would be doing it a disservice.
Up Next:
I have let my library pile get out of control, but I think The Dragon Republic is a priority.
Music Notes:
I have mostly been listening to A Lot of Grace Petrie. I don't think I've linked to any since I first discovered 'Nobody Knows that I'm a Fraud', but... IS GOOD. Have enormous celebrity crush on this very minor, barely c-list celebrity, Here's 'Black Tie', which if I'm not careful will make me cry:
This (by Women of the World) is a good song:
Fiction: 'Ship of Destiny' (Robin Hobb) is taking me far too long. I think because for it, of all the books in the series, I can remember more or less what happens, I haven't been able to get sucked in.
Lit Mag: Latest Meanjin is on hiatus
Poetry: Sporadically listening to Paradise Lost, still
Academic: Working through Molly Martin's 'Castles and Space in Malory's Morte Darthur'
Other non-fiction: is on hiatus
Recently Finished:
Something Human by A.J. DemasMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
AJ Demas finally released this for other platforms!
I loved it. I will say of it, primarily: thank the powers that be for a political enemies-to-lovers that *actually puts practical thought into the realities of politics vis a vis happily ever after*. I also appreciated that the historical setting wasn't a handwave 'and everything's gay in ancient greece' - there were differences between the strict taboos of one society and the toleration of the other, but even the more permissive had limits.
The Mad Ship by Robin HobbMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Every bit as good as I remembered. The sheer density of it - plotting and characterisation both - makes it slow going, but so good.
Common People by Tony BirchMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I knew this was going to be a great collection, and lo, it is. I think perhaps my favourite is the story of a genealogist hired by a closing-down funeral home, but it's a close call. The depth of attention here: to character, to different grades of urban, suburban and rural setting, to economic and racial factors, is phenomenal but never laboured. Brilliant work.
Online Fiction
Zulema Renee Summerfield (Guernica), The book. A beautifully constructed and crafted tale of a separation and its aftermath.
Julia Armfield, Formerly Feral, recommended by Lara Williams (Electric Lit). If I was forced to comment upon this story I would say something about adolescence and animality, but... that would be doing it a disservice.
Up Next:
I have let my library pile get out of control, but I think The Dragon Republic is a priority.
Music Notes:
I have mostly been listening to A Lot of Grace Petrie. I don't think I've linked to any since I first discovered 'Nobody Knows that I'm a Fraud', but... IS GOOD. Have enormous celebrity crush on this very minor, barely c-list celebrity, Here's 'Black Tie', which if I'm not careful will make me cry:
This (by Women of the World) is a good song: