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landofnowherePrincess Napraxine, Ouida. Exciting plot developments, and I am now very very concerned on behalf of a certain character in advance of the final book club installment. (Will be writing more when the next readalong post goes up chez lunabee34.)
As You Like It, Shakespeare. Play readaloud. This play no longer holds any surprises for me, but it's still delightful fluff with some depth!
The Sibyl in Her Grave, Sarah Caudwell. I needed a book for a 5-hour plane trip, and this did an excellent job of filling the time. I'm glad I was warned this was darker than the other Hilary Tamar books, but it is also very well-plotted with multiple layers of misdirection. (Also, the new cover does not live up to the Edward Gorey glory of the original cover.)
The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, Brandon Sanderson. Continuing along with these though I am very much not going to catch up before book 5 comes out next week (especially as I did not take Words of Radiance along on Thanksgiving travel). I still really like the start of Words of Radiance, and hope it keeps up (though I know I'll be getting another regularly scheduled installment of Kaladin angst.)
The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt. For people who haven't heard this recommended/reviewed already, this is a literary novel about an American-born, Oxford-educated, graduate school drop out single mom and her son, who is a polyglot prodigy à la John Stuart Mill. I'm about 2/3 of the way through, and I can tell that this book is trying to do something ambitious, but I'm not really sure where it's going and what the payoff will be. I am however very much enjoying the language.
lunabee34.)As You Like It, Shakespeare. Play readaloud. This play no longer holds any surprises for me, but it's still delightful fluff with some depth!
The Sibyl in Her Grave, Sarah Caudwell. I needed a book for a 5-hour plane trip, and this did an excellent job of filling the time. I'm glad I was warned this was darker than the other Hilary Tamar books, but it is also very well-plotted with multiple layers of misdirection. (Also, the new cover does not live up to the Edward Gorey glory of the original cover.)
The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, Brandon Sanderson. Continuing along with these though I am very much not going to catch up before book 5 comes out next week (especially as I did not take Words of Radiance along on Thanksgiving travel). I still really like the start of Words of Radiance, and hope it keeps up (though I know I'll be getting another regularly scheduled installment of Kaladin angst.)
The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt. For people who haven't heard this recommended/reviewed already, this is a literary novel about an American-born, Oxford-educated, graduate school drop out single mom and her son, who is a polyglot prodigy à la John Stuart Mill. I'm about 2/3 of the way through, and I can tell that this book is trying to do something ambitious, but I'm not really sure where it's going and what the payoff will be. I am however very much enjoying the language.
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Date: 28 Nov 2024 11:42 (UTC)