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landofnowhereEdward III, William Shakespeare with an unknown coauthor. Readaloud. Like King John, this is a history play with some very good bits that doesn't quite hang together as a whole. Edward III is not a good person, as we especially see in the first half, but he is ultimately a successful king in the sense that he gains territory.
Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw. Readaloud. This was good fun, even if I was rooting for no one to get married.
Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, Brandon Sanderson. Rereads (only another 900 pages until I'm done rereading Stormlight, at which point I'll be rewarded by getting to read the last volume for the first time!). I'm getting to the point in the series where I'm finding there's a lot of plot that I've forgotten from my first read, though I remember some vague outlines.
Given Our History, Kristyn J. Miller. So I have been complaining for over two decades now about the lack of books about homeschooled kids/teens with a storyline other than "protagonist transitions to public school". And well, my generation is adults now, and we were all told to "write what you know" (though many of us ignored that and wrote fanfic/speculative stuff anyway) so it's not like there aren't people capable of writing this. Anyway I learned about this book fromladyherenya, and apparently the way to get a story about homeschooled teens published is to include it as the backstory in a second-chance romance! I enjoyed the detailed backstory that was clearly grounded in the author's experience; the problem is that the present-day academic setting does not feel grounded in the same way (this is partly that the book is doing the thing that books do with trying to act like COVID never happened, but it's not just that). I liked the protagonist's relationship with her younger sister, but the characterization of the love interest felt underdeveloped.
Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw. Readaloud. This was good fun, even if I was rooting for no one to get married.
Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, Brandon Sanderson. Rereads (only another 900 pages until I'm done rereading Stormlight, at which point I'll be rewarded by getting to read the last volume for the first time!). I'm getting to the point in the series where I'm finding there's a lot of plot that I've forgotten from my first read, though I remember some vague outlines.
Given Our History, Kristyn J. Miller. So I have been complaining for over two decades now about the lack of books about homeschooled kids/teens with a storyline other than "protagonist transitions to public school". And well, my generation is adults now, and we were all told to "write what you know" (though many of us ignored that and wrote fanfic/speculative stuff anyway) so it's not like there aren't people capable of writing this. Anyway I learned about this book from
ladyherenya, and apparently the way to get a story about homeschooled teens published is to include it as the backstory in a second-chance romance! I enjoyed the detailed backstory that was clearly grounded in the author's experience; the problem is that the present-day academic setting does not feel grounded in the same way (this is partly that the book is doing the thing that books do with trying to act like COVID never happened, but it's not just that). I liked the protagonist's relationship with her younger sister, but the characterization of the love interest felt underdeveloped.