September 2024 Reading Update
Oct. 5th, 2024 10:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
penwallaA truly abysmal reading month.
Currently Reading:
Queer Transfigurations edited by Thomas Baudinette
So far, I'm enjoying it. I've never read any academic work that was fandom-related, but it's nice to get that perspective, since I don't really know much about it.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Every time I recap this book I see how much I have left and I despair.
Adventures in Space edited by Patrick Parrinder
Picked this up because I'm still trying to get through the Hugo-nominated novellas and novels. I like having an anthology to pick at between books, and so far I'm enjoying it.
New Reads:
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
5/5. Really a fascinating book. I feel like the magical elements really build out the real life issues and themes Vo is trying to explore so well.
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
4/5. I thought this was very creepy and very entertaining, but not particularly deep.
Rereads:
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
5/5. Still one of my favorite books ever. Muir's prose is delightful, and this is a book I savored, reading in drips so I could linger on passages. Can't wait to finally reread Harrow the Ninth, a book I have read once over the course of a single weekend where I did myself massive psychic damage.
Persuasion by Jane Austen
4/5. Honestly, I think Captain Wentworth is kind of annoying, but I do like this novel more than I did the first time I read it. Jane Austen really brings all the characters and their foibles to life.
Currently Reading:
Queer Transfigurations edited by Thomas Baudinette
So far, I'm enjoying it. I've never read any academic work that was fandom-related, but it's nice to get that perspective, since I don't really know much about it.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Every time I recap this book I see how much I have left and I despair.
Adventures in Space edited by Patrick Parrinder
Picked this up because I'm still trying to get through the Hugo-nominated novellas and novels. I like having an anthology to pick at between books, and so far I'm enjoying it.
New Reads:
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
5/5. Really a fascinating book. I feel like the magical elements really build out the real life issues and themes Vo is trying to explore so well.
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
4/5. I thought this was very creepy and very entertaining, but not particularly deep.
Rereads:
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
5/5. Still one of my favorite books ever. Muir's prose is delightful, and this is a book I savored, reading in drips so I could linger on passages. Can't wait to finally reread Harrow the Ninth, a book I have read once over the course of a single weekend where I did myself massive psychic damage.
Persuasion by Jane Austen
4/5. Honestly, I think Captain Wentworth is kind of annoying, but I do like this novel more than I did the first time I read it. Jane Austen really brings all the characters and their foibles to life.
