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Reading Meme and other things...
Jan. 29th, 2014 09:41 pm1. Reading Meme...
Finished An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride which was okay. Reminded me a great deal of Captive Prince, which is a whole lot better. Both are male/male romance novels set in either a fantasy or science fiction setting, about a disposed prince who has been turned into a sex slave and is fighting to get his kingdom back. But one, An Uncommon Whore focuses more on the sexual/romantic relationship, while Captive Prince focuses more on the politics, the situation, and the friendship/love relationship.
Interesting...An Uncommon Whore not only has a sequel, but there's an illustrated version of the two books. Not sure what to make of that.
Currently Reading
* The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan - who is an interesting romance writer. She's a former law professor with an fascination with science or so I've read. Which may explain her fascination with Victorian propriety and how it not only set science back, but caged women. ( Read more... )
* The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - this is a book that you have to be in the right mood to read. It's not a page-turner. It's rather meditative actually, and highly quotable. I've found reading it before bed each night - to be relaxing. And since the chapters are only 4-5 pages long, sometimes 2 pages long - this works quite nicely.
The story is about two sisters, Laura and Iris, from 1933- 1998. Some chapters focus on Iris, who has begun to write her memoirs, and other focus on a science fiction novel written by her sister, Laura. Weaved in between are newspaper clippings on the family activities and deaths. The story jumps from the 1970s to the 1930s to the 1990s. And focuses primarily on the relationship between the two sisters and how this relationship evolved. It also focuses on writing and the craft of writing. It's a fascinating book that requires contemplation and should not be swallowed in one big gulp. The sort of book you sip, bit by delicious bit, savoring each drop.
Reading next?
Eh...I can't plan that far ahead. Whatever strikes my fancy. My current plan is to read two books at once. One before bed and at home. The other on my commute. Page-turners or lighter reads for the commute, and more literary/deeper books for bed and home. This may make it possible for me to finally read books such as 1Q84 - which is a tome and I can't lug around, Mr. Norrell and Jonathan Strange - also a tome, and Mists of Avalon, another tome.
Although, I think I'll tackle Meg Wolster's The Interestings after The Blind Assassin.
After The Countess Conspiracy - it's either Sherry Thomas' His at Night or Luckiest Lady or Beguiling the Beauty.
[My favorite romance novelists at the moment are Sherry Thomas and Courtney Milan...for angst, and Eloisa James for comedy.]
2. On a personal work related front..the news from the union is not good. ( Read more... )
Finished An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride which was okay. Reminded me a great deal of Captive Prince, which is a whole lot better. Both are male/male romance novels set in either a fantasy or science fiction setting, about a disposed prince who has been turned into a sex slave and is fighting to get his kingdom back. But one, An Uncommon Whore focuses more on the sexual/romantic relationship, while Captive Prince focuses more on the politics, the situation, and the friendship/love relationship.
Interesting...An Uncommon Whore not only has a sequel, but there's an illustrated version of the two books. Not sure what to make of that.
Currently Reading
* The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan - who is an interesting romance writer. She's a former law professor with an fascination with science or so I've read. Which may explain her fascination with Victorian propriety and how it not only set science back, but caged women. ( Read more... )
* The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - this is a book that you have to be in the right mood to read. It's not a page-turner. It's rather meditative actually, and highly quotable. I've found reading it before bed each night - to be relaxing. And since the chapters are only 4-5 pages long, sometimes 2 pages long - this works quite nicely.
The story is about two sisters, Laura and Iris, from 1933- 1998. Some chapters focus on Iris, who has begun to write her memoirs, and other focus on a science fiction novel written by her sister, Laura. Weaved in between are newspaper clippings on the family activities and deaths. The story jumps from the 1970s to the 1930s to the 1990s. And focuses primarily on the relationship between the two sisters and how this relationship evolved. It also focuses on writing and the craft of writing. It's a fascinating book that requires contemplation and should not be swallowed in one big gulp. The sort of book you sip, bit by delicious bit, savoring each drop.
Reading next?
Eh...I can't plan that far ahead. Whatever strikes my fancy. My current plan is to read two books at once. One before bed and at home. The other on my commute. Page-turners or lighter reads for the commute, and more literary/deeper books for bed and home. This may make it possible for me to finally read books such as 1Q84 - which is a tome and I can't lug around, Mr. Norrell and Jonathan Strange - also a tome, and Mists of Avalon, another tome.
Although, I think I'll tackle Meg Wolster's The Interestings after The Blind Assassin.
After The Countess Conspiracy - it's either Sherry Thomas' His at Night or Luckiest Lady or Beguiling the Beauty.
[My favorite romance novelists at the moment are Sherry Thomas and Courtney Milan...for angst, and Eloisa James for comedy.]
2. On a personal work related front..the news from the union is not good. ( Read more... )