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Wed Reading Meme..and other things
Oct. 2nd, 2019 10:38 pm1. Bible Study was rather interesting and rewarding. (It was a six person group including the Minister -- who is a UU Minister by way of Judaism. Unitarian Universalism is interesting.)
At any rate -- without going into too much detail (yes, well see if I can manage that - brevity is not what I'm known for, but I've less than 15 minutes to write this) -- we has the reading of Abraham binding Issac -- known as God Tests Issac?
And the Minister gave us an oral folk legend on Abraham that flipped the whole story on its head. None of us had heard it before. (Also as an aside the Torah translation and wording is quite different than the St. James or Catholic text, and has a completely different meaning -- the words you use do matter.)
( the interpretation of an old story in a way that I'd never considered. )
2. House of X #6 -- well, Hickman has managed to completely reinvision the X-men. I've not been excited about the series like this since... well the early 1990s.
And he's delved deeply into world-building, and doing things they never did before now.
3. How to Date A Dragon by Molly Harper -- finished this today. The writing is uneven and has a lot of unnecessary typos and plot inconsistencies that I kind of hand-waved. I have a feeling these are published on the cheap? Because there's not a lot of line editing in evidence.
It's better than expected. There's a mystery and it's urban fantasy, and it's amusing. But like I said, sloppy in the writing department -- if you are picky about this sort of thing, it will bug you. I personally found it less distracting then some others I've read...there's definitely a spectrum.
The plot is sort of wackadoodle. ( spoilers )
Now, I'm reading a contemporary romance novel that appears to be an re-imagining of the Arthur Legend but in an American setting, with a Vice President(either Lancelot or Mordred - hard to say - Ethan Mowbrey), a President (Arthur - Ash), and the woman (Gwen - Greer) they both love. In this re-working, it's mentioned that Lancelot was created by the French scholars but didn't exist in the Welsh legend, in the Welsh, Mordred was the rival.
It's better written than the last book I read, I'll give it that. Granted that's not hard...
At any rate -- without going into too much detail (yes, well see if I can manage that - brevity is not what I'm known for, but I've less than 15 minutes to write this) -- we has the reading of Abraham binding Issac -- known as God Tests Issac?
And the Minister gave us an oral folk legend on Abraham that flipped the whole story on its head. None of us had heard it before. (Also as an aside the Torah translation and wording is quite different than the St. James or Catholic text, and has a completely different meaning -- the words you use do matter.)
( the interpretation of an old story in a way that I'd never considered. )
2. House of X #6 -- well, Hickman has managed to completely reinvision the X-men. I've not been excited about the series like this since... well the early 1990s.
And he's delved deeply into world-building, and doing things they never did before now.
3. How to Date A Dragon by Molly Harper -- finished this today. The writing is uneven and has a lot of unnecessary typos and plot inconsistencies that I kind of hand-waved. I have a feeling these are published on the cheap? Because there's not a lot of line editing in evidence.
It's better than expected. There's a mystery and it's urban fantasy, and it's amusing. But like I said, sloppy in the writing department -- if you are picky about this sort of thing, it will bug you. I personally found it less distracting then some others I've read...there's definitely a spectrum.
The plot is sort of wackadoodle. ( spoilers )
Now, I'm reading a contemporary romance novel that appears to be an re-imagining of the Arthur Legend but in an American setting, with a Vice President(either Lancelot or Mordred - hard to say - Ethan Mowbrey), a President (Arthur - Ash), and the woman (Gwen - Greer) they both love. In this re-working, it's mentioned that Lancelot was created by the French scholars but didn't exist in the Welsh legend, in the Welsh, Mordred was the rival.
It's better written than the last book I read, I'll give it that. Granted that's not hard...