Wednesday Reading Meme

What I've Read:

 

May the Blood Run Pure by Wanda Walker (Patreon exclusive - https://www.patreon.com/wanda_walker/posts?filters[tag]=May%20the%20Blood%20Run%20Pure) - Walker writes some fantasy that I really enjoy, and this one was a book that I had started tofollow back when she was publishing it in 2018. I'm glad I finished it and it was a fun read with interesting worldbuilding. 

 

static electricity, dreaming of lightning by blackkat - https://archiveofourown.org/works/21826273 - fanfic - Moon Knight from Marvel comics ends up in the Clone Wars Cartoon - fun characters, love watching Marc and Cody try to figure each other out. Unfinished and will probably always remain so, but very fun. 

 

Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore - Book Club book - A wild ride! "Science fantasy" is a good term for it- while the worldbuilding grounded the beginning of the book in semi-realistic world where aliens live inside of language and can subtly hack the human mind and the perceived world, the latter half of the book is half video game and half fantasy novel. Moore tied two plays that he'd previously written into a new unified whole with this book, and I don't think I've read anything quite like it. While I really enjoyed the plot and unswerving forward momentum of the book, I felt like the internal life of the characters was a bit thin. The dialogue was fantastic, but sometimes it felt like the internal voice of Isobel was exactly the same as external one.  I could easily see the story working really well as a movie, where actors' choices bring more depth to each role. I'd recommend it! 

 

What I'm Reading:

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik -I finally got to start this one, and ooooh, I'm really enjoying it. I'll try not to spoil anything since this the series end and it's all relatively new books, but I'm really interested in how El is coping with the ending of the last book, and how she's judging the choices that others have made in the context of the newly expanded world we get to see. 

Two Old Women by Velma Wallis - A very quick read, and I'm trying to get it done before I return this overdue book to the library. I'm vaguely considering setting myself a goal for books by Indigenous authors for the year. 

Homeworld Elegy - Ashcroft Writes - Star Wars AU - Obi-Wan/ Cad Bane - Stalled out in Chapter 2, where Bane goes to one of the occupied Duros space stations under an alias to work for the Republic intelligence service. I'm actually really excited to read this, I just seem to get distracted from it. 

What I'll Read Next
Library books have priority
:Darth Maul: Lockdown
Whale Rider
Thrawn -Heir to the Empire 

Things I own: Might re-read City of Lies in order to get back on the page for the sequel book. 
Hunting Towards Heartstill -blackkat
Think of England - KJ charles

I didn't really set a firm goal for reading a set number of books this year, but I've had a mental stake that I would like to aim for 100 books. And I'm counting fanfic towards that as long as it feels like it's at least a novel or a chunky novella. Based on my Reading Journal notes, aka, the physical notebook I set up back in January this year, I just hit 80 books