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-Well, I ran out of time to finish my qualifier for Sock Madness so I ended up only doing 1.75 socks, but that is enough to confirm a spot as a Cheerleader - I'll still get the patterns but won't get any prizes for completing socks in the assigned time, so it's a much more relaxed vibe.
Link to Ravelry Project Page - Engelkristall Socks -https://www.ravelry.com/projects/kitewithfish/engelkristall
Reading Wednesday Meme
What I've Read
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Narrator Jeff Woodman - I can see why this book was so impressive and important to me when I read it at age 11 or so, and it holds up pretty well. But the world is full of adaptations of And Then There Were None that are far more bloody and I think there will always be a space in the world for a mystery that is not, really, about the darkness in the human soul.
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells, Narrator Kevin R. Free - An excellent novella to revisit in audiobook form. The mystery was still pretty well put together and I enjoyed being able to spot the signs that something was amiss along with Murderbot. The only flaw with this book in audio form was that, sometimes, I had difficulty telling when Murderbot was thinking versus when they were speaking - rather key for a character who is very internal and uncomfortable with displaying emotion. I am waiting for the other audiobooks from the library but they are very long waits indeed. I liked this re-read so much that I went back to the start of Wells's Raksura series to read that - by the way, there should be more fic based in those books, they cry out for fannish engagement.
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - This book made me understand how people love anime and manga about fighting giant monsters with giant robot battle suits. Fast paced and compelling, I was supposed to read to chapter 22 and stop for my book club, but I didn't look up from the book until I checked in and realized I'd hit chapter 28 already. Soooo, I kept going and read it in a day. An excellent piece with a main character who is blisteringly, righteously furious, and willing to burn the world down to right the wrongs being done. It's a rage born out of compassion, and adaptable to new information, but not without mistakes or the capacity for tenderness. I feel like if I knew more about Chinese history I would get more out of it, but I am using it as a stepping off point and you certainly can enjoy it without that background.
Raised By Wolves by astolat - Game of Thrones, Robb Stark/Jaime Lannister - Lately, Astolat has been doing a lot of Ruined Knight Jaime Lannister Meets A Lord Worth Fighting For and I am HERE FOR IT. This fic contains a really excellent observation that I feel like George RR Martin himself might have missed - that the presence of a person called the Kingslayer, who loves Cersei more than anything, is one of the only things from keeping Robert Baratheon from being far more physically violent to his wife.
What I'm Reading
In Other Lands by Sarah Reese Brenan, Narrator Matthew Lloyd Davies - This is a GREAT audiobook version from the library. I can completely hear Elliot's voice, which is key - he's a character that hinges on being compelling and obnoxious in equal measure. (Do I love obnoxious smart people with a crippling sense of self doubt? Yes. Do I look too hard at why? No. Let me clutch John Adams and Eugenides from the Thief and Elliot Schaeffer to my chest and not think about it.)
I'm still technically holding the audiobook for One Last Stop, but I am realizing that audiobooks are hard for me to take in new stories - when my attention wanders on a book I know, I can just glide with it. Not so in audiobooks. So, I am stalled and perhaps will read the physical book if I am not knitting compulsively in the next few days.
What I'll Read Next
Five Times Frederick Wentworth Had the Breath Knocked Out of Him On the Ice (and one time he let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding) by AMarguerite - I have been SAVING this.
I have a bunch of audiobooks out of the library, so I suspect one of those are going to come up - Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice, Myke Cole The Armored Saint, Neil Gaiman's Good Omens for a re-read , and Kate Elliott's King's Dragon (Crown of Stars series) - also probably some Holly Black books.
-Well, I ran out of time to finish my qualifier for Sock Madness so I ended up only doing 1.75 socks, but that is enough to confirm a spot as a Cheerleader - I'll still get the patterns but won't get any prizes for completing socks in the assigned time, so it's a much more relaxed vibe.
Link to Ravelry Project Page - Engelkristall Socks -https://www.ravelry.com/projects/kitewithfish/engelkristall
Reading Wednesday Meme
What I've Read
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Narrator Jeff Woodman - I can see why this book was so impressive and important to me when I read it at age 11 or so, and it holds up pretty well. But the world is full of adaptations of And Then There Were None that are far more bloody and I think there will always be a space in the world for a mystery that is not, really, about the darkness in the human soul.
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells, Narrator Kevin R. Free - An excellent novella to revisit in audiobook form. The mystery was still pretty well put together and I enjoyed being able to spot the signs that something was amiss along with Murderbot. The only flaw with this book in audio form was that, sometimes, I had difficulty telling when Murderbot was thinking versus when they were speaking - rather key for a character who is very internal and uncomfortable with displaying emotion. I am waiting for the other audiobooks from the library but they are very long waits indeed. I liked this re-read so much that I went back to the start of Wells's Raksura series to read that - by the way, there should be more fic based in those books, they cry out for fannish engagement.
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - This book made me understand how people love anime and manga about fighting giant monsters with giant robot battle suits. Fast paced and compelling, I was supposed to read to chapter 22 and stop for my book club, but I didn't look up from the book until I checked in and realized I'd hit chapter 28 already. Soooo, I kept going and read it in a day. An excellent piece with a main character who is blisteringly, righteously furious, and willing to burn the world down to right the wrongs being done. It's a rage born out of compassion, and adaptable to new information, but not without mistakes or the capacity for tenderness. I feel like if I knew more about Chinese history I would get more out of it, but I am using it as a stepping off point and you certainly can enjoy it without that background.
Raised By Wolves by astolat - Game of Thrones, Robb Stark/Jaime Lannister - Lately, Astolat has been doing a lot of Ruined Knight Jaime Lannister Meets A Lord Worth Fighting For and I am HERE FOR IT. This fic contains a really excellent observation that I feel like George RR Martin himself might have missed - that the presence of a person called the Kingslayer, who loves Cersei more than anything, is one of the only things from keeping Robert Baratheon from being far more physically violent to his wife.
What I'm Reading
In Other Lands by Sarah Reese Brenan, Narrator Matthew Lloyd Davies - This is a GREAT audiobook version from the library. I can completely hear Elliot's voice, which is key - he's a character that hinges on being compelling and obnoxious in equal measure. (Do I love obnoxious smart people with a crippling sense of self doubt? Yes. Do I look too hard at why? No. Let me clutch John Adams and Eugenides from the Thief and Elliot Schaeffer to my chest and not think about it.)
I'm still technically holding the audiobook for One Last Stop, but I am realizing that audiobooks are hard for me to take in new stories - when my attention wanders on a book I know, I can just glide with it. Not so in audiobooks. So, I am stalled and perhaps will read the physical book if I am not knitting compulsively in the next few days.
What I'll Read Next
Five Times Frederick Wentworth Had the Breath Knocked Out of Him On the Ice (and one time he let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding) by AMarguerite - I have been SAVING this.
I have a bunch of audiobooks out of the library, so I suspect one of those are going to come up - Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice, Myke Cole The Armored Saint, Neil Gaiman's Good Omens for a re-read , and Kate Elliott's King's Dragon (Crown of Stars series) - also probably some Holly Black books.
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Date: 2022-03-18 12:09 am (UTC)