Wednesday Reading Meme for Feb 8 2023
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kitewithfishWhat I've Read
Not much to completion, as novels go. I'm reading a fair few things that are a bit longer and I haven't finished them. So, I get to bask a bit.
I'm also posting this early because I have a lot of driving to do tomorrow and I'm not sure I'll get the time.
so you have a bad day by tagteamme https://archiveofourown.org/works/23383810 - Fandom - 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù - Shang Qinghua has a very very bad first go at sex with his ice demon boyfriend and goes for a vacation, gets kidnapped, and then ransomed back to his boo. It's self indulgent and delightful and I
set all your mind upon the steep ascent by sophronist https://archiveofourown.org/works/28516737 (WIP) This is a Star Wars story that imagines Maul, age 9, decides that he does *not* want to be raised by a horribly mean Sith Lord, and escapes to be picked up by none other than Jaster Mareel, the adoptive father of Jango Fett. This might not be for everyone, as it goes into some detailed about the after effects of long term abuse on a small child, but, given that I adore stories where suspicious grumps get a chance to grow and deal with their trauma, I'm here for it.
Blackkat has been writing a number of really good things for Febuwhump - all in Star Wars, with various levels of angst, and it's got some pretty delightful rarepairs.
What I'm Reading
Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir - Remains fascinating and also very, very confusing in places. Multiple time lines, maaaaybe multiple points of view? I am having a good and confusing time, but I am also aware that I am trying to "solve" the book rather than read it at points, so I took a couple of days off to read a book that is at a lower demand level.
Dark Rise - CS Pacat - First in an upcoming YA trilogy about a boy who might have an important destiny related to a lost civilization that needs to face down a Dark King. I think I have a good idea of what the purported big twist is going to be, but I love CS Pacat's writing so I'm along for the ride. This is also one of a few books that I can really enjoy on audiobook - usually I can only re-read things that way. But this leans into being a little repetive in a way that works for that form of intake for me. (I don't think that it's bad writing, just one that allows me to pay less active attention and not miss things.)
What I'll Read Next
Phoenix Extravagant for Sci-Fi Book Club
The Good Lord Bird - Discord book club is talking about that Feb 25th, so I should get on that.
Library book amnesty - things had been out long enough that I started to accrue fines, which is the point at which I return things. I have only Frankenstein in Baghdad, which I think I will get to eventually.
Owned and need to read: Frey Marske's A Restless Truth, and Susanna Clarke's Pirenesi California Bones, Raven Song by IA Ashcroft, Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert, Even Though I Know the End by CL Polk, True Colors by Karen Traviss, At The Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard, Tamryn Eradani's Enchanting Encounters Books 2 and 3, Like Real People Do by EL Massey, Tom Stoppard, invention of love. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty, "You Just Need to Lose Weight" and Other Myths about Fatness by Aubrey Gordon, Alisha Rai Partners in Crime, the Right Swipe, Aphorisms of Kerishdar
Not much to completion, as novels go. I'm reading a fair few things that are a bit longer and I haven't finished them. So, I get to bask a bit.
I'm also posting this early because I have a lot of driving to do tomorrow and I'm not sure I'll get the time.
so you have a bad day by tagteamme https://archiveofourown.org/works/23383810 - Fandom - 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù - Shang Qinghua has a very very bad first go at sex with his ice demon boyfriend and goes for a vacation, gets kidnapped, and then ransomed back to his boo. It's self indulgent and delightful and I
set all your mind upon the steep ascent by sophronist https://archiveofourown.org/works/28516737 (WIP) This is a Star Wars story that imagines Maul, age 9, decides that he does *not* want to be raised by a horribly mean Sith Lord, and escapes to be picked up by none other than Jaster Mareel, the adoptive father of Jango Fett. This might not be for everyone, as it goes into some detailed about the after effects of long term abuse on a small child, but, given that I adore stories where suspicious grumps get a chance to grow and deal with their trauma, I'm here for it.
Blackkat has been writing a number of really good things for Febuwhump - all in Star Wars, with various levels of angst, and it's got some pretty delightful rarepairs.
What I'm Reading
Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir - Remains fascinating and also very, very confusing in places. Multiple time lines, maaaaybe multiple points of view? I am having a good and confusing time, but I am also aware that I am trying to "solve" the book rather than read it at points, so I took a couple of days off to read a book that is at a lower demand level.
Dark Rise - CS Pacat - First in an upcoming YA trilogy about a boy who might have an important destiny related to a lost civilization that needs to face down a Dark King. I think I have a good idea of what the purported big twist is going to be, but I love CS Pacat's writing so I'm along for the ride. This is also one of a few books that I can really enjoy on audiobook - usually I can only re-read things that way. But this leans into being a little repetive in a way that works for that form of intake for me. (I don't think that it's bad writing, just one that allows me to pay less active attention and not miss things.)
What I'll Read Next
Phoenix Extravagant for Sci-Fi Book Club
The Good Lord Bird - Discord book club is talking about that Feb 25th, so I should get on that.
Library book amnesty - things had been out long enough that I started to accrue fines, which is the point at which I return things. I have only Frankenstein in Baghdad, which I think I will get to eventually.
Owned and need to read: Frey Marske's A Restless Truth, and Susanna Clarke's Pirenesi California Bones, Raven Song by IA Ashcroft, Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert, Even Though I Know the End by CL Polk, True Colors by Karen Traviss, At The Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard, Tamryn Eradani's Enchanting Encounters Books 2 and 3, Like Real People Do by EL Massey, Tom Stoppard, invention of love. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty, "You Just Need to Lose Weight" and Other Myths about Fatness by Aubrey Gordon, Alisha Rai Partners in Crime, the Right Swipe, Aphorisms of Kerishdar
