Wednesday Reading Meme - July 25, 2023
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kitewithfishWhat I’ve Read
Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree (Hugo Nominated Novel) -Cute but light, kind of an uncomplicated ‘power of friendship’ story.
What Moves the Dead – T. Kingfisher – Loved this. Creepy mushrooms and Gothic horror. Similar premise to Mexican Gothic, different metaphor. Nonbinary lead.
Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
- Kyle Buchanan – Delightful! Like the special features on the Lord of the Rings. Minor downsides: My vaguely positive feelings about Tom Hardy are well and truly toast, and the last chapter is an ad for the Furiosa prequel.
In other news, I finished watching Severance for the Hugos and it was so good that I forgot that I wasn’t watching it for its own sake. Compelling and aesthetically beautiful.
What I’m Reading
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes – Rob Wilkins – 13% - Hugos 2023 Best Related Work Nominee (Delightful!)
Still Just a Geek – Wil Wheaton (tried this as an audiobook first and since it’s his previous memoir with lots of footnotes, that format did not work well.)
City of Stairs – 15% Xing Book Club
Kristeva Powers of Horror – 39% - static
Dracula – Keeping up with Dracula Daily
The Count of Monte Cristo – 46% - Static
The King in Yellow 25% -static
What I’ll Read Next
Horror: a very short introduction Darryl Jones.
The artist's reality : philosophies of art Mark Rothko
Helpmeet Naben Ruthnum.
Fun home : a family tragicomic Alison Bechdel.
Monstress vol. 7: Devourer
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
Nettle & Bone
The Kaiju Preservation Society
The Spare Man
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir
Owned and need to read: California Bones, Raven Song by IA Ashcroft, Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert, At The Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard, Tamryn Eradani's Enchanting Encounters Books 2 and 3, 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, Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree (Hugo Nominated Novel) -Cute but light, kind of an uncomplicated ‘power of friendship’ story.
What Moves the Dead – T. Kingfisher – Loved this. Creepy mushrooms and Gothic horror. Similar premise to Mexican Gothic, different metaphor. Nonbinary lead.
Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
- Kyle Buchanan – Delightful! Like the special features on the Lord of the Rings. Minor downsides: My vaguely positive feelings about Tom Hardy are well and truly toast, and the last chapter is an ad for the Furiosa prequel.
In other news, I finished watching Severance for the Hugos and it was so good that I forgot that I wasn’t watching it for its own sake. Compelling and aesthetically beautiful.
What I’m Reading
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes – Rob Wilkins – 13% - Hugos 2023 Best Related Work Nominee (Delightful!)
Still Just a Geek – Wil Wheaton (tried this as an audiobook first and since it’s his previous memoir with lots of footnotes, that format did not work well.)
City of Stairs – 15% Xing Book Club
Kristeva Powers of Horror – 39% - static
Dracula – Keeping up with Dracula Daily
The Count of Monte Cristo – 46% - Static
The King in Yellow 25% -static
What I’ll Read Next
Horror: a very short introduction Darryl Jones.
The artist's reality : philosophies of art Mark Rothko
Helpmeet Naben Ruthnum.
Fun home : a family tragicomic Alison Bechdel.
Monstress vol. 7: Devourer
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
Nettle & Bone
The Kaiju Preservation Society
The Spare Man
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir
Owned and need to read: California Bones, Raven Song by IA Ashcroft, Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert, At The Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard, Tamryn Eradani's Enchanting Encounters Books 2 and 3, 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, Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
