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kitewithfish) wrote2023-12-30 12:49 pm
kitewithfish) wrote2023-12-30 12:49 pm
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Wednesday Reading meme (on Friday!) December 30 2023
I’m a bit late, so I’ll exclude what I read after Wednesday, but I did read and enjoy Guard! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.
What I’ve Read:
All the Hidden Paths – Foz Meadows – The author’s note calls this a novel of “what happens after you come out” and, yes, I think that’s a pretty good lens to look at this!
Plotwise, our hero had an eventful few months in the last book: in a couple of weeks, (rot13 for spoilers) where ur tbg bhgrq, tbg zneevrq, arneyl pbzzvggrq fhvpvqr, tbg uvf arj ubg uhfonaq gb snyy va ybir jvgu uvz, fbyirq n zheqre, erirnyrq n cybg, naq urycrq fgbc n cybg gb zheqre fbzrbar jub jnf gelvat gb xabpx uvf uhfonaq bhg gur yvar bs fhpprffvba.
Hidden Paths starts with the couple really starting to deal with the personal and political fallout of what has happened – it’s not quite as viscerally prone to thought of suicidal self-sacrifice, and there’s some excellent bits where the protagonist is very sneaky, and I really liked the take on the Deadly Decadent Court that Meadows played with here. It’s not quite as engaging to me as the first book, but it still has that sweet sweet “oh, god, you mean I have to DEAL with having trauma” element that I really enjoy. I do really like that no one is an idiot - there are plausible mistakes! People are not perfect! but there is a lot of careful thought.
What I’m Reading:
Ninefox Gambit – Xing Book Club – got to the mandated 50% mark and I’m actually quite engaged! No one who talked about this book mentioned the body sharing. I *love* body sharing – it’s one of my favorite tropes.
The Dark is Rising – it was pointed out in a discord group that there reading this a chapter a day for 12 days takes you thru the whole action of the book chronologically! I have never read it but it’s time.
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections in Horror - Joe Vallese (Editor) – SPN Seminar –
-Short essays where queer authors talk about horror cinema’s impact on them, with a focus on particular movies.
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson – read a few more short stories – I’m now into section 2 of the book.
What I’ll Read Next:
When Women Were Dragons - Xing Book Club
Owned and need to read: Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, California Bones, Raven Song by IA Ashcroft, At The Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard, Tamryn Eradani's Enchanting Encounters Books 2 and 3, Tom Stoppard, Invention of love, "You Just Need to Lose Weight" and Other Myths about Fatness by Aubrey Gordon
What I’ve Read:
All the Hidden Paths – Foz Meadows – The author’s note calls this a novel of “what happens after you come out” and, yes, I think that’s a pretty good lens to look at this!
Plotwise, our hero had an eventful few months in the last book: in a couple of weeks, (rot13 for spoilers) where ur tbg bhgrq, tbg zneevrq, arneyl pbzzvggrq fhvpvqr, tbg uvf arj ubg uhfonaq gb snyy va ybir jvgu uvz, fbyirq n zheqre, erirnyrq n cybg, naq urycrq fgbc n cybg gb zheqre fbzrbar jub jnf gelvat gb xabpx uvf uhfonaq bhg gur yvar bs fhpprffvba.
Hidden Paths starts with the couple really starting to deal with the personal and political fallout of what has happened – it’s not quite as viscerally prone to thought of suicidal self-sacrifice, and there’s some excellent bits where the protagonist is very sneaky, and I really liked the take on the Deadly Decadent Court that Meadows played with here. It’s not quite as engaging to me as the first book, but it still has that sweet sweet “oh, god, you mean I have to DEAL with having trauma” element that I really enjoy. I do really like that no one is an idiot - there are plausible mistakes! People are not perfect! but there is a lot of careful thought.
What I’m Reading:
Ninefox Gambit – Xing Book Club – got to the mandated 50% mark and I’m actually quite engaged! No one who talked about this book mentioned the body sharing. I *love* body sharing – it’s one of my favorite tropes.
The Dark is Rising – it was pointed out in a discord group that there reading this a chapter a day for 12 days takes you thru the whole action of the book chronologically! I have never read it but it’s time.
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections in Horror - Joe Vallese (Editor) – SPN Seminar –
-Short essays where queer authors talk about horror cinema’s impact on them, with a focus on particular movies.
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson – read a few more short stories – I’m now into section 2 of the book.
What I’ll Read Next:
When Women Were Dragons - Xing Book Club
Owned and need to read: Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, California Bones, Raven Song by IA Ashcroft, At The Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard, Tamryn Eradani's Enchanting Encounters Books 2 and 3, Tom Stoppard, Invention of love, "You Just Need to Lose Weight" and Other Myths about Fatness by Aubrey Gordon