What have you been reading?

[petra]

What's good in the stuff you've been reading recently?

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[petra]

A pile of Untamed AUs, for fluff; White Fragility, for substance.

[althea_valara]

I haven't been reading because I've been really busy with a crochet project, but the project will be done this weekend. I'm looking forward to reading an ebook I have checked out. It's Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert. I discovered it from a list of BIPOC authors on Twitter, and it sounded right up my alley. The main character is a chronically ill computer geek, which I can totally relate to!

[aurumcalendula]

I've been reading a bunch of historical romances. Some of my favorites at the moment include Alyssa Cole's Loyal League series and Beverly Jenkins' Forbidden, Scarlet Peckham's The Rakess, and Cat Sebastian's Two Rogues Make a Right.

The collection Consolation Songs is also really good!

[asco]

Almost nothing. Started reading an essay by Gyorgy Lukacs on literary narration and description for some classes I will give soon, but it's going really slow.

[asco]

I really like the title of "Two Rogues Make a Right"!

[swingandswirl]

On audio, which I recommend because it's written in slam poetry, Elizabeth Acevedeo's The Poet X. SO good, and Xiomara is a delight.

Regular book, The Widows Of Malabar Hill, a mystery that's more women's fiction, but a really lovely portrait of 1920s Mumbai and two communities that don't get the attention they should, Parsis and Muslim women living in purdah.

[daegaer]

Amy Rae Durreson's Lord Heliodor's Retirement, a M/M fantasy mystery
Lina Rather's, Sisters of the Vast Black, about a convent of space-faring nuns
Lavie Tidhar's An Occupation of Angels, about an unnamed woman special operative, and the angelic occupational force she opposes.
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes a 1920s story about a middle aged woman who, being seen as little more than a burden or person to be delicately cared for by her family, runs off, takes up witchcraft and makes a deal with the devil.
Mark Lawrence, Red Sister and Grey Sister - the first two books of a trilogy about a girl in what at first seems to be a fantasy world, but is in fact science-fiction about a world entering an ice age, settled by four different alien species in the far distant past.

Plus random parts of lots of various academic books on near Eastern history and cultures.

[j00j]

Currently rereading _The Goblin Emperor_ as I don't remember it well at all and there's fic I want to read (and eventually a sequel??) .
Just finished _How to Be An Anti-Racist_ and also have some lovely fic in the "marked for later" hopper.

[mific]

Just finished and enjoyed The Book of Koli by M. R. Carey. Far future post-apocalypse, set in what used to be Britain. Start of a trilogy, next one out in Sept. Very good.
Am reading Consolation Songs and liking most of them.
Savage Season by Joe Lansdale - Hap and Leonard (1). A violent romp, with great and vivid turns of phrase. Enjoyable and I plan to read more.
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal - via audiobook. A good read.
Passage by Justin Cronin, also via audiobook. Much longer book the TV series was adapted from. A vampire apocalypse (yes, I like apocafic in general) with underlying Christian spiritual paranormal notions. Mostly good, and gripping, except for the religious themes.
And loads of fanfic, mostly Stargate Atlantis.

[petra]

Chronically ill computer geek sounds deeply relatable. I hope you enjoyed it!

[petra]

I keep meaning to try Cat Sebastien. Is Two Rogues Make A Right a good place to start?

[petra]

That sounds like heavy going. Good luck with it.

[petra]

Huh, those both sound fascinating. Thanks!

[petra]

I have the Kowal downloaded from Tor's free book giveaway and I mean to start it sooner or later. The problem with free books is I rarely feel any investment in getting started with them.

[aurumcalendula]

While it could probably work as a standalone, it's the third book in her Seducing the Sedgwicks series, and I would suggest reading the prior books (It Takes Two to Tumble and A Gentleman Never Keeps Score) first.

Maybe try The Soldier's Scoundrel to see if you like her Regency era stuff?

[petra]

I do like a good Regency. Thanks for the recommendation!

[petra]

Making a deal with the devil sounds like a fascinating beginning to a story about a woman struggling for agency!

[petra]

Oo, more Goblin Emperor would be delightful.

I'm working on "How to be an Anti-racist" too. Lots to chew on there.

[fred_mouse]

Working my way through the Hugo voters packet. Some fabulous stuff in there, but also several I've abandoned half read. Currently chortling my way through Arkady Martine's A Memory called Empire which is so clever in the way that the people are portrayed, and the interpersonal politics. I don't care how improbable any of it might be, because it is just so clever.