reading wednesday
I want to actually keep track of what I'm reading? Both because I think it'd be great to have a record of what I thought of a book at the time, and also to keep me on task so that I actually get things read! (For purposes of this meme fic is totally fair game.) And so, Reading Wednesday!
What did you recently finish reading?
Les Miserables! Or ... okay, I have a confession, which is that I got totally stuck in the last hundred pages. When Javert died, that was all my favorite characters dead, except for Jean Valjean, stuck in one of his really martyr-y phases. And there comes a certain point that you want to punch everyone in the face so much that you stop! But I loved Eponine and Gavroche and Grantaire and Javert so much, and I'm glad I finally sat down and gave the Brick a read; I've been meaning to since I teched the musical in high school, so go me.
What are you currently reading?
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson. This book has been going around my reading page, and seriously, the recs had me at "Post-apocalyptic retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh." I'm not very far yet! But it is REALLY GOOD so far.
What do you think you'll read next?
Either Jo Walton's Lifelode, since I acquired it at WisCon, or Tides by Betsy Cornwell; she was a friend in college, and I proofed an early draft but haven't actually seen it since, so I'm very excited about that one.
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What did you recently finish reading?
Les Miserables! Or ... okay, I have a confession, which is that I got totally stuck in the last hundred pages. When Javert died, that was all my favorite characters dead, except for Jean Valjean, stuck in one of his really martyr-y phases. And there comes a certain point that you want to punch everyone in the face so much that you stop! But I loved Eponine and Gavroche and Grantaire and Javert so much, and I'm glad I finally sat down and gave the Brick a read; I've been meaning to since I teched the musical in high school, so go me.
What are you currently reading?
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson. This book has been going around my reading page, and seriously, the recs had me at "Post-apocalyptic retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh." I'm not very far yet! But it is REALLY GOOD so far.
What do you think you'll read next?
Either Jo Walton's Lifelode, since I acquired it at WisCon, or Tides by Betsy Cornwell; she was a friend in college, and I proofed an early draft but haven't actually seen it since, so I'm very excited about that one.
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