Wednesday Reading Meme
What I've Been Reading
Threshold, by Jordan L. Hawk, which is the second book in her series about Percival Whyborne, comparative philologist, and his boyfriend Griffin Flaherty, private detective, who investigate supernatural mysteries in 19th c. New England. In this one, they go to West Virginia to investigate suspicious reports from a mine owned by Whyborne's father. Not the most literary thing ever, but fun and readable!
I also read the fourth Peter Grant book, Broken Homes. I was disappointed, I must say, especially given how much I loved the first couple and all. The book was meandering and not very well-thought out, and it felt to me like a Doctor Who episode more than a real mystery, the same kind of 'well, let's just wait until the mysterious thing reveals itself and then run around!' kind of non-plot. Peter's narrative voice is beginning to grate on me some, too. I don't care about the Faceless Man, particularly, and I feel like trying to have some over-arching thing with him is killing the series. The only really good parts are the vignettes (e.g., the Fling that the gods of the Thames have). Saaaaaaad.
I also read an anthology of English translations of Greek epigrams (tr. by Gordon Fain) that I picked up at the used bookstore. They were very charming, and as I am firmly of the opinion that Greek loses almost nothing in the translation (unlike Latin; and yes, I realize this mostly speaks to my own abilities with the two), I enjoyed it ever so much more than when I've read them in Greek. (If you like Catullus, you'll like these.)
What I'm Reading Now
Still working on Livy 38 (albeit slowly).
What I'm Reading Next
Maybe the third Sarah Tolerance book. There is also apparently a novel tie-in to the Gran Hotel series that I've been watching (season 2 arrived today, and I've preordered Season 3, which will be out Aug. 28), which I think appeared during the second season, so I guess I will have to buy and read that too at some point. :)
Threshold, by Jordan L. Hawk, which is the second book in her series about Percival Whyborne, comparative philologist, and his boyfriend Griffin Flaherty, private detective, who investigate supernatural mysteries in 19th c. New England. In this one, they go to West Virginia to investigate suspicious reports from a mine owned by Whyborne's father. Not the most literary thing ever, but fun and readable!
I also read the fourth Peter Grant book, Broken Homes. I was disappointed, I must say, especially given how much I loved the first couple and all. The book was meandering and not very well-thought out, and it felt to me like a Doctor Who episode more than a real mystery, the same kind of 'well, let's just wait until the mysterious thing reveals itself and then run around!' kind of non-plot. Peter's narrative voice is beginning to grate on me some, too. I don't care about the Faceless Man, particularly, and I feel like trying to have some over-arching thing with him is killing the series. The only really good parts are the vignettes (e.g., the Fling that the gods of the Thames have). Saaaaaaad.
I also read an anthology of English translations of Greek epigrams (tr. by Gordon Fain) that I picked up at the used bookstore. They were very charming, and as I am firmly of the opinion that Greek loses almost nothing in the translation (unlike Latin; and yes, I realize this mostly speaks to my own abilities with the two), I enjoyed it ever so much more than when I've read them in Greek. (If you like Catullus, you'll like these.)
What I'm Reading Now
Still working on Livy 38 (albeit slowly).
What I'm Reading Next
Maybe the third Sarah Tolerance book. There is also apparently a novel tie-in to the Gran Hotel series that I've been watching (season 2 arrived today, and I've preordered Season 3, which will be out Aug. 28), which I think appeared during the second season, so I guess I will have to buy and read that too at some point. :)