Among Others
It's just sunny enough outside that today during my lunch hour, I went outside and finished reading Among Others (Jo Walton). It's supposed to snow at some point I think, but at one o'clock it was just like the beginning of spring - snow in the shadows of the building but lots of warmth in the sun. Still wearing my winter coat though.
Among Others, that was excellent. Oh my god. I've explained and recced it to three people today and I still can't come up with a suitable summary. Review forthcoming, after I post the Crimson Crown one (it was also excellent, but in a different way.) I'd be off to find allllll of Jo Walton's books, but I actually have a pile of sf/f on my floor right now, including the complete Lyonesse, so I have to get to those first.
But yes! If you see it on the bookshelf, grab it and see if you like it! Unqualified rec.
God, I've missed reading books. I've read so much novel-length fic, but it's not the same as a totally self-sustaining secondary fantasy. Even one with ties to the real world.
Crosspost: http://silverflight8.dreamwidth.org/126073.html.
Among Others, that was excellent. Oh my god. I've explained and recced it to three people today and I still can't come up with a suitable summary. Review forthcoming, after I post the Crimson Crown one (it was also excellent, but in a different way.) I'd be off to find allllll of Jo Walton's books, but I actually have a pile of sf/f on my floor right now, including the complete Lyonesse, so I have to get to those first.
But yes! If you see it on the bookshelf, grab it and see if you like it! Unqualified rec.
God, I've missed reading books. I've read so much novel-length fic, but it's not the same as a totally self-sustaining secondary fantasy. Even one with ties to the real world.
Crosspost: http://silverflight8.dreamwidth.org/126073.html.