The effect of my cold is that it's hard to concentrate on reading, soooo I haven't done much of that, oh well.

Currently reading: The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold: Adventures Along the Iron Curtain Trail by Tim Moore. The author's writing style is entertaining, but I keep getting gobsmacked by how utterly stupid some of his decisions are. Or ( Read more... )

☆ Reading Wednesday: Somewhat in the middle of reading a poetry collection, Calling down the sky by Rosanna Deerchild. I say "sort of" because I've kind of put it on hold for now, since I'm having difficulty focusing. It's very strong poetry and I really love her style (it's, hmm, I guess you could say it's both sparse and conversational at the ( Read more... )

Finished reading: Today I Learned It Was You by Ed Riche. Nowhere near as funny as Rare Birds, unfortunately, but it wasn't bad. The thing is, I love Riche's writing, and he has such a way of painting a wide variety of characters, from many different walks of life, and of different personalities, all sketched out very realistically. These people ( Read more... )

Finished reading: Frogs in the Rain Barrel by Sally Ito. After some of the previous volumes I've read through by other poets, this one was kind of a balm for my mind - while not all of her work clicked with me, Ito's work is close to my taste. It has a simple elegance, a sort of... just-right-ness, with lots of imagery that is vivid but not florid ( Read more... )

Finished reading: The Quiet by Anne-Marie Turza. Her style of poetry is not overall 100% to my taste (I won't be buying this volume) but she does have a lovely way with regard to turns of phrase and imagery. This volume contains a good deal of prose-poetry, which is not everyone's cup of tea, and it also contains some very minimalistic stuff, which ( Read more... )

☆ Sometimes, you know, I have these moments where I'm reading something, and I find myself thinking, "This is very well-written, but I don't like it". That's how I feel reading through undercurrent by Rita Wong. Her poetry is very well-written, but... not to my taste. And it's frustrating, because I don't like starting books and not finishing them ( Read more... )

I haven't done a Reading Wednesday in a while, so... here's what I've been reading lately:

Currently reading:

Packing For Mars by Mary Roach. Yes, still. It's going slowly, but I still do enjoy it. The only thing stopping me from breezing through it more quickly is the fact that I'm reading it electronically. Should have seen if the library had a ( Read more... )

Finished reading: Cree Narrative Memory: From Treaties to Contemporary Times by Neal McLeod. This one is basically what it says on the tin. It covers a lot of subject, but what was most interesting to me was its discussions of how narrative memory works in the Cree tradition, and how this memory should be used to re-examine the treaties - in ( Read more... )

Finished reading: N/A I haven't finished reading anything recently.

Currently reading: The Martian by Andy Weir. I wasn't planning to read this one, but the library had it in ebook, so ehhhh why not. Turns out, it's very much to my taste, and I've been ploughing through it really quickly (probably will finish it tomorrow, who knows). If I'd known ( Read more... )

☆ Too tired to do a full Reading Wednesday entry, but anyway - Runaway Dreams by Richard Wagamese is an amazing poetry collection. I'm about halfway through it, and it's really blown me away. He has an incredible way with words. His prose fiction was enough to make me interested in his other work, but this - wow. I'm in love. Hell, I might buy this ( Read more... )