In case anyone else is interested. (This isn’t an exhaustive list, but these are the things I think would be most fun to read in the company of others.)

In the next week: John M. Ford’s Klingon novel, The Final Reflection (reread), in the hopes
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Note the first: I apparently always want to add an extra e to Sutcliff's name. Sigh.

Note the second: Oh, hey, by the way, rarewomen happened and ALSO DIDO FIC, including SF Dido!AU!(Here is where I squee about it - if you don't know the Aeneid, it's okay, you need only this post and this to read them - and here’s my reveal post and more nattering ( Read more... )

4/5. This book was lovely. This book had some rather odd flaws. I adored this book. I wanted to slam this book against the wall (one advantage of e-books, I guess, is that I can’t ever give in to that temptation). I love this book madly. I don’t know that I recommend it to any of you. Then again, I don’t know that I don’t recommend it ( Read more... )

I feel like I need to add in a percentage: how far I need to get into a book before I’m utterly hooked, which I think is a function of the writing and of how idficcy it is for me. For example, Sutcliffe and Card and Bujold all clock in at under 5%. These books…

Grave Mercy (LaFevers): 3/5, 75%. I actually quite liked this book when I was able to ( Read more... )

The thrilling conclusion! (I did, actually, very much like these books, after being somewhat bored by the last installment.) I wrote each book up right after reading it, which may account for some repetition/slight discrepancies in what I thought was going to happen vs. what actually happened.

Book 10: ( Sons and fathers and the gods throwing a hissy fit. )

My Aeneid post, finally! Many many apologies for the delay.

( My favorite quote from Book 6. )

( Book 5, in which nothing happens. )

( Books 2 and 3: Aeneas wanders about a lot. )

I should mention that I am reading the Sarah Ruden translation (thanks for the rec, ricardienne!) which I really like. I get the impression (correct me if I'm wrong; I don't have much Latin) that it tries to get at the spirit of the lines rather than stay absolutely true to the meter and specific-words, and I am really leaning towards those kinds of ( Read more... )