April reading round-up

[rachelmanija]

Due to extreme busyness, I not only failed to write up most of what I read, I also failed to write down most of what it was. I know I read more than this in a month, however busy. Oh well.

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition

Comments

[movingfinger]

If you like Wechsler's writing, try Shapinsky's Karma, Boggs's Bills!

[sarge_5150]

Perhaps you might enjoy Philip Reeve's The Hungry City Chronicles. I'd classify it as steampunk YA. I thought of you, though, as the lead male character is naive and trusting whilst the lead female character is strong and decisive and all around pretty bad-ass. I found it a refreshing reversal of roles, especially in the faint, Victorian glow that oft accompanies steampunk.

[chomiji]

I'm not usually happy with grisly, but I love Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service. The extensive cultural notes in the back just make it extra good. And yes, it's really hard to decide what the story is with Yata and his puppet ... .

[bravecows]

Seconding the rec of Philip Reeve, if you haven't read him! I adored the lead female of The Hungry City Chronicles, though I have grumbly fannish issues about what happened to her in the end (not really grumbly fannish issues about gender, though, so no worries on that front). And I also really liked Larklight, which is even more Victorian steampunk, but much more light-hearted.

[sartorias]

It's Augustus that makes those Meluch books work.