'What are you reading?' Wednesday

[ursule]

Meme from Book View Cafe.

• What are you currently reading?
  
  I am bouncing back and forth between The Lions of al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay and 1610: A Sundial in the Grave by Mary Gentle. Both are historical fantasies which make many nods to old-fashioned swashbuckling Romance (I mean Romance as in roman, not Romance as in people falling in love

Comments

[sartorias]

I read one of the Sarantine ones, saw the inevitable Diarmuid Guy there, and enjoyed it except he forever burned my wish to read the verb 'nuanced' ever ever EVER again. It's really okay to say 'subtle,' really.

[katerinfg]

I'm actually very fond of GGK, although looking back I can see the things you're talking about.

[ursule]

I can see how his writing would be intensely compelling to the right person. I'm just not that person. Feeling like someone is working really hard to push buttons you don't have is always unsatisfying.

[glowing_fish]

I am thinking that Guy Gavriel Kay was responsible for "writing" The Silmarillion, in that he was the one who linked together Tolkien's notes into a book.

Hmmm, intarwebs confirm this, although it isn't clear just how big of a contribution he made.

[ursule]

I think the Silmarillion is kind of boring, too. Or at least, I thought so in eighth grade.

[glowing_fish]

It might be time for a re-read, then.

[tejolote]

I too, am conflicted about Guy Gavriel Kay. I recall being bored by some of his work and surprisingly liking other things. But overall it must have been fairly bland, because I can remember no specifics at all.

I miss having time to read.

[ursule]

This might be better than my strategy of remembering intense irritation and becoming vague about the details behind the emotion. I can still make fun of the Fionavar flying unicorn, though.

Your escapist methods must be different from mine: when I am in a new city and have too much work, I read a lot.