Books I recently read
Aug. 1st, 2020 06:29 pmYesterday I took a vacation day and went to the zoo (the baby elephant and the young prairie dogs were particularly adorable; I did not see the baby polar bear or the baby lynx, clearly I need to go again), and then to the Imperial Carriage Museum with DD and we had ice cream and generally a lovely day. As a bonus, I bought myself a gecko necklace and dragonfly earrings.
Today I have made some progress with studying, which is better than none! I also took Monday and Tuesday off from work so I have enough time, fingers crossed.
While telling myself that I absolutely do not have the time to start reading a new book series before the uni deadline, I remembered that I forgot to post the reviews I already wrote about some books I read in the past few months.
Network Effect by Martha Wells, the Murderbot novel
I enjoyed this a lot. Finally Murderbot is ready for all the beautiful found family feelings! ( spoiler )
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skygiants has a good (spoilery) review of the novel here. Quote: ( spoiler ) and yes, it is, and also wonderful.
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
The author described this as, iirc, "found family AU of an imaginary wuxia canon." ( some spoilers )It really felt remarkably like reading excellent fic for an unknown canon, with the downside that this canon isn't available.
The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A.Chakraborty
I enjoyed this a lot! It took me a bit to get really into it, and tbh it took a little bit of suspension of disbelief how quickly and deeply Nahri and Dara bonded, and the politics in the first book were occasionally a bit confusing. But I still enjoyed "The City of Brass," and the two sequels were even better. Especially the politics. ( spoilers )
Today I have made some progress with studying, which is better than none! I also took Monday and Tuesday off from work so I have enough time, fingers crossed.
While telling myself that I absolutely do not have the time to start reading a new book series before the uni deadline, I remembered that I forgot to post the reviews I already wrote about some books I read in the past few months.
Network Effect by Martha Wells, the Murderbot novel
I enjoyed this a lot. Finally Murderbot is ready for all the beautiful found family feelings! ( spoiler )
skygiants has a good (spoilery) review of the novel here. Quote: ( spoiler ) and yes, it is, and also wonderful. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
The author described this as, iirc, "found family AU of an imaginary wuxia canon." ( some spoilers )It really felt remarkably like reading excellent fic for an unknown canon, with the downside that this canon isn't available.
The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A.Chakraborty
I enjoyed this a lot! It took me a bit to get really into it, and tbh it took a little bit of suspension of disbelief how quickly and deeply Nahri and Dara bonded, and the politics in the first book were occasionally a bit confusing. But I still enjoyed "The City of Brass," and the two sequels were even better. Especially the politics. ( spoilers )
