Reading Wednesday
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starsprayThe Grief of Stones, by Katherine Addison - You can tell it's been a minute since I did one of these, because I finished this very soon after The Witness for the Dead and that was ages ago. Still a favorite! Thara still desperately needs a hug, I am still very eager for The Tomb of Dragons next year.
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea, by Rebecca Thorne - This is billed as very cozy fantasy, so I was vaguely surprised by the amount of relatively high-stakes plot. Not really a complaint, though I guess I was hoping for a little more slice of life in the Fantasy Book and Tea Shop? Anyway it was a light read and a fun time, and I will be keeping an eye out for the sequel, whenever the library gets it in.
You Should Be So Lucky, by Cat Sebastian - I enjoyed this quite a lot. Prickly news reporter and golden retriever baseball player, both of whom are having a Bad Time when they meet each other. It's not quite a sequel but definitely connected to We Could Be So Good, which I also liked. I don't know more than the very broadest of strokes about the rules of baseball; fortunately that's all you really need to understand anything that's going on.
Persuasion, by Jane Austen - God, I love this book. Read it while thinking of the SWG crossover challenge and am still mulling things over. Also, I read a physical copy instead of listening to the audiobook this time, which is always fun--I now know how to actually spell things like Kellynch, and also I wanted to smack Mary upside the head more than usual.
My Man Jeeves, by PG Wodehouse - Realized recently I'd never actually read any Wodehouse, and found this on Libby. I didn't read the whole collection because it shifts halfway through to unrelated short stories, but the Jeeves ones were quite entertaining.
The Tell-Tale Heart & The Oval Portrait, by Edgar Allen Poe - Man, there's something so visceral about Poe. His short stories are quite short and therefore good for quick catch-ups on my reading goal on Goodreads, but also I have to read him in small doses. Also the Oval Portrait made me think a little of the Picture of Dorian Gray, only it goes in the opposite direction.
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones - A classic, a favorite, a comfort read, Howl is great, Sophie is great.
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea, by Rebecca Thorne - This is billed as very cozy fantasy, so I was vaguely surprised by the amount of relatively high-stakes plot. Not really a complaint, though I guess I was hoping for a little more slice of life in the Fantasy Book and Tea Shop? Anyway it was a light read and a fun time, and I will be keeping an eye out for the sequel, whenever the library gets it in.
You Should Be So Lucky, by Cat Sebastian - I enjoyed this quite a lot. Prickly news reporter and golden retriever baseball player, both of whom are having a Bad Time when they meet each other. It's not quite a sequel but definitely connected to We Could Be So Good, which I also liked. I don't know more than the very broadest of strokes about the rules of baseball; fortunately that's all you really need to understand anything that's going on.
Persuasion, by Jane Austen - God, I love this book. Read it while thinking of the SWG crossover challenge and am still mulling things over. Also, I read a physical copy instead of listening to the audiobook this time, which is always fun--I now know how to actually spell things like Kellynch, and also I wanted to smack Mary upside the head more than usual.
My Man Jeeves, by PG Wodehouse - Realized recently I'd never actually read any Wodehouse, and found this on Libby. I didn't read the whole collection because it shifts halfway through to unrelated short stories, but the Jeeves ones were quite entertaining.
The Tell-Tale Heart & The Oval Portrait, by Edgar Allen Poe - Man, there's something so visceral about Poe. His short stories are quite short and therefore good for quick catch-ups on my reading goal on Goodreads, but also I have to read him in small doses. Also the Oval Portrait made me think a little of the Picture of Dorian Gray, only it goes in the opposite direction.
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones - A classic, a favorite, a comfort read, Howl is great, Sophie is great.
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