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Feb. 20th, 2019 05:38 pmOh boy, time to have one of those days where I just panic for no reason. Yes, excellent.
Time to SCREAM INTERNALLY and... clean my room... again.
Time to SCREAM INTERNALLY and... clean my room... again.
Feb. 20th, 2019
Reading Wednesday
Feb. 20th, 2019 07:49 pmFinished reading: Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin. Magical realism with a dash of horror. Short stories. Quick, breezy, and a little bit creepy and surreal. A fun read!
Also finished: The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu. This one was REALLY GOOD, I couldn't put it down, and devoured it over the span of a couple of days. Set in Singapore in 1936; an educated local girl with aspirations to become a journalist ends up investigating a mysterious death. It has great sense of place/period, and I really like Su Lin, the protagonist. If you like mystery novels or historical fiction, this is definitely one to try.
Reading next: Queen of Attolia is on hold for me at the library, and I'll be picking it up on the weekend. :D Not sure what I'll be reading in the meantime - going to have to dig through my room to find something suitable.
Did not finish: The Story of Art by E. H. Gombrich. This book was first published in 1950, and it shows. The edition I'm reading is much more recent than that, but... anyway. I could only get about 30 pages in (out of 500) before I got annoyed. If any of you have read this one and thought a particular section of it was worth taking a look at, please let me know, because I'm curious. Anyway, I think I'll go looking for a more recent book on art history. Recommendations welcome!
Also finished: The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu. This one was REALLY GOOD, I couldn't put it down, and devoured it over the span of a couple of days. Set in Singapore in 1936; an educated local girl with aspirations to become a journalist ends up investigating a mysterious death. It has great sense of place/period, and I really like Su Lin, the protagonist. If you like mystery novels or historical fiction, this is definitely one to try.
Reading next: Queen of Attolia is on hold for me at the library, and I'll be picking it up on the weekend. :D Not sure what I'll be reading in the meantime - going to have to dig through my room to find something suitable.
Did not finish: The Story of Art by E. H. Gombrich. This book was first published in 1950, and it shows. The edition I'm reading is much more recent than that, but... anyway. I could only get about 30 pages in (out of 500) before I got annoyed. If any of you have read this one and thought a particular section of it was worth taking a look at, please let me know, because I'm curious. Anyway, I think I'll go looking for a more recent book on art history. Recommendations welcome!
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.