Reading Wednesday

[yuuago]

I reached my goal for the year (50 books), so I've upped it to 75. ;V We'll see how this goes.

Just Finished: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. This one is a novel about tradition, comfort, resolution, and stories. More than anything else I was struck by how beautiful the writing is - this author has quite a way with words. I might need to seek out her other work.

Currently Reading: The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. This novel comes up every time somebody mentions alternate history, and it's been kind of on the to-read list for a while, but I've only managed to get around to it now. One thing that I failed to osmose about it was the reincarnation trope; I had no idea until very recently that it was an important part of the novel. Anyway, I'm about halfway through it, and I'm finding it difficult to put down. I don't read this particular speculative subgenre very often, but this is making me wonder if I should look up some others; it's a pretty good read. :)

Reading Next: Prrrobably Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. I went to the library looking for Bulgakov's The Master and the Margarita, but they didn't have it (I'll have to ILL it), so I decided to go for this one instead, which I've been meaning to read for a while.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Well, as Laufey said, satire certainly isn't all there is to it. There's a strong spirituality side to it as well that mixes several traditions and I assume can be read in a myriad different ways, according to one's own beliefs, so that's interesting too. You'll probably be able to enjoy it on some level even without explanatory notes.

LK