Reading Wednesday
Oct. 17th, 2018 05:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoFinished reading:
+ Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck. I found it excellent. If you like mystery/thriller + a touch of magic + historical setting (northern Sweden, 1700s) this might be one to try.
+ The Sacrifice Box by Martin Stewart. Interesting premise, but I didn't care for the execution - it was very difficult for me to give a damn about any of the central characters, and I found the writing a bit clunky. Not a bad one to reach for if you'd like to read some horror and turn off your brain at the same time, but it won't keep you up at night either.
Currently reading:
+ The Dance Boots by Linda Legarde Grover. Not very far into this; only read one and a half stories so far. I like the author's style, though; the stories tackle some painful issues in a very plain-spoken way.
+ Dracul by Dacre Stoker & J. D. Barker. This one is a bit lengthy and I'm only about 100 pages in. So far it's pretty fun, though. It's a prequel to Dracula, and based on notes and such that Bram Stoker left behind, apparently. Bram Stoker himself is a central character in the novel, so I expected it to be kind of silly, but so far it's delivering the creepy horror that one would hope for. Give it a try if you like scary vampires.
+ The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff. Listening to the audiobook, actually. This one is nonfiction, and what it says on the tin. It's certainly a dramatic and engrossing account, at least, and it makes very clear just how much that whole situation was a clusterfuck.
Did not finish
+ Bag of Bones by Stephen King. I tried listening to the audiobook version of this, but the first part of it has a lot of sexy bits, and so I discovered a squick that I didn't even know I had. I might try reading the print version at some other time, though.
Reading next:
+ Prairie Fairies by Valerie J Korinek. This is a history book about LGBT communities in western Canada, and I specifically asked the library to order it. I'm so glad they were able to do that for me. :) Looking forward to it - probably should start reading it soon, I guess - it's rather hefty.
Want to read:
+ A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. I've been wanting to read this for quite a while, because I enjoyed the author's other book. But it's been almost constantly on hold for two years or so! I usually prefer to just wait and pick stuff up once it's shelved again, but this time I had to say Fuck It and put it on hold... At this point, I'm just curious to see what all of the fuss is about.
+ Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck. I found it excellent. If you like mystery/thriller + a touch of magic + historical setting (northern Sweden, 1700s) this might be one to try.
+ The Sacrifice Box by Martin Stewart. Interesting premise, but I didn't care for the execution - it was very difficult for me to give a damn about any of the central characters, and I found the writing a bit clunky. Not a bad one to reach for if you'd like to read some horror and turn off your brain at the same time, but it won't keep you up at night either.
Currently reading:
+ The Dance Boots by Linda Legarde Grover. Not very far into this; only read one and a half stories so far. I like the author's style, though; the stories tackle some painful issues in a very plain-spoken way.
+ Dracul by Dacre Stoker & J. D. Barker. This one is a bit lengthy and I'm only about 100 pages in. So far it's pretty fun, though. It's a prequel to Dracula, and based on notes and such that Bram Stoker left behind, apparently. Bram Stoker himself is a central character in the novel, so I expected it to be kind of silly, but so far it's delivering the creepy horror that one would hope for. Give it a try if you like scary vampires.
+ The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff. Listening to the audiobook, actually. This one is nonfiction, and what it says on the tin. It's certainly a dramatic and engrossing account, at least, and it makes very clear just how much that whole situation was a clusterfuck.
Did not finish
+ Bag of Bones by Stephen King. I tried listening to the audiobook version of this, but the first part of it has a lot of sexy bits, and so I discovered a squick that I didn't even know I had. I might try reading the print version at some other time, though.
Reading next:
+ Prairie Fairies by Valerie J Korinek. This is a history book about LGBT communities in western Canada, and I specifically asked the library to order it. I'm so glad they were able to do that for me. :) Looking forward to it - probably should start reading it soon, I guess - it's rather hefty.
Want to read:
+ A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. I've been wanting to read this for quite a while, because I enjoyed the author's other book. But it's been almost constantly on hold for two years or so! I usually prefer to just wait and pick stuff up once it's shelved again, but this time I had to say Fuck It and put it on hold... At this point, I'm just curious to see what all of the fuss is about.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.
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Date: 2018-10-17 10:09 pm (UTC)Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
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Date: 2018-10-17 11:24 pm (UTC)Ah well, the idea is kind of silly, but at least it's fun.
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Date: 2018-10-18 09:10 pm (UTC)