Reading Wednesday

[yuuago]

Work has left me braindead, so this week's Reading Wednesday is going to be a quick one. ;)

And welcome to the new people who've added me recently. I'm looking forward to getting to know you.

Anyhow -

Finished reading: The Grimoire of Kensington Market by Lauren B Davis. Canadian version of HCA's "The Snow Queen", yay! However, it's a portal fantasy, and most of the story doesn't actually take place in Canada, which was disappointing for me to say the least. On the upside, the story picks up quite a bit once the protagonist makes her way into the fantasy world, and I got sucked in after that. Also, the Kai-equivalent character is the Gerda-equivalent's sibling rather than love interest in this story; I rather like that as a narrative choice.

Currently reading: The Supernaturals by David L Coleman. It's sort of like The Haunting of Hill House, except there's a paranormal investigation television show involved somehow. I'm not very far into this one, and it has yet to grab me, but I've been craving horror and a breezy airport novel seemed a good bet.

Reading next: Current library haul is as follows -

+ The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett - one of the few Discworld-related books that I haven't read yet. :)

+ The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. I don't know anything about it other than "fantasy set in Russia" - but that's enough to interest me.

+ Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times by Alan Walker. It's what it says on the tin. All I know about Chopin is that he was a Polish dude who composed some cool tunes, so I'm looking forward to learning more. :D

Comments

[still_intrepid]

Ooh another Snow Queen one that sounds good...! And same, them having a siblings relationship appeals somehow - maybe because that’s how I understood it when I was young?

The Last Hero is fun because it goes back to Rincewind and the wizards and the silver horde but also checks in with rest of the Ankh Morpork crew and there’s lots of Carrot and Leonard of Quirm.

ETA: also Chopin!!

[yuuago]

I think for me the reason the siblings idea works is because... I don't remember the original story, but in the adaptations I've seen, Kai (or whoever) is an absolute jerk. And it's easier for me to imagine a girl going to rescue some jerk if the jerk is her brother rather than just some guy she has a crush on. Or something like that. :Va

The Last Hero is fun because it goes back to Rincewind - You had me at "Rincewind". ;)