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Reading Wednesday
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
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
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I've been really appreciating that there have been more EE-inspired books coming out as of late. It's an underused setting in English-language work, I think. Though hopefully the success (?) of those will lead to more translations of actual EE stuff as well (I don't know if this is becoming more common, but I haven't gone looking either).
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I've also appreciated it! It is good to get out of the rut of WE inspired books. I'm not sure either; I haven't seen many translations though.