Reading Wednesday

[yuuago]

Finished reading: Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner. Ahhhh I loved it! And finally I have context for certain things that I saw around and didn't really get before. Oh boy. (Also, I ship it.) Since this is the last available novel in the series (for now), I'll have to go investigating fanwork when I have more time. ...Whenever that will be.

Currently reading: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina, translated by Lisa C Hayden. Set some time after the Russian revolution, about a Tatar woman exiled to Siberia. Can't recall which decade it's set in, but anyway - I'm about 1/5th in and finding it very engrossing so far; hard to put down.

Also reading: Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy by Ben Wilson. This one is bed-time reading that I'm going to be picking at off and on, so I expect it'll take me a while to get through it - but as for the book itself, it's very interesting and readable. It covers a very wide period - from 800s to modern day - and devotes more time than typical to the middle ages, which I appreciate. This book either is your thing or isn't. I sure do love reading about naval history, so....

Reading next: A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell. Biography of Virginia Hall*, the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines (according to the inside flap, anyway). I'm usually not interested in reading about the USA/Americans during this period, but this caught my eye on the shelf, so why not.

Also reading next: The library finally received the volume of Han Shan's poetry that I asked them to order - The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain - but it isn't available yet. Which is fine; by the time I'm finished with the books listed above, I'll be able to take it out. Looking forward to this one.

Comments

[ljwrites]

I read a different biography of Virginia Hall, Wolves at the Door, when I was writing a story about her on short notice as a pinch hit for the 2016 History Exchange. There's evidently a movie coming out about her, too--it's exciting to see that she's getting a little of her due in the public's eye! She was also an amputee who walked with a prosthetic she called Cuthbert and she did in fact work as a spy behind enemy lines, mostly in German-occupied France.

I'm about 3/4 done with The King of Attolia and so far not pleased with the book's story and pacing, but I'm told the next book is better (& very shippable) so I'm soldiering on.

[yuuago]

Oh, a movie too? Neat! Maybe I'll keep an eye out for that.

Sorry to hear that about King of Attolia, though I can kind of see where you're coming from with it. Though... The next one after that is Conspiracy of Kings and I don't remember anything in the way of ship fodder in that one? Though I suppose it depends on what one ships. :Va

[ljwrites]

Oh! Sorry, I think the one sold to me as shippable was the one you mentioned, Thick as Thieves.

[yuuago]

Oh! In that case, yeah, Thick as Thieves is hella' shippy. Hopefully when you get to that one, you'll enjoy it. ;p

[schneefink]

I'm glad you enjoyed Thick as Thieves :) Do you want some fic recs?

[yuuago]

:D If you have some suggestions, I'd love to hear them!