Reading Wednesday
Jun. 17th, 2020 04:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoCurrently reading: The Halcyon Fairy Book by T. Kingfisher. This is a combined publication of Ursula V's annotated fairy tales series from her blog and her original short story fairytale-inspired collection Toad Words, which was previously released as an ebook selfpub*. ...I don't find the fairy tales annotations half as funny on re-read as I did the first time (maybe my sense of humour has changed?) but I'm enjoying the re-read of the Toad Words collection. Overall, I wouldn't suggest buying this one, unless you really really want to have Toad Words in paper format.
Also currently reading: Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation by Serhy Yekelchyk. My interest in Ukraine begins and ends with Galicia, and I don't particularly care about anything after 1930 or so, but it won't hurt to read about the rest of it. Only through the first chapter at the moment, but so far it seems relatively thorough, and discusses the various different ways Ukrainian history has been interpreted, in addition to the current perspectives. (And even that small bit did clear up a few things that confused me from my previous attempts at reading about any of it, so this is good). This was published in 2007, so while it does devote some page time to the Orange Revolution (2004-2005), it doesn't cover the current conflict with Russia.
Reading next: N/A, unsure. The library is doing contactless pickup of holds as of this week, but I think that I'll stick with reading from my unread books pile at home for now, since I still have a lot to choose from. I expect that after the Ukraine book, I'll want something light.
Also currently reading: Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation by Serhy Yekelchyk. My interest in Ukraine begins and ends with Galicia, and I don't particularly care about anything after 1930 or so, but it won't hurt to read about the rest of it. Only through the first chapter at the moment, but so far it seems relatively thorough, and discusses the various different ways Ukrainian history has been interpreted, in addition to the current perspectives. (And even that small bit did clear up a few things that confused me from my previous attempts at reading about any of it, so this is good). This was published in 2007, so while it does devote some page time to the Orange Revolution (2004-2005), it doesn't cover the current conflict with Russia.
Reading next: N/A, unsure. The library is doing contactless pickup of holds as of this week, but I think that I'll stick with reading from my unread books pile at home for now, since I still have a lot to choose from. I expect that after the Ukraine book, I'll want something light.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.