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...for once.
What I've just finished reading
Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky. This is one of those books you can't really discuss without discussing the ending; the last part ties together many of the themes raised throughout. As I think I mentioned before, what I kept turning over in my head was precisely what Tchaikovsky was saying about human nature. (Spoilers ahoy.) ( Read more... )
The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope. A super-fun (if super-Victorian) swashbuckling adventure read, with heroes and villains and swordfights and escapes and all manner of derring-do. (Also precisely the right kind of book one can describe with the phrase "derring-do".) Unsubtle in the extreme; when the characters profess surprise that someone named Black Michael, possessed of an isolated castle far in the woods, turns out to be a kidnapper and would-be usurper, well...I had to laugh. I admit I mostly read it because I'm looking forward to KJ Charles' upcoming The Henchman of Zenda...and having encountered the characters that telling is centered upon, I'm looking forward to it even more now.
What I'm currently reading
I actually picked up The Master and Margarita again, and I think I'm starting to gain the thread of it—so of course the thing to do now is to start all over again, with a different translation! Actually, I mostly wanted a Kindle edition with linked footnotes, so I invested in the 50th Anniversary Edition, which also came with a foreword and introduction that've provided some useful context on Bulgakov's life as well as a rundown of the various themes and characters. So I'm more hopeful this time around (and having easy access to the footnotes is helping as well.)
What I plan to read next
Probably something at random I grab off of the shelf, virtual or physical...it all depends.
What I've just finished reading
Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky. This is one of those books you can't really discuss without discussing the ending; the last part ties together many of the themes raised throughout. As I think I mentioned before, what I kept turning over in my head was precisely what Tchaikovsky was saying about human nature. (Spoilers ahoy.) ( Read more... )
The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope. A super-fun (if super-Victorian) swashbuckling adventure read, with heroes and villains and swordfights and escapes and all manner of derring-do. (Also precisely the right kind of book one can describe with the phrase "derring-do".) Unsubtle in the extreme; when the characters profess surprise that someone named Black Michael, possessed of an isolated castle far in the woods, turns out to be a kidnapper and would-be usurper, well...I had to laugh. I admit I mostly read it because I'm looking forward to KJ Charles' upcoming The Henchman of Zenda...and having encountered the characters that telling is centered upon, I'm looking forward to it even more now.
What I'm currently reading
I actually picked up The Master and Margarita again, and I think I'm starting to gain the thread of it—so of course the thing to do now is to start all over again, with a different translation! Actually, I mostly wanted a Kindle edition with linked footnotes, so I invested in the 50th Anniversary Edition, which also came with a foreword and introduction that've provided some useful context on Bulgakov's life as well as a rundown of the various themes and characters. So I'm more hopeful this time around (and having easy access to the footnotes is helping as well.)
What I plan to read next
Probably something at random I grab off of the shelf, virtual or physical...it all depends.
