I'm #CurrentlyReading Ribbon Dance by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
I feel like I'm making up for lost time on speculative fiction, as I blew through a re-read of its prequel _Trader's Leap_ over the last day or so.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ribbon_Dance/yBcEEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
I gotta say, Ribbon Dance was fantastic. I ploughed through the newly-released sequel, _Diviner's Bow_, which was darker and a bit less crisp, with POV shifts that sometimes befuddled. But, their relevance was all clear in the end.
On that note, I've caught up on the Liaden Universe®
... and have my arm in a sling for 5 more weeks. Hmmm
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Diviner_s_Bow/Y6AwEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
I'm #CurrentlyReading A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Someone mentioned it in a thread a few weeks ago, and I decided it was compelling. After consideration I bought the beautiful hardcover edition. I did not feel an ebook would do the diagrams justice. Then I was too busy to read them.
Now it's time...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Deadly_Education/0YDJDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
I'm #CurrentlyReading The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
The prior book was a joy to read, even if it was a reminder of how young people adapt to the most horrific conditions.
Am looking forward to reading this one, but it's longer and I'm busy with work, entirely slowed down by my hurty shoulder.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/wxuOEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv3-r2t-2MAxUrCTQIHfqYHt4Q7_IDegQIHhAE
I'm #CurrentlyReading The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
...I'm really enjoying this series
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Golden_Enclaves/7qBSEAAAQBAJ?hl=en
oh my goodness, and now I am reading it Again.
I'm #CurrentlyReading Provenance by Ann Leckie
I am sure it will be a marvellous read...
but I must digress to whine about the physicality of the book.
it's the softcover on the Orbit imprint with the stylized blue cover. it sure looks like they took a font and layout intended for mass market paperback and blew it up for the softcover/trade paperback size so they could charge more. I could probably read it from 5' away and it's more paper than it needed to be.
I wanted physical copies of Imperial Radch for a while now – the Ancillary books are superb, but I was unhappy when I read them as ebooks and lacked the ability to flip back and forth easily – but this situation bugs me, I generally don't prefer trade-sized softcover fiction, they wear out too easily, but mass market paperback was not to be found.
anyhow, I am reading it, long overdue. my cracked scapula has 4 more weeks to go. I got nothing else to do really, other than work and read and faff about online.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Provenance/B2CHDgAAQBAJ?hl=en
at long last, I'm #CurrentlyReading Translation State by Ann Leckie
I am sure it will be a wonderful read...all my friends who've read the book adore it.
I'd held off getting it becuase I wanted it in mass market paperback format. then I gave in and got the trade paperback anyhow, but was too busy to read it, and then I read all these other books in the last 2 weeks since hurting my shoulder.
Maybe I'll re-read Ancillary Justice after this. ...maybe.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Translation_State/q3KSEAAAQBAJ?hl=en
I'm #CurrentlyReading The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
it feels familiar, a fantasy-setting murder mystery, but the MO and settings are novel to me.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Tainted_Cup/-YK9EAAAQBAJ?hl=en
I'm #CurrentlyReading A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
...becuase @piebob@metasocial.com liked it 🙂
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Drop_of_Corruption/fVEZEQAAQBAJ?hl=en
I suppose what I ought to read is The Dracula Tapes by Fred Saberhagen. after all, it's almost Walpurgisnacht.
maybe that's next.
I'm #CurrentlyReading A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
this is not a full-length novel by any means, but the novel from a few years later was recommended to me by a friend, so might as well get a feel for it.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Dead_Djinn_in_Cairo/RsHVCwAAQBAJ?hl=en
I'm #CurrentlyReading A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
it was recommended to me by a friend, who was in my RPG session tonight and said he thought it was good I'd read the short story first.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Dead_Djinn_in_Cairo/RsHVCwAAQBAJ?hl=en
I'm #CurrentlyReading The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan
or I'm trying to anyhow. I got the Prevnar 20 pneumonia vax this afternoon and between that and the shoulder I might not be up for reading anything more sophisticated than Dr Seuss for a day or so.
I read The Justice of Kings ages ago though, and rather liked it, even if it was rather dystopic for a fantasy setting.
(scans the timeline of these threaded posts) I really am tearing through them, heh. two more, then I'll slow down / diversify the reading, I think.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Tyranny_of_Faith/N2xzEAAAQBAJ?hl=en
I'm #CurrentlyReading To End in Fire by David Weber and the late Eric Flint.
I've been intending to for ages, afaik it's the only Honor Harrington book I have not read.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/To_End_in_Fire/D5RFEAAAQBAJ?hl=en
I'm #CurrentlyReading accelerando by Charles Stross.
I bought a "new" copy a couple years ago(?) as a mass market paperback. the bookseller shipped it to me wrapped in thin paper and cardboard, and it sat in the rain. the front 20% of the pages are wrinkled, and it has sat on the shelf ever since they dried.
anyhow. I'm finally reading it.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Accelerando/q7SZWVMS_l0C?hl=en
so I was going to post
I'm #CurrentlyReading The Reckoning of Roku by Randy Ribay
(which has a lot of alliteration there)
but it was a super fast read so I already finished it. it's fun though.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Avatar_The_Last_Airbender_The_Reckoning/pfHhEAAAQBAJ
I'm #CurrentlyReading The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake
I've had the omnibus book for years and it sat on my shelf as I kept opting for easier reads. I don't have excuses anymore, so here I go. I have no idea how long it will take, but will ping the thread for posterity as I finish each book.
The first one is Titus Groan.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Gormenghast_Novels/1M_L0xsABHkC
I got ~200 pages in and ground to a halt becuase life etc. Also it's so Dickensian I find the read laborious even though the vocabulary and rich descriptions are delightful.
I am still ground to a halt, more than a month later. I will put it back on the shelf and return to it when the surrounding life etc is less depressing and thus it's not such a close reflection.
I'm #CurrentlyReading _Is Pluto a Planet?_ by David A. Weintraub
I was talking with my friend's daughter about her upcoming Cosmology 101 class and examining my shelf of astronomy books on that level to see if I had the one she needed. (I did not.) Whilst I was looking, this book stood out to me becuase I do not recollect actually reading it.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Is_Pluto_a_Planet/ELd-ve_35R8C
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