Caturday: Lazing Around
Added 2018-09-01 23:50:44 +0000 UTCThese photos of Ron Weasley the Cat are like a slide show of the softest spots in the house...
Anyway! It is September 1st, and next week there's going to be lots of content, with the progress and sales reports and both serials, etc. So instead of using Caturday for an update, instead I'll mention some books I spent the weekend reading:
Angel's Sigil, by L.Rowyn: Rowyn released Book 2 of this excellent series, which features an incredibly alien intelligence being forced to learn human morality and ethics because of a fascinating situation involving a teen girl on a set of fantasy sky islands. The ending is fantastic, spot-on. Very satisfying. If you love my aliens because they're "really alien," you need this series. Start with Book 1, Demon's Lure, and prepare to binge-read.
Glory and the Lightning, by Taylor Caldwell: I'll read anything by Caldwell. This one in particular was historical fiction about Aspasia and Pericles. Keep in mind these books were written in the 60's and 70's, so don't expect modern author sensibilities. But otherwise, beautiful language use, deep emphasis on philosophy and history, and for those of you worried about republics becoming democracies becoming corrupted societies, you will have a lot of sympathy with Pericles.
The Bolingbroke Chit by Lynn Messina: A Regency romance I liked because both leads are very smart, and the girl is an artist and trying to be as rude and disagreeable as possible for completely believable reasons. It's apparently Book 4 in a series, but I haven't read the others and didn't really need them.
The Psychology of Self-Defense, by Chris Sutton: Written by the ex-police officer who ran our active shooter defense class. Good stuff, pretty practical and down-to-earth. I'm thinking of getting a hard copy to add to my shelf of 'candy-jaguar romance junkie's unlikely shelf of books on military doctrine, history, and tactics.'
That's what I've got! What are you all reading?
Comments
Which audio version of Chronicles of Narnia do you have? David Suchet [who played Poirot] made one several years ago; it's excellent. --filkferengi
filkferengi
2018-09-08 02:51:44 +0000 UTCI also picked up some printed plays, it's fun to read the original story, which was subsequently made into movies... Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey, Sabrina Fair, Holiday.
2018-09-03 04:19:05 +0000 UTCOh, and Sherwood Smith's A Posse of Princesses, John Christopher's Tripod series, William Arand's Super Sales on Super Heroes, Robert Asprin's Phule series, some of Anna Elliott's books, Niven's Ringworld, Clancy's Hunt for Red October, and at some point I'll get to Tolkien's Children of Hurin
2018-09-03 04:07:51 +0000 UTCElectronic: I just finished The Grand Tour by Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer (second in the trilogy). Recently read the hilarious Twenty-Four Potential Children of Prophecy by Emily Martha Sorensen again. Also recent was Jenniffer Wardell's Beast Charming. Your Spots the Space Marine is a great regular re-read, and I'm starting Mindtouch. Eric by Terry Pratchett may be next (read before, but will read again, love the Discworld series - I own many of them). I may also re-read Vikki Kestell's Nanostealth series again soon. Paper: Asimov's The End of Eternity may be my next paper re-read. Codgerspace by Alan Dean Foster is always a fun book too. Audio: I'm wrapping up listening to Full Disclosure by Dee Henderson. Recently listened to The Enchanted Forest Chronicles series (Patricia C Wrede) again, and I'll be listening to (also again) C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. I also have Charlie Holmberg's The Fifth Doll in my queue (her Paper Magician series is also interesting). Yeah, I like reading... :-)
2018-09-03 04:01:05 +0000 UTC*boings a lot because these books need more readers* <3
M.C.A. Hogarth
2018-09-02 21:44:43 +0000 UTCWell I might just do that... :D
Lemurvid
2018-09-02 21:44:14 +0000 UTCYes! You should totally cut-and-paste that into a review and stick it on Amazon. :D
M.C.A. Hogarth
2018-09-02 21:34:30 +0000 UTCI love how it builds sympathy for a character who does appalling things, and yet it doesn't cheat. Nothing goes unchallenged, everything is faced. It manages to square the circle and give the audience what they want with deceptive ease.
Lemurvid
2018-09-02 20:31:11 +0000 UTCI was fist-pumping in satisfaction from the moment Raven made his identification at the waterfall. Everything was there was just a long series of 'yes, this is perfect. no wait, this is ALSO perfect. Oh my gosh, is this also going to be perfect? YES YES IT IS.' :D
M.C.A. Hogarth
2018-09-02 20:20:06 +0000 UTCJust finished Angel's Sigil! Loved it and loved the way such an impossible situation was resolved so perfectly!
Lemurvid
2018-09-02 20:18:01 +0000 UTCAbsolutely!
M.C.A. Hogarth
2018-09-02 11:38:35 +0000 UTCAre there other posts about this eclectic tactics etc shelf? If not, I'd love to hear more about those titles when you have time.
2018-09-02 05:20:52 +0000 UTCI'm reading _A Hat Full Of Sky_ by Terry Pratchett, following along on youtube with Mark Oshiro's read. --filkferengi
filkferengi
2018-09-02 00:48:12 +0000 UTC
