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Wednesday Reading Meme
Mar. 24th, 2021 03:35 pmWhat I Just Finished Reading
I finished Love Code by Ann Aguirre, which I enjoyed though not quite as much as the first in the series. I also listened to an audiobook version of Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi, because it became available at my library, and I had put a hold on it at some point after seeing a review somewhere. I didn't enjoy that novella, mostly because I found it hard to follow so I was left confused at the end. The POV characters' experiences of racism worked emotionally, but what I could piece together of the worldbuilding and the plot didn't hold up, and the superpowers and how the characters used and did not use them didn't really make sense to me either.
What I'm Reading Now
I was in the mood to read some femdom romance, which is unfortunately hard to find for some reason. I discovered that Joey W. Hill had written one last year, At Her Command that I haven't read yet, so I started that. Hill's books are kind of hit and miss for me. The writing is usually fairly solid, and sometimes the id-fic parts align well with my preferences, but also frequently things are featured that I'm not into. Like, I'm much less fond of the "life revolves around some exclusive sex club" trope, and am indifferent to the whole "successful, rich business people" protagonists. Also, there tends to be some "not like other girls" misogyny sprinkled around whenever heroines are described. OTOH this one features the sub having a service kink, which I really like. I can't say yet where exactly this will fall for me, but a third or so into it, I'm still sticking with it.
What I'm Reading Next
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (and re-reading the first book) is still on my TBR list, which is clearly more aspirational than a reliable reading schedule. I haven't acquired any new books beyond the one by Hill, to add the pile, so nothing changed from last week.
I finished Love Code by Ann Aguirre, which I enjoyed though not quite as much as the first in the series. I also listened to an audiobook version of Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi, because it became available at my library, and I had put a hold on it at some point after seeing a review somewhere. I didn't enjoy that novella, mostly because I found it hard to follow so I was left confused at the end. The POV characters' experiences of racism worked emotionally, but what I could piece together of the worldbuilding and the plot didn't hold up, and the superpowers and how the characters used and did not use them didn't really make sense to me either.
What I'm Reading Now
I was in the mood to read some femdom romance, which is unfortunately hard to find for some reason. I discovered that Joey W. Hill had written one last year, At Her Command that I haven't read yet, so I started that. Hill's books are kind of hit and miss for me. The writing is usually fairly solid, and sometimes the id-fic parts align well with my preferences, but also frequently things are featured that I'm not into. Like, I'm much less fond of the "life revolves around some exclusive sex club" trope, and am indifferent to the whole "successful, rich business people" protagonists. Also, there tends to be some "not like other girls" misogyny sprinkled around whenever heroines are described. OTOH this one features the sub having a service kink, which I really like. I can't say yet where exactly this will fall for me, but a third or so into it, I'm still sticking with it.
What I'm Reading Next
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (and re-reading the first book) is still on my TBR list, which is clearly more aspirational than a reliable reading schedule. I haven't acquired any new books beyond the one by Hill, to add the pile, so nothing changed from last week.