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Wednesday Reading Meme
Jun. 16th, 2021 08:38 pmWhat I Just Finished Reading
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard managed to break through my reading slump. The gradual discovery of the world was satisfying, though I'd still would have liked maps, a glossary, a list of characters and mythological figures, timelines and generally all sorts of appendices. It doesn't end with a cliffhanger as such (generally it is fairly low tension) but even after 950 pages I still wanted to spend more time there, so I went right on to read the sequel, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell, which I also liked, but not quite as much. But I also subscribed to the author's mailing list to be notified whenever the next book that is mentioned in the end notes comes out.
I then read Upsy-Daisy Dom by Tanya Chris (Hell's Bedroom #3), mostly because I wanted to see how the overarching plot concludes, even though I had various issues with the second part of the series, that nearly made me nope out. This one was better, but I can't say I'd recommend the series.
Today I read After the Storm by Hannah Birchwood, Key Dyson & Raymond Roach, which is a bit of an odd mix of post-apocalyptic SF and angsty recovery fic of a very sweet if a bit annoyingly (if understandably) low self-esteem main character, with quite a lot of sex, but not really a romance. It was a bit pricey for an ebook at just over €9, as my willingness to buy ebooks drops quite a bit around €5, when then instead of buying I tend to look to just borrow them as I rarely reread anyway. But this is self-published, so not available to borrow, and the sample hooked me.
What I'm Reading Now
Currently I am reading Something Human by A. J. Demas, a pseudo-historical m/m romance (an invented ancient civilization, but as far as I can tell not with fantasy mixed in).
What I'm Reading Next
No idea.
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard managed to break through my reading slump. The gradual discovery of the world was satisfying, though I'd still would have liked maps, a glossary, a list of characters and mythological figures, timelines and generally all sorts of appendices. It doesn't end with a cliffhanger as such (generally it is fairly low tension) but even after 950 pages I still wanted to spend more time there, so I went right on to read the sequel, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell, which I also liked, but not quite as much. But I also subscribed to the author's mailing list to be notified whenever the next book that is mentioned in the end notes comes out.
I then read Upsy-Daisy Dom by Tanya Chris (Hell's Bedroom #3), mostly because I wanted to see how the overarching plot concludes, even though I had various issues with the second part of the series, that nearly made me nope out. This one was better, but I can't say I'd recommend the series.
Today I read After the Storm by Hannah Birchwood, Key Dyson & Raymond Roach, which is a bit of an odd mix of post-apocalyptic SF and angsty recovery fic of a very sweet if a bit annoyingly (if understandably) low self-esteem main character, with quite a lot of sex, but not really a romance. It was a bit pricey for an ebook at just over €9, as my willingness to buy ebooks drops quite a bit around €5, when then instead of buying I tend to look to just borrow them as I rarely reread anyway. But this is self-published, so not available to borrow, and the sample hooked me.
What I'm Reading Now
Currently I am reading Something Human by A. J. Demas, a pseudo-historical m/m romance (an invented ancient civilization, but as far as I can tell not with fantasy mixed in).
What I'm Reading Next
No idea.