Wednesday catches up on a couple of weeks
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castironKerry Greenwood, The Spotted Dog. #7 in the Corinna Chapman mysteries. I haven’t read 4-6 yet, but I had no trouble following along. I’m mixed about this one. The mystery subplots were over-the-top (and given some of the happenings in the earlier books, that’s saying something). But it’s always fun to check in on the inhabitants of Insula and to read the descriptions of the food.
Becky Chambers, To Be Taught If Fortunate. Really good, but I had a little trouble coping with one scene, and while it’s a hopeful ending I need my stories more unambiguously happy-ending right now.
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal. Approaching double-digit reread. This is one of my favorite Pratchetts, and definitely my favorite of the Moist von Lipwig books.
Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower. Mid-single digits reread. I love S&PotH, and I'm still picking up new bits every time I reread.
Tessa Bailey, Indecent Exposure. A book that I can see working very well for someone else and that ultimately did not work for me. I liked the characters and some of the initial setup, but as the story went on, it hit too many "nope" points for me. I couldn't buy the heroine being willing to chance having a fling with the hero when she's technically his teacher for two weeks (and come on, even if she's leaving the country when she's done, she can't say "look, how about if I come back to visit soon and we'll see what happens"??). I could buy that the heroine was sufficiently coping with her past experiences to be in a headspace for a relationship now, but once it's revealed exactly what the hero's past trauma is and given how the story shows it's been affecting him in all his relationships up until the heroine? NO NO NO DUDE YOU NEED A THERAPIST NOT A GIRLFRIEND. (Also, I Do Not Like The Magical Healing Genitalia Trope. Do Not Want. It Makes Me Talk Like A Pratchett Golem. It Is An Abomination Unto Nuggan.) It's too bad, because some of the development of their relationship is very sweet, and if I read the sex scenes as a PWP rather than as part of the story they're quite hot. But I'm glad this was a library checkout and not a book I spent money on.
On the go:
Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Despite the sad bits, it's such a hopeful universe, and I'm very much in the mood for decent people making an effort to be decent to each other.
Becky Chambers, To Be Taught If Fortunate. Really good, but I had a little trouble coping with one scene, and while it’s a hopeful ending I need my stories more unambiguously happy-ending right now.
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal. Approaching double-digit reread. This is one of my favorite Pratchetts, and definitely my favorite of the Moist von Lipwig books.
Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower. Mid-single digits reread. I love S&PotH, and I'm still picking up new bits every time I reread.
Tessa Bailey, Indecent Exposure. A book that I can see working very well for someone else and that ultimately did not work for me. I liked the characters and some of the initial setup, but as the story went on, it hit too many "nope" points for me. I couldn't buy the heroine being willing to chance having a fling with the hero when she's technically his teacher for two weeks (and come on, even if she's leaving the country when she's done, she can't say "look, how about if I come back to visit soon and we'll see what happens"??). I could buy that the heroine was sufficiently coping with her past experiences to be in a headspace for a relationship now, but once it's revealed exactly what the hero's past trauma is and given how the story shows it's been affecting him in all his relationships up until the heroine? NO NO NO DUDE YOU NEED A THERAPIST NOT A GIRLFRIEND. (Also, I Do Not Like The Magical Healing Genitalia Trope. Do Not Want. It Makes Me Talk Like A Pratchett Golem. It Is An Abomination Unto Nuggan.) It's too bad, because some of the development of their relationship is very sweet, and if I read the sex scenes as a PWP rather than as part of the story they're quite hot. But I'm glad this was a library checkout and not a book I spent money on.
On the go:
Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Despite the sad bits, it's such a hopeful universe, and I'm very much in the mood for decent people making an effort to be decent to each other.