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hawkwing_lbI was going to try get my tour notes for Delphi knocked off the list today, but I begin to think discretion may be the better part of valour. So I will instead get my booklog caught up.
Books 2012: 133-135
133. Ari Marmell, Thief's Covenant. Prometheus Books, 2012.
A slight but nonetheless extremely engaging fantasy novel, marketed as Young Adult. I am delighted at reasonably good fantasy that falls under thieves or spies do politics, and Thief's Covenant, while a bit melodramatic and overfond of Killing Off Characters, fits very pleasantly into the subgenre.
I am not entirely convinced at the resolution, but I'll be looking out for the next one.
134. Madeleine E. Robins, The Sleeping Partner. Plus One Press, 2011.
The third Miss Sarah Tolerance novel. Like both its predecessors, this is an immensely appealing book, with a reasonably well-constructed mystery: Miss Tolerance does seem a little slow on the uptake about other possibilities than the one presented to her by her employer, but it is nonetheless an entertaining ride. Yet again, Robins demonstrates a penetrating sympathy for the women of her slightly-alternate-history Regency London, and particularly for the hypocrisies of the men around them.
Highly recommended.
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135. Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, The Blazing World and Other Writings. Penguin Classics, London & New York, 1994. Edited by Kate Lilley.
The 17th century gives us the inimitable Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. A prolific writer on any number of topics - including science, philosophy, mathematics and fiction. The Blazing World collects her utopia, The Blazing World, and two of her other fictions. It is... interesting.
And I am so tired. So tired! I went for a stroll this morning in the brilliant sun on the beach at low tide, went for a dip in the sea at high tide, and (apart from talking to the parent) spent the rest of the day seated, writing those notes. It should not be possible to be so tired.
Books 2012: 133-135
133. Ari Marmell, Thief's Covenant. Prometheus Books, 2012.
A slight but nonetheless extremely engaging fantasy novel, marketed as Young Adult. I am delighted at reasonably good fantasy that falls under thieves or spies do politics, and Thief's Covenant, while a bit melodramatic and overfond of Killing Off Characters, fits very pleasantly into the subgenre.
I am not entirely convinced at the resolution, but I'll be looking out for the next one.
134. Madeleine E. Robins, The Sleeping Partner. Plus One Press, 2011.
The third Miss Sarah Tolerance novel. Like both its predecessors, this is an immensely appealing book, with a reasonably well-constructed mystery: Miss Tolerance does seem a little slow on the uptake about other possibilities than the one presented to her by her employer, but it is nonetheless an entertaining ride. Yet again, Robins demonstrates a penetrating sympathy for the women of her slightly-alternate-history Regency London, and particularly for the hypocrisies of the men around them.
Highly recommended.
nonfiction
135. Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, The Blazing World and Other Writings. Penguin Classics, London & New York, 1994. Edited by Kate Lilley.
The 17th century gives us the inimitable Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. A prolific writer on any number of topics - including science, philosophy, mathematics and fiction. The Blazing World collects her utopia, The Blazing World, and two of her other fictions. It is... interesting.
And I am so tired. So tired! I went for a stroll this morning in the brilliant sun on the beach at low tide, went for a dip in the sea at high tide, and (apart from talking to the parent) spent the rest of the day seated, writing those notes. It should not be possible to be so tired.
