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hawkwing_lbToday joins yesterday on the 'downtime' list.
Surprise surprise, turns out I do better with some.
So yesterday I finished reading some books.
Books 151-154, Fiction 143-146
143, 144, 145. Julie E. Czerneda, Survival, Migration, and Regeneration.
SF, all part of the Species Imperative trilogy. Fairly juicy and thought-provoking, if rough and draggy in parts. The aliens were really alien, and the characters were for the most part fairly compelling, but. But. I did not love these books.
It's getting harder and harder for me to love books, actually. They need to have that extra je ne sais quoi these days, a certain amount of grace and flair and clarity, before they capture my heart.
146. Mike Shepherd, Kris Longknife: Deserter.
This book? Is mediocre space opera at best. Not self-aware, and not graceful, and the main character is about this much away from being Mary Sue. But fun, fast-paced, plenty of explosions. I should get some more of the same, because they'd be perfect train reading.
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This afternoon, I went to the cinema. Neil Gaiman's Stardust is, for a wonder, showing at the local. At it is... wow. Beautiful, heart-breaking, triumphal, bitter-sweet. Well-paced and well-acted. In short, damn near everything I could hope for from a film.
Today was a good day. And shortly there will be lamb and cheesecake (not together!), so even better.
Surprise surprise, turns out I do better with some.
So yesterday I finished reading some books.
Books 151-154, Fiction 143-146
143, 144, 145. Julie E. Czerneda, Survival, Migration, and Regeneration.
SF, all part of the Species Imperative trilogy. Fairly juicy and thought-provoking, if rough and draggy in parts. The aliens were really alien, and the characters were for the most part fairly compelling, but. But. I did not love these books.
It's getting harder and harder for me to love books, actually. They need to have that extra je ne sais quoi these days, a certain amount of grace and flair and clarity, before they capture my heart.
146. Mike Shepherd, Kris Longknife: Deserter.
This book? Is mediocre space opera at best. Not self-aware, and not graceful, and the main character is about this much away from being Mary Sue. But fun, fast-paced, plenty of explosions. I should get some more of the same, because they'd be perfect train reading.
#
This afternoon, I went to the cinema. Neil Gaiman's Stardust is, for a wonder, showing at the local. At it is... wow. Beautiful, heart-breaking, triumphal, bitter-sweet. Well-paced and well-acted. In short, damn near everything I could hope for from a film.
Today was a good day. And shortly there will be lamb and cheesecake (not together!), so even better.
