Reading Wednesday

[oyceter]

Not a particularly exciting week in reading, but notable in that I got myself to read and even enjoy it when I wasn't in the mood.

I know! This would have shocked younger me—not in the mood to read?! Blasphemy! Alas, older me has had to deal with an increasingly small attention span, in addition to diminished enjoyment in nearly everything. Things are getting better in terms of both attention span and enjoyment, and this makes me hope the reading will come back as well.

What I've read: I finally finished my nostalgic reread of Terry Brooks' Talismans of Shannara. Ahahaha, oh Par, so boring. On the other hand, Matty Roh is even more awesome than I remembered, and I had completely forgotten about the Matty Roh-Damson Rhee adventures! There should be fic, IJS.

Spoilers

I also got confused because Cogline is revealed to be not dead and just floating around Paranor in Elf Queen, because I was so sure he died! Turns out he does! Just in this book instead.

What I'm reading: I am progressing through Anuja Chauhan's The Zoya Factor, which got a little boring a few chapters in as it introduced the love interest and he and the heroine were antagonistic and etc. However, he is now being much nicer, and there has been a street market, so I am liking it much better again. Also continuing to read Tenea Johnson's Smoketown, which is still gorgeous. I think I opened up Yuki Kaori's Iiki no Ki to show off the Kobo Aura HD's screen to troisroyaumes, but I haven't read much past the first few pages. The art, though, is gorgeous! And already I am afraid it is going to be a version of the Riff/Cain + Merriweather triangle, with another demonic guy, some aristocratic guy, and a cute spunky girl.

Random book-shaped space: I am still trying to figure out what to get with the Kobo 50% off coupon before it expires! Candidates so far: Kate Elliott's Jaran books, some Charlotte Stein novellas the library doesn't have, ???. Maybe the dinosaur book I have been looking at?

In less pleasant news, I deleted Ben A's books from my computer.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

Sorry those books didn't work for you. :/ I wonder whether my fondness for London the city has obscured something I should've picked up on.

[kore]

....after reading through most of it I think both the SH piece and BA are wrong. It's just bad for writers to interact about their work with readers, period. It's not even so much a power thing, it's just that the person who's written something is really unable to have the same viewpoint as someone who's reading it, and arguing with someone about that work is recipe for disaster. That's what I think, anyway.

re: Ben A

[estara]

So did I.

In more pleasant news, a commenter at DA had the following info to share:

I just learnt of another Kobo coupon code (BookRiot50) which is also multi-use and valid until 15 October. As far as the current one goes, I’m trying to spread out my purchases and restrain to no more than two books a day – you can do the math and have an idea how many I’ve bought since 13 September.