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jazzfishUpdate: all the things for the condo have been sorted except for me showing up at their office with paperwork by ten AM tomorrow. (The lawyer has a Vancity bank account, so I could just do an intrabank transfer.) Which is a Load Off My Mind.
What are you reading?
Nth reread of The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter / Cameron Reed. This has but it's been quite a long time since I've read it. I suspect I am a better reader now than I was the last time: seems like every other page I'm pausing to say "ow" or "wow".
Ebook, Pratchett's Pyramids, which I am savouring deliberately. It is I think the most fun of the Discworld books so far.
What did you just finish reading?
Nth reread of Tim Powers's The Anubis Gates. I like this less than I remember liking it. The time-travel stuff is gloriously well-constructed... but the characters other than Brendan are paper-thin, and the plot as a whole doesn't quite hang together. Shame.
Also read the two companion novellas. Nobody's Home involves Jacky's encounter with a ghost shortly before the events of the novel, while The Properties of Rooftop Air concerns a minor character during the novel and his encounters with Horrabin the beggar clown. Both are slight; worth reading if you're a fan of the book but probably only once.
What do you think you'll read next?
My nice copies of Fonda Lee's Green Bone Saga came in the mail today, so, that. I read the first two a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed them; looking forward to the conclusion and to getting swept up in her world.
What are you reading?
Nth reread of The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter / Cameron Reed. This has but it's been quite a long time since I've read it. I suspect I am a better reader now than I was the last time: seems like every other page I'm pausing to say "ow" or "wow".
Ebook, Pratchett's Pyramids, which I am savouring deliberately. It is I think the most fun of the Discworld books so far.
What did you just finish reading?
Nth reread of Tim Powers's The Anubis Gates. I like this less than I remember liking it. The time-travel stuff is gloriously well-constructed... but the characters other than Brendan are paper-thin, and the plot as a whole doesn't quite hang together. Shame.
Also read the two companion novellas. Nobody's Home involves Jacky's encounter with a ghost shortly before the events of the novel, while The Properties of Rooftop Air concerns a minor character during the novel and his encounters with Horrabin the beggar clown. Both are slight; worth reading if you're a fan of the book but probably only once.
What do you think you'll read next?
My nice copies of Fonda Lee's Green Bone Saga came in the mail today, so, that. I read the first two a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed them; looking forward to the conclusion and to getting swept up in her world.
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Date: 2021-12-16 03:01 am (UTC)