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Wednesday reading
Oct. 9th, 2013 01:24 pmI read things!
Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell
Just about my only problem with this was a couple instances of language usage. (Saying whether something was a thing didn't used to be a thing.) Otherwise, adorable, handled the class and race stuff pretty well, all about the 80s music, out-of-control sweet first love from both viewpoints. Class did seem to be conflated with abuse just a little; while that's not exactly a false correlation, or even a false causation, I was uncomfortable with it. There was some surprisingly good support and solidarity toward the end, though.
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
I underestimated just how much I would like having a narrator whose native language didn't mark gender and who thus called everyone "she". It was so great. Legitimate linguistic issue! Ongoing wry struggle with gender marking in different languages and planetary cultures! I continue to have no idea what anatomy the narrator's body has, actually, but I know she wouldn't mind whatever I picked.
Anyway! She's also a former spaceship, which is 100% awesome. The structure of the book is a little confusing at times, as there's a lot of flashback and multiple bodies/identities going on, but it came together well for me at the end.
A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park
This kid's book about chosen family and pottery making in historical Korea is pretty good, and would be worth reading just for the description of the wood-fired kiln technology available at the time, because then you go look at a picture of the Thousand Cranes Vase that was made that way. I... what. Gah.
Angel in the Attic, Rebecca Tregaron
Disclaimer: the author is a friend. She wouldn't have had to be for me to want to read about a lesbian werewolf chef, though. There's an amusing variety of people, including multiple types of pretty pretty angel, and lots of food porn, and a truly over-the-top Gothic house. Did I mention that the food sounds delicious? This is the first piece of the novel, but not a cliffhanger or anything. (Except semi-literally: sex in an aerie does imply having to get down eventually.)
Special note:
Little though I like Amazon, I really like Minister Faust, so I will point out that Kindle users can currently get The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad for free. And evidently it's a Volume One now.
Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell
Just about my only problem with this was a couple instances of language usage. (Saying whether something was a thing didn't used to be a thing.) Otherwise, adorable, handled the class and race stuff pretty well, all about the 80s music, out-of-control sweet first love from both viewpoints. Class did seem to be conflated with abuse just a little; while that's not exactly a false correlation, or even a false causation, I was uncomfortable with it. There was some surprisingly good support and solidarity toward the end, though.
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
I underestimated just how much I would like having a narrator whose native language didn't mark gender and who thus called everyone "she". It was so great. Legitimate linguistic issue! Ongoing wry struggle with gender marking in different languages and planetary cultures! I continue to have no idea what anatomy the narrator's body has, actually, but I know she wouldn't mind whatever I picked.
Anyway! She's also a former spaceship, which is 100% awesome. The structure of the book is a little confusing at times, as there's a lot of flashback and multiple bodies/identities going on, but it came together well for me at the end.
A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park
This kid's book about chosen family and pottery making in historical Korea is pretty good, and would be worth reading just for the description of the wood-fired kiln technology available at the time, because then you go look at a picture of the Thousand Cranes Vase that was made that way. I... what. Gah.
Angel in the Attic, Rebecca Tregaron
Disclaimer: the author is a friend. She wouldn't have had to be for me to want to read about a lesbian werewolf chef, though. There's an amusing variety of people, including multiple types of pretty pretty angel, and lots of food porn, and a truly over-the-top Gothic house. Did I mention that the food sounds delicious? This is the first piece of the novel, but not a cliffhanger or anything. (Except semi-literally: sex in an aerie does imply having to get down eventually.)
Special note:
Little though I like Amazon, I really like Minister Faust, so I will point out that Kindle users can currently get The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad for free. And evidently it's a Volume One now.
