Today, I finally finished rereading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.
It was fantastic and delightful in every way, absolutely incredible - perhaps even more than I remembered. This makes me want to reread The Night Circus as well; if this one was this good, than that one might be that good. Perchance.
Currently, though, I'm reading A Prayer for the Crown-Shy. Well, it's OK. I like it, sure, but I'm liking it much less. For one, I think the novelty - maybe... - has worn off a bit. The world is brilliant and inviting - luscious, as per Martha Wells - but now that I've been introduced to it in the first book, it doesn't hit as hard in the second. Maybe. I think this logic is a little flawed, since I did enjoy it very much on reread. I don't know.
We might be going into some conflict resolution soon, but I guess I do feel like not much conflict has existed in the first, what, 3/4ths of the book? It's still pretty and all, and there's some insight to be gleaned, certainly, but I just don't feel as pulled in, this time around.
I'll finish the book, of course, maybe even today. Then, I don't know. I might go back to Shadow Slave - not that I've dropped it or anything - or I might give something else a try. Maybe even - and hold on to your jaws - non-fiction!
AAAAH!!!
Sorry, I scared myself there.
I read exclusively fiction for no reason other than the fact I've never read non-fiction outside of an academic context. Well, I guess I've read news articles and such; it won't be that much different, maybe. I hope it'll be interesting, at least.
Alternatively, I can just read fiction instead. I don't see why not, other than the fact that I don't feel particularly inclined toward any particular book. I could look stuff up, of course, but I always feel a little uncertain when picking up new stuff - as is normal, I do suspect. I'm strongly considering going with The Dresden Files.
Becky Chambers, give me your autograph. I promise to cherish it.
If you liked The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern you also might like Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel by Susan Cooper.
I never read Solar Punk, I’ll give it a try.
Non-Fiction can be good as well. I recently read The Berlin Diary by William Shirer. It’s Shirers diary he wrote while stationed as a journalist during Nazi Germany and published when he came back to the US. It reads astonishingly modern and is absolutely infuriating while you read about his struggle to inform an oblivious american public about the crimes of the nazis.
On Writing Well by William Zinsser is also very entertaining and informative.
I've heard of this before, but ended up not going for it at the time. I'll add it to the list, thanks :D
Thanks for the recs!