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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jemisin is relentless in conveying her concept of the world. I couldn't read it straight through; I had to read a bit at a time, and it did get more challenging to come back to it the grimmer it got.
I'm reading "Empress" which is a biography of the Nar Jahal, who for several years was the ruler of Mughal India following the death of her husband, the Emperor. The only female ruler -- she's amazing and largely unknown to the West.
This is my obligatory plug for the Broken Earth trilogy on audio - Robin Miles does phenomenal work with the 2nd-person narration.
But yeah, it's not a *comforting* read, and it doesn't get cheerier as the series goes on.
God, I'm not sure I could listen to it, rather than read it.
I have her new one, I'm hoping it's more cheerful.
The City We Became is practically a beach read compared to Broken Earth.
I didn't care for the short story (The City Born Great? Something like that) so I was thinking I'd skip the novel. First thing of hers I'd read that I didn't like, I think.
The style is very different from most of what she's written before, but I really really enjoyed it. I'm not sure how much I would have gotten out of it if I didn't live in NY though.
Yeah, I think that might be the crux of it for me.
There's a new KJ Charles book out today. Slippery Creatures, set in 1920s London. I'm a couple of chapters in and enjoying it immensely, as is usual for me with her books.
I've just downloaded it and am looking forward to reading it. I love a lot of her books and hope this one stacks up to the ones I like.
I'm under a fair amount of stress - for once, not really related to the virus! - and I'm having problems reading anything new - I've been re-reading a lot, although I usually read new books on my e-reader.