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I didn't forget about bookclub!
So I'm actually in the middle of a TAFE course on Library and Information Studies, so the past couple of months have been super busy. I forgot my New Years Resolution to blog. But I have been reading! Not as much as planned but let's do a speedy recap.
A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne. 7/10.
This was a good, interesting book but first person writing in fiction just drives me crazy. This book does it well, but it's not my thing. And I kept waiting for Hearne to do something crazy and subversive with the "story being retold multiple times removed from original source" thing but it didn't seem to come. Also by the end of the book, I realised I felt like not much had happened. It does seem to be part of a series though, so maybe it picks up later. I'm not in a rush to continue, mostly because of the first person thing. Otherwise it was great.
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. 10/10
Shannon does it again!! I liked this prequel even more than Priory. All the romances had me rolling around in joy, the plot had a great amount of tension considering it's a prequel and we know the gist of what has to happen and I just love me some high fantasy with a glossary at the end.
In Focus by Anna Jacobs 7/10
Taking a hard turn from fantasy- Anna Jacobs?? She's a WA author and my mum's current favourite, so I had to give her a shot. I think the book I picked at random off the library shelf might be out of her usual wheelhouse though. A fun, light read, I finished it in about 24 hours. Classic paperback romance/family drama. Some interesting ideas, nice writing style, I liked the generational women POVs framing. I do think that Jacobs has a type of Romantic Hero that differs from mine though. Forceful, "won't give up so easily" types. Ah well, it's a classic trope.
Anyway, I think that's all I've gotten through so far. Been reading some non-fiction too. Bit behind schedule, but that's okay. Really want to do a reread of Lord of the Rings, I suspect I misremembered a major scene at dinner the other night. Unbearable.
A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne. 7/10.
This was a good, interesting book but first person writing in fiction just drives me crazy. This book does it well, but it's not my thing. And I kept waiting for Hearne to do something crazy and subversive with the "story being retold multiple times removed from original source" thing but it didn't seem to come. Also by the end of the book, I realised I felt like not much had happened. It does seem to be part of a series though, so maybe it picks up later. I'm not in a rush to continue, mostly because of the first person thing. Otherwise it was great.
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. 10/10
Shannon does it again!! I liked this prequel even more than Priory. All the romances had me rolling around in joy, the plot had a great amount of tension considering it's a prequel and we know the gist of what has to happen and I just love me some high fantasy with a glossary at the end.
In Focus by Anna Jacobs 7/10
Taking a hard turn from fantasy- Anna Jacobs?? She's a WA author and my mum's current favourite, so I had to give her a shot. I think the book I picked at random off the library shelf might be out of her usual wheelhouse though. A fun, light read, I finished it in about 24 hours. Classic paperback romance/family drama. Some interesting ideas, nice writing style, I liked the generational women POVs framing. I do think that Jacobs has a type of Romantic Hero that differs from mine though. Forceful, "won't give up so easily" types. Ah well, it's a classic trope.
Anyway, I think that's all I've gotten through so far. Been reading some non-fiction too. Bit behind schedule, but that's okay. Really want to do a reread of Lord of the Rings, I suspect I misremembered a major scene at dinner the other night. Unbearable.