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Jun. 18th, 2024 06:38 pmI'm not writing but I am reading.
Treason's Harbor by Patrick O'Brian. Book 9 of the Aubrey/Maturin series. Much spy shenanigans in this! It's constantly surprising to me how I feel like so little happens in each book but it's so interesting? They are hanging out in Malta for 100 pages at the start and I was still riveted. And I thought surely the climax will be what happens with the agent situation but no, we wait until the next book. It really is like 1 incredibly long book just broken out into 20 books.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Time travel. I liked the structure of this. It went through multiple character POVs and then reversed back through them. Reused characters from The Glass Hotel so I guess kind of a crossover but I would have been fine not having read that too. Usually I'm good about not hoarding books I'm not expecting to read again but this is such a lovely little hardcover, with blue painted edges, and the typeset is so nice I might keep it just for aesthetics.
This week I watched Dead Boy Detectives which was entertaining. Sometimes I just want something that is mildly enjoyable but I don't feel like joining the fandom and this fit that for me.
Treason's Harbor by Patrick O'Brian. Book 9 of the Aubrey/Maturin series. Much spy shenanigans in this! It's constantly surprising to me how I feel like so little happens in each book but it's so interesting? They are hanging out in Malta for 100 pages at the start and I was still riveted. And I thought surely the climax will be what happens with the agent situation but no, we wait until the next book. It really is like 1 incredibly long book just broken out into 20 books.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Time travel. I liked the structure of this. It went through multiple character POVs and then reversed back through them. Reused characters from The Glass Hotel so I guess kind of a crossover but I would have been fine not having read that too. Usually I'm good about not hoarding books I'm not expecting to read again but this is such a lovely little hardcover, with blue painted edges, and the typeset is so nice I might keep it just for aesthetics.
This week I watched Dead Boy Detectives which was entertaining. Sometimes I just want something that is mildly enjoyable but I don't feel like joining the fandom and this fit that for me.
