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smilebackwardsEven more summer deck reading. I'm doing a summer reading challenge at my library and I have been reading every day. At some point, I will get a prize :)
The Witness for the Dead & The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison. I didn't know Katherine Addison had written more in The Goblin Emperor universe! I saw these on the shelf next to it and I was like 'oh, what's this?' I honestly read Goblin Emperor so long ago that I don't remember much about it except that it was well-written and had interesting politics, but these books are a spin off of Celehar solving crimes. I enjoy the writing very much and Celehar is the kind of character with a completely warped self-perception that I love. Apparently it's a trilogy with one more book coming out next year.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I'm still rotating the Foundation TV show in my head and I decided I'd grab this off the shelf. A lot of the show did follow the book but the show made a great decision in genderswapping Gaal and Salvor in my opinion. The book literally has one named female character and it says her name all of once and then calls her the Commandr's wife the rest of the time. It was super noticable to me. Also when I started, I was like 'Is the writing bad? This is Isaac Asimov, the writing can't be bad, right??'. I'm not sure if it was meant for the character POV or just warming up or what but it got better.
I finally watched the zombie show In The Flesh and I enjoyed it. I accidentally watched episodes out of order but honestly it still worked for me. Also I watched Bridgerton season 3 and then caught up on the new season of Doctor Who. DW has the whole range of ridiculous fun to horror episodes, which I appreciate, and I love Ncuti Gatwa. And I caught up on The Acolyte and I don't love it but I think it's fine.
The Witness for the Dead & The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison. I didn't know Katherine Addison had written more in The Goblin Emperor universe! I saw these on the shelf next to it and I was like 'oh, what's this?' I honestly read Goblin Emperor so long ago that I don't remember much about it except that it was well-written and had interesting politics, but these books are a spin off of Celehar solving crimes. I enjoy the writing very much and Celehar is the kind of character with a completely warped self-perception that I love. Apparently it's a trilogy with one more book coming out next year.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I'm still rotating the Foundation TV show in my head and I decided I'd grab this off the shelf. A lot of the show did follow the book but the show made a great decision in genderswapping Gaal and Salvor in my opinion. The book literally has one named female character and it says her name all of once and then calls her the Commandr's wife the rest of the time. It was super noticable to me. Also when I started, I was like 'Is the writing bad? This is Isaac Asimov, the writing can't be bad, right??'. I'm not sure if it was meant for the character POV or just warming up or what but it got better.
I finally watched the zombie show In The Flesh and I enjoyed it. I accidentally watched episodes out of order but honestly it still worked for me. Also I watched Bridgerton season 3 and then caught up on the new season of Doctor Who. DW has the whole range of ridiculous fun to horror episodes, which I appreciate, and I love Ncuti Gatwa. And I caught up on The Acolyte and I don't love it but I think it's fine.
