Weekly-ish Reading
Dec. 12th, 2019 10:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I'm juggling a couple different books right now and not feeling especially motivated to finish any of them, probably because I have one last (quick and easy, but still) assignment dangling over my head. That'll be finished and submitted tomorrow, though, and as far as my plans for Christmas break go, I'd just like to catch up on reading.
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I had more thoughts on both The Turn of the Screw and The Girls at the Kingfisher Club after I finished them, but it's been a while and those thoughts are gone.
Mississippi Jack by L.A. Meyer--In my personal ranking of the Bloody Jack books this one goes below Bloody Jack, The Curse of the Blue Tattoo, and In the Belly of the Bloodhound but above Under the Jolly Roger (which in theory should have been my favorite, since it's all about privateers and not-so-accidental piracy, but man, did the middle drag for me). It's a lot of fun, and often very funny, and Jacky is--as always--an absolute delight; I also loved that Katy Deere, one of my favorite girls from the Bloodhound, gets to join in for another adventure and gets her own ride-off-into-the-sunset happy ending. There were a couple slow points towards the middle (again), but (again) things picked back up just in time for the ending.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman--The worldbuilding of these books has always been one of their biggest draws for me, which is funny because aside from the witches (Serafina Pekkala was and still is one of my absolute favorite characters in any book, ever) and the daemons I'd forgotten some of the coolest bits, like the gyptians and all the politics going on...everywhere, but especially with the armored bears. I actually don't have plans to watch the new show, at least not until I've reread the main series, but it's been wonderful to drop back into this world.
I'm juggling a couple different books right now and not feeling especially motivated to finish any of them, probably because I have one last (quick and easy, but still) assignment dangling over my head. That'll be finished and submitted tomorrow, though, and as far as my plans for Christmas break go, I'd just like to catch up on reading.
Read
I had more thoughts on both The Turn of the Screw and The Girls at the Kingfisher Club after I finished them, but it's been a while and those thoughts are gone.
Mississippi Jack by L.A. Meyer--In my personal ranking of the Bloody Jack books this one goes below Bloody Jack, The Curse of the Blue Tattoo, and In the Belly of the Bloodhound but above Under the Jolly Roger (which in theory should have been my favorite, since it's all about privateers and not-so-accidental piracy, but man, did the middle drag for me). It's a lot of fun, and often very funny, and Jacky is--as always--an absolute delight; I also loved that Katy Deere, one of my favorite girls from the Bloodhound, gets to join in for another adventure and gets her own ride-off-into-the-sunset happy ending. There were a couple slow points towards the middle (again), but (again) things picked back up just in time for the ending.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman--The worldbuilding of these books has always been one of their biggest draws for me, which is funny because aside from the witches (Serafina Pekkala was and still is one of my absolute favorite characters in any book, ever) and the daemons I'd forgotten some of the coolest bits, like the gyptians and all the politics going on...everywhere, but especially with the armored bears. I actually don't have plans to watch the new show, at least not until I've reread the main series, but it's been wonderful to drop back into this world.