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Recent Reading
May. 11th, 2023 10:07 pmMissing Reading Wednesday, but here's some reading.
Some Desperate Glory (Emily Tesh) (2023): ( Why look, I took notes as I read. )
B+ novel. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't vote it as The Best Novel of 2023. I also would make all my friends read it, so we can talk about it until we are talked out.
Together We Will Go (J. Michael Straczynski) (2021): Bought this immediately on release. Started reading on vacation last year, put it down for a while, picked it up again in April, blazed through it in a couple of days. Just had to be in the right place, I guess.
This felt very JMS, in a good way: ensemble, human condition, a deeply emotional scene about how much someone loves their cat. If I were the crying type, I would have cried.
The final discussion was a little pat, but I also appreciated the format showing different people coming together, and their different experiences. And the different pains, physical or emotional, that lead to their wish to live one good road trip and end it on their terms.
Some Desperate Glory (Emily Tesh) (2023): ( Why look, I took notes as I read. )
B+ novel. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't vote it as The Best Novel of 2023. I also would make all my friends read it, so we can talk about it until we are talked out.
Together We Will Go (J. Michael Straczynski) (2021): Bought this immediately on release. Started reading on vacation last year, put it down for a while, picked it up again in April, blazed through it in a couple of days. Just had to be in the right place, I guess.
This felt very JMS, in a good way: ensemble, human condition, a deeply emotional scene about how much someone loves their cat. If I were the crying type, I would have cried.
The final discussion was a little pat, but I also appreciated the format showing different people coming together, and their different experiences. And the different pains, physical or emotional, that lead to their wish to live one good road trip and end it on their terms.