What I Just Finished Reading
The City We Became by N K Jemisin
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as I wanted to. It had excellent foundations and excellent ideas, but the characters didn't feel quite fleshed out enough. It's the first in a trilogy, and I will read them at some point I'm sure, but I'm not massively motivated to. I'm definitely interested to read blurbs and see where the focus is.
( Spoilery thoughts )
What I'm Reading Now
The Bird King by G Willow Wilson
A book about the spanish inquisition, and a book about what it means to be free, and a book about a concubine and a magical mapmaker being led across the desert, and it is incredibly interesting and I am enjoying it immensely so far.
What I'm Reading Next
The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher
"What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes. The Weird and the Eerie are closely related but distinct modes, each possessing its own distinct properties. Both have often been associated with Horror, yet this emphasis overlooks the aching fascination that such texts can exercise. The Weird and the Eerie both fundamentally concern the outside and the unknown, which are not intrinsically horrifying, even if they are always unsettling.
Perhaps a proper understanding of the human condition requires examination of liminal concepts such as the weird and the eerie.
These two modes will be analysed with reference to the work of authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, H. G. Wells, M.R. James, Christopher Priest, Joan Lindsay, Nigel Kneale, Daphne Du Maurier, Alan Garner and Margaret Atwood, and films by Stanley Kubrick, Jonathan Glazer and Christoper Nolan." (Amazon blurb)
I've not done a non-fiction book for a book club before, so I'm interested to see what I'll have to say. I use feelings words a lot in book club, I may have to use my actual brain for this one. :D
The City We Became by N K Jemisin
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as I wanted to. It had excellent foundations and excellent ideas, but the characters didn't feel quite fleshed out enough. It's the first in a trilogy, and I will read them at some point I'm sure, but I'm not massively motivated to. I'm definitely interested to read blurbs and see where the focus is.
( Spoilery thoughts )
What I'm Reading Now
The Bird King by G Willow Wilson
A book about the spanish inquisition, and a book about what it means to be free, and a book about a concubine and a magical mapmaker being led across the desert, and it is incredibly interesting and I am enjoying it immensely so far.
What I'm Reading Next
The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher
"What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes. The Weird and the Eerie are closely related but distinct modes, each possessing its own distinct properties. Both have often been associated with Horror, yet this emphasis overlooks the aching fascination that such texts can exercise. The Weird and the Eerie both fundamentally concern the outside and the unknown, which are not intrinsically horrifying, even if they are always unsettling.
Perhaps a proper understanding of the human condition requires examination of liminal concepts such as the weird and the eerie.
These two modes will be analysed with reference to the work of authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, H. G. Wells, M.R. James, Christopher Priest, Joan Lindsay, Nigel Kneale, Daphne Du Maurier, Alan Garner and Margaret Atwood, and films by Stanley Kubrick, Jonathan Glazer and Christoper Nolan." (Amazon blurb)
I've not done a non-fiction book for a book club before, so I'm interested to see what I'll have to say. I use feelings words a lot in book club, I may have to use my actual brain for this one. :D
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