The three āWās areĀ what are you reading now,Ā what have you recently finished reading, andĀ what are you going to read next, and you can find this weekās post at the hostās blogĀ hereĀ if you want to check out other posts.
What are you currently reading?
I’m rereadingĀ PlanetfallĀ by Emma Newman, sinceĀ Before Mars just arrived yesterday! I had to stop and take a break last night, though, because Newman is really far too good at portraying anxiety. Meep. I’m also readingĀ How to Survive a Plague by David France, which is just heartwrenching. It’s quite dense, so I’m making slow progress, and maybe I’d like more on the science of AIDs — but it’s an important history, too.
What have you recently finished reading?
I think the last thing I finished wasĀ Brimstone, by Cherie Priest. I liked it a lot in the end — I liked Tomas, with his sad gentleness, and I liked Alice, with her solid attitude to life and getting on with things (and having the occasional drink of bourbon, Prohibition be damned). And of course, her insistence on helping Tomas.
What will you be reading next?
Pretty sure I’ll be picking upĀ Artificial Condition,Ā by Martha Wells! I got the ARC on… Friday, but only just got chance to put it on my ereader, so I’ll be digging in soon. Other than that, I want to finish my reread ofĀ Planetfall, and hopefully go straight into a reread ofĀ After Atlas and then readĀ Before Mars for the first time! I’m also planning to reread Mira Grant’sĀ Feed and finally finish that trilogy, now I’ve got my wife reading it.
What areĀ you reading right now?
I’m reading Jeannette Ng’s Under a Pendulum Sun — slightly underwhelmed so far but I’m hoping it gets better.
Huh, I quite enjoyed that one!
I’m about to start a book with my beloved flying dinosaurs and a doomed expedition…sounds like fun!
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Artificial Condition! *fist pump*! I’m hoping I’ll be able to fit that in as my next read as well.
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Going completely against form, I'm reading grimdark for the first time in forever with Anna Stephens' Godblind (thank you Subjective Chaos) and it's going more or less as you'd expect. I'm enjoying (some of) her characters, but hating the grimdark elements, which include the inevitable bucketloads of misogyny and side helpings of homophobia (in the sense that being queer is rarely mentioned, but when it is it's not in a good way. UGH). I think it's mostly making me think I'm finally back in a place to enjoy some epic fantasy.
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