Greetings, friends! I just caught up on all the unanswered blog comments I could find — and I’ll try to be better here on out!
What are you currently reading?
Without much enthusiasm, Peter Godfrey-Smith’s Metazoa. I remembered really liking Other Minds, so I am disappointed by this one, which I’m not finding very readable. I don’t expect much popular science stuff that focuses on biology to be new to me except in the finer details — I read it for a) obscure factoids and b) comfort through familiarity and order — but this one isn’t new and it’s slooow.
I’m also partway through Abaddon’s Gate (James S.A. Corey), and a reread of Fire & Hemlock (Diana Wynne Jones). It’s fun to rediscover the latter now I have a more than passing familiarity with the Tam Lin story.
What have you recently finished reading?
Uhhh, good question… I think the last thing was Network Effect (Martha Wells) and The Churn (James S.A. Corey). The former was a lot of fun; it is nice to hang out with Murderbot. The latter was… superfluous, I think, if you’ve read the main series. It doesn’t tell us much more about Amos than we already knew.
What will you be reading next?
Nooo idea. My brain isn’t cooperating very much, so I think it’ll be a while before I get to reading something else.
What’re you folks reading?
I’m with you on uncooperative brains – I’ve dipped into three books this week and thought ‘seems good, don’t really want to read it right now’ (although The Fated Sky might tempt me back for a second dip; Kowal’s narration really is easy to sink into). I’m doing better with my audio reread of The Vela, which I listen to when I’m out for a walk and am enjoying more as a passive reading entertainment than I did as a focused-for-review active read. I like the idea of picking up another Murderbot or even a superfluous Expanse novella – something familiar and undemanding would probably suit me better than something new right now…
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