Since last week I have finished at one job, moved into a house, and begun another job. I have also read exactly one book since the previous Wednesday, a lamentable report, and yet I feel, on the whole, that this is not altogether without justification, considering the circumstances.
What are you currently reading? Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay, the second of two books of the Sarantine Mosaic. This Byzantine-inspired historical fantasy is pretty fantastic, especially the court intrigue.
What did you recently finish reading? Sailing to Sarantium, the first of see above. Concurrently, my husband and I finished reading aloud in the car Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, easily one of the five funniest novels ever written. We’d been working on it since Christmas, so it feels like a bit of an achievement.
What do you think you’ll read next? 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson, which just won the Nebula Award. While I was trading in some books at Recycled (hunting, in vain, for Cybele’s Secret by Juliet Marillier), a pristine hardback copy snagged my eye. To make things more perfect, the amount of credit I received for my books sold exactly equaled the price of this award-winner. And since Iain M. Banks endorsed him on the back cover, I plan to give this author another try after my foiled attempt to enjoy Red Mars.
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