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Mar. 16th, 2018 05:11 pmMy reading has kind of fallen apart in the last couple weeks, but I made a push the last couple days to finish some stuff in time for a library trip today, which saw me literally standing at the desk finishing the last page of something as the library was closing, but, hey. So these books share the bold red letters of no renewal allowed (too many renewals/on hold), but basically nothing else.
Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer. I had decided not to read these, and then they made the movie and when I asked people thought I might as well read it before I saw the movie, except then I've been going back and forth on whether I want to see the movie at all (pros: a team in which all the roles are taken by women; cons: horror). But I ended up finishing the book, which was interesting, although it didn't particularly make me want to read the rest of the trilogy compared with everything else I could be reading. I mean, it *is* a kind of thing I am interested in, in general... literary sf, the encounter with the truly other, vivid imagery, the landscapes... I dunno, it was good! But there are so many books! Anyways, you might like it if you liked Meg Howrey's The Wanderers, Peter Watts' Blindsight, or possibly Monica Byrne's The Girl In The Road. Or, really, given my understanding of the popularity of the trilogy, I'm probably recommending those to people who liked this one.
Love Sugar Magic: A Dash Of Trouble, Anna Meriano. Charming contemp-fantasy middlegrade about a Latina girl who discovers her mom and four older sisters are witches. She (of course) gets herself into trouble trying out magic for herself. I was really pleased to find this for Junie; Junie hasn't been particularly interested in my suggestions of Edward Eager or Ruth Chew, and this had a lot of the same feel without any "old book" vibe (I was going to say she mostly prefers books from the last 20 years, although she's also enjoyed Ramona and "Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing" and that kind of thing, so, who knows.) Anyways, Junie really liked it (and was disappointed to hear there isn't already a whole series of them she can burn through - this was a 2018 book), and I liked it too. I'm a big fan of the "magical oops" genre, and this had some nice character beats. Junie asked me to photocopy some of the recipes so we can try making them at some point.
American Girl: The Real Z. Junie decided she wasn't interested in this one but I read it and enjoyed it. Mentioning it here mostly because it made us aware of the "American Girl Stop Motion" video genre, kinda cool.
Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer. I had decided not to read these, and then they made the movie and when I asked people thought I might as well read it before I saw the movie, except then I've been going back and forth on whether I want to see the movie at all (pros: a team in which all the roles are taken by women; cons: horror). But I ended up finishing the book, which was interesting, although it didn't particularly make me want to read the rest of the trilogy compared with everything else I could be reading. I mean, it *is* a kind of thing I am interested in, in general... literary sf, the encounter with the truly other, vivid imagery, the landscapes... I dunno, it was good! But there are so many books! Anyways, you might like it if you liked Meg Howrey's The Wanderers, Peter Watts' Blindsight, or possibly Monica Byrne's The Girl In The Road. Or, really, given my understanding of the popularity of the trilogy, I'm probably recommending those to people who liked this one.
Love Sugar Magic: A Dash Of Trouble, Anna Meriano. Charming contemp-fantasy middlegrade about a Latina girl who discovers her mom and four older sisters are witches. She (of course) gets herself into trouble trying out magic for herself. I was really pleased to find this for Junie; Junie hasn't been particularly interested in my suggestions of Edward Eager or Ruth Chew, and this had a lot of the same feel without any "old book" vibe (I was going to say she mostly prefers books from the last 20 years, although she's also enjoyed Ramona and "Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing" and that kind of thing, so, who knows.) Anyways, Junie really liked it (and was disappointed to hear there isn't already a whole series of them she can burn through - this was a 2018 book), and I liked it too. I'm a big fan of the "magical oops" genre, and this had some nice character beats. Junie asked me to photocopy some of the recipes so we can try making them at some point.
American Girl: The Real Z. Junie decided she wasn't interested in this one but I read it and enjoyed it. Mentioning it here mostly because it made us aware of the "American Girl Stop Motion" video genre, kinda cool.
