Recently not-yet-read
Jul. 12th, 2007 11:47![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
viktor_haagI notice that the last post I made about my reading pile was almost a month and a half ago. What have I read since then?
Well, not all that much, really. I did finish "Critical Practice" by Catherine Belsey and this prompted me to stick my toe back into the literary theory pool. We'll see how far I manage to get there before I leap out, shivering...
On the fiction front, I have once again fallen into the proliferated-reading-pile habit. My current books on the go list is:
"The Stand" by Stephen King; urged by a friend of mine who really likes King, and my own urge to give him another turn at-bat I decided to start with the monster. About half-way through now, and it's pretty good (well, readable, anyway). The jury's still out on how I'll feel about it when done, but I get the feeling that (a) he's a meat and potatoes writer, and (b) he's very very good at being a meat and potatoes writer, and (c) there's not much wrong with that.
"Shadow & Claw" by Gene Wolfe: yeah, I've turned back to this once again. My long term plan here is to get through the Old Sun, New Sun, Long Sun, and Short Sun series. Since I suspect my need for diversity wouldn't let me do that to the exclusion of all other reading, I'm trying to make this my "backup reading"; I don't put the book in my pack, I keep it on my night-table.
"Two For The Lions" by Lindsey Davis, because the other stuff active on the pile is not exactly "light hearted". When I want to read, but I can't face anything heavy, then Davis is typically what I turn to. Very readable, light, funny, and diverting.
Books that are looking to get on the list:
"The Black Company" by Glen Cook: I think Cook would really like to be in Wolfe's position for my reading attention. The thought of trading off between Wolfe and Cook has occurred to me, but I'm not sure I want to lock myself into reading essentially the same genre/mode for the years it would take to get through both catalogs of stuff.
Various SF: Dan Simmons' Hyperion cycle, Jack McDevitt's "Seeker" and "Polaris", the Robert Charles Wilson books I haven't got to yet ("Spin" and "Blind Lake").
Various mysteries: all the Donna Leon, Davis, Sayers, Mankell books I have on my shelf I haven't got to yet.
At some point I'm going to have to grimly stop buying books. I have a strong suspicion I already have many more books than I can manage to read in the rest of my remaining life...
Well, not all that much, really. I did finish "Critical Practice" by Catherine Belsey and this prompted me to stick my toe back into the literary theory pool. We'll see how far I manage to get there before I leap out, shivering...
On the fiction front, I have once again fallen into the proliferated-reading-pile habit. My current books on the go list is:
"The Stand" by Stephen King; urged by a friend of mine who really likes King, and my own urge to give him another turn at-bat I decided to start with the monster. About half-way through now, and it's pretty good (well, readable, anyway). The jury's still out on how I'll feel about it when done, but I get the feeling that (a) he's a meat and potatoes writer, and (b) he's very very good at being a meat and potatoes writer, and (c) there's not much wrong with that.
"Shadow & Claw" by Gene Wolfe: yeah, I've turned back to this once again. My long term plan here is to get through the Old Sun, New Sun, Long Sun, and Short Sun series. Since I suspect my need for diversity wouldn't let me do that to the exclusion of all other reading, I'm trying to make this my "backup reading"; I don't put the book in my pack, I keep it on my night-table.
"Two For The Lions" by Lindsey Davis, because the other stuff active on the pile is not exactly "light hearted". When I want to read, but I can't face anything heavy, then Davis is typically what I turn to. Very readable, light, funny, and diverting.
Books that are looking to get on the list:
"The Black Company" by Glen Cook: I think Cook would really like to be in Wolfe's position for my reading attention. The thought of trading off between Wolfe and Cook has occurred to me, but I'm not sure I want to lock myself into reading essentially the same genre/mode for the years it would take to get through both catalogs of stuff.
Various SF: Dan Simmons' Hyperion cycle, Jack McDevitt's "Seeker" and "Polaris", the Robert Charles Wilson books I haven't got to yet ("Spin" and "Blind Lake").
Various mysteries: all the Donna Leon, Davis, Sayers, Mankell books I have on my shelf I haven't got to yet.
At some point I'm going to have to grimly stop buying books. I have a strong suspicion I already have many more books than I can manage to read in the rest of my remaining life...
