#readathon check in

[topaz119]

Hour 8 and 2 books down, \o/ (Malice at the Palace and Black Widow: Forever Red) and I enjoyed them both.

That's such a relief--I hate the thought of 'wasting' even an hour of this day on something I don't like. I go through some serious contortions to clear the decks enough to spend an entire day reading. My brain is all worried that I'm going to lose some of the 'magic' of it all.

It's a gloriously beautiful day, so I think I'm going to walk the dog and bring an audiobook along for company (quite possibly offending some neighbors as I don't notice them trying to start a conversation, but that's why I'm married to the super-extrovert. He takes care of all the neighborly relations. :D )

I do have more to say about both books, but later, as I am in a reading thrall and don't really want to come out of it just yet. ;D

Comments

[st_aurafina]

Ooh, I very much want to read Black Widow: Forever Red! Glad to hear it's enjoyable.

Good luck with the rest of the readathon!

[rikes]

That sounds like a super lovely day! Glad you managed to clear the time for it.

[topaz119]

I really enjoyed it--her characterization of Natasha definitely worked for me, even if I could wish for more Natasha in the story.

[topaz119]

It was very fun! And today I am running around like a crazy woman, doing laundry and getting ready for the coming week.

[sperrywink]

Reading is da bomb. I spent Sunday reading and it was soothing and glorious.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on Black Widow: Forever Red.

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

I really liked her characterization of Natasha in this book--I also did a re-read of the current Black Widow run and found that I liked the Natasha of the novel much more than Edmonson's Natasha. There could have been more Natasha in the book, though I think she's setting up a series, so there were some new characters that had to be introduced and hopefully we won't have that happening in the next book.

(I feel like I have to warn for No Clint. NONE. ack. I am choosing to set this in the time frame of the comics where he's 'dead'/Ronin, which isn't a huge stretch as the setting is a nice slush of MCU and various Marvel 'verses.)

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Sounds cool!