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almost through the week
Oct. 1st, 2015 04:10 pmGetting out of the house in the morning fast enough to miss the worst of ATL traffic is not something I’m enjoying a lot, but the new office continues to feel very modern. I am looking for the reservable treadmill desks--they could make conference calls a little less of a time suck.
Belated weekly books meme…
finished
Love Irresistibly, Julie James, contemporary romance – I really did enjoy this while I was reading it (it was nice to have a pair of protagonists who felt like actual high-powered, functioning adults with complications) but I swear I could not remember it today, like AT ALL, when I started writing this up, so maybe it wasn’t as great as I thought? At least it did not annoy me to death and gain memorability that way?
Princes At War, nonfiction, British royal family during WWII – remained very readable to the end, and I really loved the large number of excerpts of private correspondence and journals (since published) in the narrative. Mostly, these came from the king’s journal and his correspondence with his mother/brothers, but there were also bits from Churchill, his secretaries, and from other government officials. They added an extra depth to the timeline. And yow, not at all painting a flattering (or even barely non-treasonous) portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy, nonfiction – I… liked this, but it only skimmed the surface of the world of fandom in an effort to make it be not so overwhelming to newbies, so I’m clearly not the target audience. HOWEVER, it gets a zillion bonus points for defining a drabble as exactly 100 words, \o/. I feel like I have to wave its banner just for that. /bofq
now
Your Scandalous Ways, Loretta Chase, historical romance – highest of recommendations (and LC is almost always a big hit with me) but I literally just started last night, so I have no real impression.
Dead Beat, Jim Butcher, paranormal mystery – The next of the Dresden Files (#7, I think), again, just started it (and for those just joining the these posts, I’m reading/listening to these because my kids love them and it’s always good for dinner conversation.) As always, though, James Marsters gives great Dresden in the audiobook.
next
The library just came through with Malice at the Palace, which is the next of Rhys Bowen’s Lady Georgie cozy mystery and it’s set during the early events of the Princes at War, so that all feels very serendipitous.
Belated weekly books meme…
finished
Love Irresistibly, Julie James, contemporary romance – I really did enjoy this while I was reading it (it was nice to have a pair of protagonists who felt like actual high-powered, functioning adults with complications) but I swear I could not remember it today, like AT ALL, when I started writing this up, so maybe it wasn’t as great as I thought? At least it did not annoy me to death and gain memorability that way?
Princes At War, nonfiction, British royal family during WWII – remained very readable to the end, and I really loved the large number of excerpts of private correspondence and journals (since published) in the narrative. Mostly, these came from the king’s journal and his correspondence with his mother/brothers, but there were also bits from Churchill, his secretaries, and from other government officials. They added an extra depth to the timeline. And yow, not at all painting a flattering (or even barely non-treasonous) portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy, nonfiction – I… liked this, but it only skimmed the surface of the world of fandom in an effort to make it be not so overwhelming to newbies, so I’m clearly not the target audience. HOWEVER, it gets a zillion bonus points for defining a drabble as exactly 100 words, \o/. I feel like I have to wave its banner just for that. /bofq
now
Your Scandalous Ways, Loretta Chase, historical romance – highest of recommendations (and LC is almost always a big hit with me) but I literally just started last night, so I have no real impression.
Dead Beat, Jim Butcher, paranormal mystery – The next of the Dresden Files (#7, I think), again, just started it (and for those just joining the these posts, I’m reading/listening to these because my kids love them and it’s always good for dinner conversation.) As always, though, James Marsters gives great Dresden in the audiobook.
next
The library just came through with Malice at the Palace, which is the next of Rhys Bowen’s Lady Georgie cozy mystery and it’s set during the early events of the Princes at War, so that all feels very serendipitous.
