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I had good intentions to start this back up last Wednesday but, well, stuff did happen.
I did manage to read a lot more than I thought I was going to manage last year, mostly due to having audiobooks going whenever I was doing household stuff (to keep my brain from spiralling) and by reading very light books/abandoning anything that didn't hold my attention. If you'd like to connect on GoodReads, where I do actually track my reading (mostly so I have something to jog my memory when people ask what I've read lately rather than feeling like I haven't read anything at all), my booklist is here.
So, trying this again this week...
finished
Christmas at the Island Hotel, Jenny Colgan -- She writes on the continuum between "women's fiction" and romance, and usually produces *exceedingly* fluffy plots about women finding themselves in some super-picturesque small town/island, often with a fair amount of angst. This one was no exception, though the angst is mostly people recovering from a previous angst-fest in a prior book in the series. You definitely should read the previous books because while this is technically focused on one of the minor characters from earlier books, the rest of the cast of characters all have their own, interwoven stories. If you like her books, I think you'd like this one (also, the plot moppet is finally growing up a bit, so she's somewhat less polarizing? Though I miss her mermaid-loving-ways...)
The Thousand Dollar Tan Line, Rob Thomas & Jennifer Gresham, audiobook narrated by Kristin Bell --- Set after the events of the (first? was there more than one or a reboot or something?) movie, this was basically like an episode of Veronica Mars in my ears. It was fine, I think; KB made a lot of it work better than it should have, but I still love Keith and Wallace and Mac. Were I inclined to write fic for this book, it would be about how the plain-spoken, hard-working ex-sheriff finds himself embarking on a romantic relationship with a former Victoria's Secrets' underwear model turned hotelier.
reading
The Biggest Bluff, Maria Konnikova, nonfiction about the author's journey into the professional poker world and what it taught her about resilience, chance, and discipline. So far, she's on the floor of the ladies' room with a migraine during the first round/day of the World Series of Poker, so I'm not very far into it.
Because Internet, Gretchen McCulloch, a linguist's look at written language of the internet, which I can almost use as a work-related book. Reading verrrrry slowly.
The Old Guard, Greg Rucka, the graphic novel that the movie was based on, though I might just drop it and go all-in on the movie characterizations.
Obi Wan and Anakin, Charles Soule, another graphic novel--I got it for one of my nephews for Christmas but then there was the Covid outbreak in the family and it's still sitting on my bedroom couch, taunting me. This is probably why you should wrap your presents, not use gift bags, but oh well...
next
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue just dropped from the library, in audio format, so I should probably take that up next, but Oldest almost has me talked into skipping all the Miles books and going straight to A Civil Campaign so we'll see where I end up.
I did manage to read a lot more than I thought I was going to manage last year, mostly due to having audiobooks going whenever I was doing household stuff (to keep my brain from spiralling) and by reading very light books/abandoning anything that didn't hold my attention. If you'd like to connect on GoodReads, where I do actually track my reading (mostly so I have something to jog my memory when people ask what I've read lately rather than feeling like I haven't read anything at all), my booklist is here.
So, trying this again this week...
finished
Christmas at the Island Hotel, Jenny Colgan -- She writes on the continuum between "women's fiction" and romance, and usually produces *exceedingly* fluffy plots about women finding themselves in some super-picturesque small town/island, often with a fair amount of angst. This one was no exception, though the angst is mostly people recovering from a previous angst-fest in a prior book in the series. You definitely should read the previous books because while this is technically focused on one of the minor characters from earlier books, the rest of the cast of characters all have their own, interwoven stories. If you like her books, I think you'd like this one (also, the plot moppet is finally growing up a bit, so she's somewhat less polarizing? Though I miss her mermaid-loving-ways...)
The Thousand Dollar Tan Line, Rob Thomas & Jennifer Gresham, audiobook narrated by Kristin Bell --- Set after the events of the (first? was there more than one or a reboot or something?) movie, this was basically like an episode of Veronica Mars in my ears. It was fine, I think; KB made a lot of it work better than it should have, but I still love Keith and Wallace and Mac. Were I inclined to write fic for this book, it would be about how the plain-spoken, hard-working ex-sheriff finds himself embarking on a romantic relationship with a former Victoria's Secrets' underwear model turned hotelier.
reading
The Biggest Bluff, Maria Konnikova, nonfiction about the author's journey into the professional poker world and what it taught her about resilience, chance, and discipline. So far, she's on the floor of the ladies' room with a migraine during the first round/day of the World Series of Poker, so I'm not very far into it.
Because Internet, Gretchen McCulloch, a linguist's look at written language of the internet, which I can almost use as a work-related book. Reading verrrrry slowly.
The Old Guard, Greg Rucka, the graphic novel that the movie was based on, though I might just drop it and go all-in on the movie characterizations.
Obi Wan and Anakin, Charles Soule, another graphic novel--I got it for one of my nephews for Christmas but then there was the Covid outbreak in the family and it's still sitting on my bedroom couch, taunting me. This is probably why you should wrap your presents, not use gift bags, but oh well...
next
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue just dropped from the library, in audio format, so I should probably take that up next, but Oldest almost has me talked into skipping all the Miles books and going straight to A Civil Campaign so we'll see where I end up.
