Squeezing in another of these before my end of year final post.
Got through another 8 books since the last update.
( earlier books )- Katabasis by RF Kuang
- Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
- Mr Villain's Day Off volume 1 (manga) by Yuu Morikawa
- Born With Teeth (play script) by Liz Duffy Adams
- A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
- A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
- Doctor Who Tales of Terror (short story anthology)
- Crossroads of Twilight (Wheel of Time book 10) by Robert Jordan
Of the newly finished books,
Katabasis was a lot of fun, with a dark journey into the Underworld, but not as good as RF Kuang's superb
Babel or even
Yellowface for me.
Carmilla was a book club read, and frankly disappointing, and a struggle to read. Though Hammer made a good stab at filming a better version in the early 1970s.
Mr Villain's Day Off was a chance find in Angus libraries catalogue, so borrowed that way. Fun manga, but I wasn't inspired to read other volumes.
Born With Teeth, the Marlowe/Shakespeare play performed recently on stage by Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel, was a brilliant read, though it would be better to see it performed in person. Yes, I did my usual Roger Zelazny pre-Halloween reread of
A Night in the Lonesome October. Still love it. T. Kingfisher's
A Wizard's Guide to Contemporary Baking was fun, but a bit unevenly paced, and younger than I'd usually read. It also took too long to get to dangerous fighting gingerbread men.
Doctor Who Tales of Terror is a fun spooky anthology collection, with short stories by multiple authors for each of Doctors 1-12. A bit uneven, but overall fun. Wheel of Time book 10 was the slog that I expected, though still fun in many parts. But I needed a very specific approach to reading to get through it successfully. But things should be better again in the remaining books. Book 10 is generally regarded by readers of the whole series as the worst by a long way.
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