What I am reading Wednesday
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scripsiWhat I am reading: Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Prudence by Gail Carriger
What I have finished reading Winterfair Gifts, a novella by Lois McMaster Bujold. Generally I prefer her novels over her short stories, but I love this one. It has Taura in it, one of the series favourite characters! It has a fairy tale wedding. It has an assasination attempt. It has Taura playing Cinderella to aunt Alys fairy godmother. And it has Roic, Miles’ youngest and handsomest armsman wishing (or perhaps being) for the place as Taura’s Prince Charming. It’s a rather bittersweet story, but it’s a beautiful one too.
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge. A fantasy novel for children, I suppose, though I never care to label the books I read. It takes place in Caverna, a city inside a mountain. The people living there are peculiar as they don’t learn facial expression from mimicking their parent’s. Instead everyone has to learn their expressions from facesmiths. Poor people just get to have a few faces, rich one can get theirs custom made. The story’s heroine is a girl called Neverfell that is found without memories and something terribly wrong with her face.
It’s a fast paced book and I got a bit dizzy at first following Neverfell through Caverna, but it was also pretty exciting. Hardinge reminds me of both Neil Gaiman and Diana Wynne Jones, but she has definitly a voice of her own. The plot was rather complicated and I couldn’t guess the whole outcome, which I’m usually able to do. A new author for me, but I wil check out more of her books.
What I will be reading next Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold.
I just have to add, even if it has nothing to do with books, that I made some actor spotting this week. I got my hands on an old BBC series, Lillie, about the life of Lillie Langtry. I remember watching it when I was around ten, so it was fun to re-watch. It’s a typical competent BBC production with lots and lots of actors, rather pretty clothes and great performances by the actors who plays Lille, Oscar Wilde and the Prince of Wales. And to my surprise Anthony Ainley in a small part as a friend to the Prince of Wales. He basically gossip about Lillie and say something sleazy about her legs, but I kind of kept expecting him to be evil. I have watched too much Doctor Who, I think...
Prudence by Gail Carriger
What I have finished reading Winterfair Gifts, a novella by Lois McMaster Bujold. Generally I prefer her novels over her short stories, but I love this one. It has Taura in it, one of the series favourite characters! It has a fairy tale wedding. It has an assasination attempt. It has Taura playing Cinderella to aunt Alys fairy godmother. And it has Roic, Miles’ youngest and handsomest armsman wishing (or perhaps being) for the place as Taura’s Prince Charming. It’s a rather bittersweet story, but it’s a beautiful one too.
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge. A fantasy novel for children, I suppose, though I never care to label the books I read. It takes place in Caverna, a city inside a mountain. The people living there are peculiar as they don’t learn facial expression from mimicking their parent’s. Instead everyone has to learn their expressions from facesmiths. Poor people just get to have a few faces, rich one can get theirs custom made. The story’s heroine is a girl called Neverfell that is found without memories and something terribly wrong with her face.
It’s a fast paced book and I got a bit dizzy at first following Neverfell through Caverna, but it was also pretty exciting. Hardinge reminds me of both Neil Gaiman and Diana Wynne Jones, but she has definitly a voice of her own. The plot was rather complicated and I couldn’t guess the whole outcome, which I’m usually able to do. A new author for me, but I wil check out more of her books.
What I will be reading next Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold.
I just have to add, even if it has nothing to do with books, that I made some actor spotting this week. I got my hands on an old BBC series, Lillie, about the life of Lillie Langtry. I remember watching it when I was around ten, so it was fun to re-watch. It’s a typical competent BBC production with lots and lots of actors, rather pretty clothes and great performances by the actors who plays Lille, Oscar Wilde and the Prince of Wales. And to my surprise Anthony Ainley in a small part as a friend to the Prince of Wales. He basically gossip about Lillie and say something sleazy about her legs, but I kind of kept expecting him to be evil. I have watched too much Doctor Who, I think...
