What I have been reading Wednesday
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scripsiI haven’t read much this week. Or rather, I haven’t finished much. I am reading Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake, Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny and The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King. But I have only finished one book.
Manners and Mutiny by Gail Carriger. I really enjoy Carriger’s world building, her three series all take place in a Victorian world where vampires and werewolves are part of society and, at least in Great Britain, are an accepted and integral part of society. There is also ghosts and a lot of steampunk. Manners and Mutiny is the fourth and last book in a YA series called the Finishing School. The heroine, Sophronia, your standard outspoken and tomboyish teenage heroine, is sent to a finishing school which is actually a school for spies. (Boys are sent to Bunsen’s school for evil geniuses.). Lots of plotting ensues and a good deal of hilarity, as Sophronia and her friends learns subterfuge, weaponry and how to drink tea in the correct way.
Carriger does falls back to stereotypes at times, but she also writes with charm and humor, so I can forgive her that. As part of a larger world building, this series takes place in the early 1850’s, the other two, The Parasol Protectorate takes place in the 1870’s and The Custard Protocol in the 1890’s, but a lot of characters can be found in two, or three of the series. I read these to be entrained, and in that these books certainly provide.
Manners and Mutiny by Gail Carriger. I really enjoy Carriger’s world building, her three series all take place in a Victorian world where vampires and werewolves are part of society and, at least in Great Britain, are an accepted and integral part of society. There is also ghosts and a lot of steampunk. Manners and Mutiny is the fourth and last book in a YA series called the Finishing School. The heroine, Sophronia, your standard outspoken and tomboyish teenage heroine, is sent to a finishing school which is actually a school for spies. (Boys are sent to Bunsen’s school for evil geniuses.). Lots of plotting ensues and a good deal of hilarity, as Sophronia and her friends learns subterfuge, weaponry and how to drink tea in the correct way.
Carriger does falls back to stereotypes at times, but she also writes with charm and humor, so I can forgive her that. As part of a larger world building, this series takes place in the early 1850’s, the other two, The Parasol Protectorate takes place in the 1870’s and The Custard Protocol in the 1890’s, but a lot of characters can be found in two, or three of the series. I read these to be entrained, and in that these books certainly provide.
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Date: 2015-11-12 12:29 am (UTC)But what if a girl shows aptitude for evil geniusing, and none for spying? Are there options for private tutelage?
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Date: 2015-11-12 04:50 pm (UTC)They are a bit like a bag of sweets. Nice and a bit comforting, but nothing you want every day. :)