Weekend reading roundup

[nanila]

How did your weekend reading go? If you planned on anything specifically, did you read it?

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[nanila]

I re-started Neal Stephenson's Reamde, which I got about 250 pages into before Keiki was born and then never picked up again.

[nou]

Yay!

[nanila]

Fingers crossed I can sustain the momentum!

[nou]

Since last report, I have read:

• The Lipstick Pastor by Tomi Makanjuola. This was quite rambly and could have done with quite a lot more editing. There were quite a few places where it wasn't clear who was speaking, and the viewpoint jumped around quite a lot too. Often the words were... not quite the right ones, e.g. the first page describes walls being painted with "orthopaedic paint". I wish it had been better edited, because it could have been a much better book if it had.
• A Stranger In Olondria by Sofia Samatar. As noted a few weeks ago, I have this on my Kindle in a folder which suggests I've read it, but I can’t remember anything about it. Tried it again, gave up 11% of the way through. It just feels like very generic fantasy with nothing particularly compelling about it and a viewpoint character with next to no personality.

[nanila]

Oh, how disappointing. I hope your next read is more satisfying!

[nou]

I think the next one will be a re-read of something I'm guaranteed to like :)

[ironed_orchid]

Too much facebook, not enough novel.

[nanila]

Sympathies. I've started having to regulate all my internet usage. I'm just spending too much time reading political stuff and being angry.

[ironed_orchid]

I've modified some of my notifications so I don't constantly get prompted to check my phone, but I also feel the strong need to check in with my people, so it's easy to get swamped by political stuff.