Weekend Reading Roundup (25 September 2017)

[nanila]

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

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[ironed_orchid]

I finished The Stone Sky late last night.

Now trying to figure out what I want to read next.

[nanila]

Hurrah for finishing! Good luck with your next choice.

[singloom]

Read "A Step Towards Falling" by Cammie McGovern, a rather interesting book about learning from your mistakes and not to judge others. It tells the story of two teenagers who are sent to a community service for disabled youths after witnessing ~ and doing nothing about ~ an attack on a girl with disabilities at their school.

It does raise questions about bystander responsibility and, although I had one or two issues with important plot elements that get swept under the carpet, I think it's more of a debate book.

[nanila]

It sounds like you're right. I'd love to hear a conversation in a high school/GCSE English class after they'd read it.

[bonnefois]

Finished Have A New You by Friday by Kevin Leman.

[nanila]

Huzzah for finishing! :)

[nanila]

I got a goodly way into The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross. Am enjoying it very much.

[nou]

Since last report, I have read:

• Landscape In Sunlight and Seaview House, both by Elizabeth Fair. As previously reported, I found the first of her novels to be “Decent enough light reading”, and felt the same about Landscape In Sunlight. On the other hand, Seaview House was heavily concerned with “will X marry Y or Z”, which I found tedious.
• The Best Of All Possible Worlds and The Galaxy Game, both by Karen Lord; the former a re-read in preparation for reading the latter, which is its sequel. I find the first of these is a much smoother read than the second, which is clogged up with lots of infodumping and not-clearly-separated points of view.
• Half A King by Joe Abercrombie, which I downloaded a sample of after recommendation from fred_mouse. Couldn't get into it, though, so decided against buying the full book.
• Letters To A Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash. A bit repetitive, and some of it felt very naive to me, but overall an interesting read.
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. A re-read, and along with it I read the tor.com re-read posts. I’ve read this several times before, but this was my first time reading it after having watched the recent TV adaptation, and it reinforced my opinion that the adaptation was a really good one.

[nanila]

I haven't re-read The Handmaid's Tale in a decade or so. I'm glad to hear it's held up over time, although it's probably un-revisit-able for me until my children are a lot older (if ever...).