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Books read in June 2018
Sunday, 15 July 2018 21:29Updraft - Fran Wilde
The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage of Equals - Jeanelle M. Ferreira
Decalog ed Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker
Decalog 2: Lost Property ed Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker
Heart of Iron - Ashley Poston
I came into this month in a terrible book slump, feeling like it had been ages since I'd really loved or been engrossed by a book*. This hit something of a peak with The Covert Captain, which I really wanted to love but really didn't (see below), so I spent quite a lot of this month hiding in early nineties Doctor Who short stories, on the grounds that I wasn't expecting to have any reaction to them stronger than "well, that was entirely fine".
But then Doctor Who came through for me, as it so often does: Decalog 2 had two unexpectedly charming stories that made me feel like maybe I do know how to enjoy books after all. "Where The Heart Is" by Andy Lane was a lovely little slice of UNIT era goodness (Jo rescued the Doctor! The Doctor told the Brig that he does actually respect him! The Brig stole the last vol-au-vent off Yates's plate!), and "Timeshare" by Vanessa Bishop somehow managed to be a delight despite committing the two standard sins of Six and Peri stories (hewing towards the meaner end of their relationship and harping on Six's size). Good work both, much appreciated.
*Not necessarily the same thing; I'm still not sure how I feel about Too Like the Lightning, but it certainly gripped me.
( Updraft (three stars), The Covert Captain (two stars), Heart of Iron (four stars) )
The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage of Equals - Jeanelle M. Ferreira
Decalog ed Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker
Decalog 2: Lost Property ed Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker
Heart of Iron - Ashley Poston
I came into this month in a terrible book slump, feeling like it had been ages since I'd really loved or been engrossed by a book*. This hit something of a peak with The Covert Captain, which I really wanted to love but really didn't (see below), so I spent quite a lot of this month hiding in early nineties Doctor Who short stories, on the grounds that I wasn't expecting to have any reaction to them stronger than "well, that was entirely fine".
But then Doctor Who came through for me, as it so often does: Decalog 2 had two unexpectedly charming stories that made me feel like maybe I do know how to enjoy books after all. "Where The Heart Is" by Andy Lane was a lovely little slice of UNIT era goodness (Jo rescued the Doctor! The Doctor told the Brig that he does actually respect him! The Brig stole the last vol-au-vent off Yates's plate!), and "Timeshare" by Vanessa Bishop somehow managed to be a delight despite committing the two standard sins of Six and Peri stories (hewing towards the meaner end of their relationship and harping on Six's size). Good work both, much appreciated.
*Not necessarily the same thing; I'm still not sure how I feel about Too Like the Lightning, but it certainly gripped me.
( Updraft (three stars), The Covert Captain (two stars), Heart of Iron (four stars) )