Reading Wedn- Thursday
Aug. 8th, 2013 02:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brigdhWhat did you just finish?
India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking by Anand Giridharadas. This is definitely one of the best 'portrait of India today' books I've read. It's a hard genre, because for almost any generalization that could be made, the opposite is also true. But Giridharadas managed it; so many of the people and problems he described I felt like I recognized. Really highly recommended, if you have any interest in the topic at all.
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch. OMG AMAZING. This is my favorite in the series since the first one. I loved the further hints of the magical world outside of England- Russia and Germany, in this case- and am so anxious to find out the details of what happened at Ettersberg. I loved the Spring Court, I loved all the architecture stuff (though I know nothing about the topic) and I loved all the details- gardens on the balconies! Chocolate oranges!The whole building exploding! God, what an ending. And of course, everything with Lesley, AHHHHHHHH. At first I was convinced the Faceless Man had somehow hypnotized/mind-controlled Lesley and really did not want to believe she was doing it of her own free will. And now I'm just hoping she's pulling some kind of double-cross. But looking back at things that happened earlier in the book (the scene where Lesley and Peter got taken hostage by Varvara and Lesley kept saying "Call your boss"; the scene at the Goblin Market, where she went outside without her mask and people were pointing and taking cell-phone photos) it all makes such terrible sense.
Other things I enjoyed: Lesley/Zach as a pairing. I would totally read that fic.
The hint that 'Nightingale' might be a title/nickname rather than his real name.
The Nightingale/Varvara showdown.
What are you currently reading?
The Eighth Guest & Other Muzaffar Jang Mysteries by Madhulika Liddle. Mysteries in 1600s Delhi, whooo!
Untamed by Anna Cowan. This is simultaneously terrible and amazing. It's the most id-ficcy thing I've ever read, outside of fanfic.
There's no Benjamin January in this post! ;_;
India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking by Anand Giridharadas. This is definitely one of the best 'portrait of India today' books I've read. It's a hard genre, because for almost any generalization that could be made, the opposite is also true. But Giridharadas managed it; so many of the people and problems he described I felt like I recognized. Really highly recommended, if you have any interest in the topic at all.
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch. OMG AMAZING. This is my favorite in the series since the first one. I loved the further hints of the magical world outside of England- Russia and Germany, in this case- and am so anxious to find out the details of what happened at Ettersberg. I loved the Spring Court, I loved all the architecture stuff (though I know nothing about the topic) and I loved all the details- gardens on the balconies! Chocolate oranges!
Other things I enjoyed: Lesley/Zach as a pairing. I would totally read that fic.
The hint that 'Nightingale' might be a title/nickname rather than his real name.
The Nightingale/Varvara showdown.
What are you currently reading?
The Eighth Guest & Other Muzaffar Jang Mysteries by Madhulika Liddle. Mysteries in 1600s Delhi, whooo!
Untamed by Anna Cowan. This is simultaneously terrible and amazing. It's the most id-ficcy thing I've ever read, outside of fanfic.
There's no Benjamin January in this post! ;_;
