Reading Wednesday
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brigdhWhat did you just finish?
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson. The second in the Walt Longmire mystery series, set in modern-day rural Wyoming. A elderly woman dies an apparently natural death, but another resident of the nursing home is convinced she was poisoned. Figuring out what happened ends up involving a fifty-year-old murder and cover-up, illegitimate children given up for adoption, an often changed and disputed Will, a secret marriage, dramatic car crashes, falling into an icy river, crystal meth, tomahawks, and methane gas. All while Walt's daughter Cady is visiting town.
I actually liked this one much better than the first; the characters, relationships, and grounding in history all felt much more real and weighted. Walt's romance in the first book never worked for me, but I didn't have that problem with any of the emotional connections this time. in particular, the whole 'Did my friend commit this murder?' subplot works much better. I suppose because Lucian seems quite capable of murder, and Henry less so. (As a side note, whenever Hannibal is supposed to be a suspect in the Ben January books, I never find it convincing. Perhaps because Ben refuses to consider the possibility.) An excellent snowy book for the weather last week.
I only finished one book this week! Between this and the TV post, apparently I consumed no media of any sort last week. I can't remember what I was doing instead.
What are you currently reading?
Freedom Song by Amit Chaudhuri. The cover of my copy calls this "three novels", but I'd rather call it three (sort of inter-connected) short stories, mostly about Calcutta, though with bonus appearances of Bombay and Oxford.
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye. A mystery set in 1845 in New York City. Did you know that NYC didn't get a police force until 1845? That seems so strange to me; I'm certain it needed one long before.
Dangerous Women edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Mostly reading this for the ASOIAF short story, but I suppose I'll go back and read the others as well.
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson. The second in the Walt Longmire mystery series, set in modern-day rural Wyoming. A elderly woman dies an apparently natural death, but another resident of the nursing home is convinced she was poisoned. Figuring out what happened ends up involving a fifty-year-old murder and cover-up, illegitimate children given up for adoption, an often changed and disputed Will, a secret marriage, dramatic car crashes, falling into an icy river, crystal meth, tomahawks, and methane gas. All while Walt's daughter Cady is visiting town.
I actually liked this one much better than the first; the characters, relationships, and grounding in history all felt much more real and weighted. Walt's romance in the first book never worked for me, but I didn't have that problem with any of the emotional connections this time. in particular, the whole 'Did my friend commit this murder?' subplot works much better. I suppose because Lucian seems quite capable of murder, and Henry less so. (As a side note, whenever Hannibal is supposed to be a suspect in the Ben January books, I never find it convincing. Perhaps because Ben refuses to consider the possibility.) An excellent snowy book for the weather last week.
I only finished one book this week! Between this and the TV post, apparently I consumed no media of any sort last week. I can't remember what I was doing instead.
What are you currently reading?
Freedom Song by Amit Chaudhuri. The cover of my copy calls this "three novels", but I'd rather call it three (sort of inter-connected) short stories, mostly about Calcutta, though with bonus appearances of Bombay and Oxford.
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye. A mystery set in 1845 in New York City. Did you know that NYC didn't get a police force until 1845? That seems so strange to me; I'm certain it needed one long before.
Dangerous Women edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Mostly reading this for the ASOIAF short story, but I suppose I'll go back and read the others as well.
