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Wednesday books
Feb. 20th, 2013 11:58 pmWhat I've read lately:
Bluegrass Champion, by Dorothy Lyons. (Also published as Harlequin Hullabaloo; the cover the second title in parentheses, but that's the title that appears at the top of each verso. Weird.) A first read. I learned quite a bit about five-gaited horses from this book. Also that paint horses don't do well in horse shows. Unless they're special snowflakes like this one was.
The Sirens Sang of Murder, by Sarah Caudwell. The third of the Hilary Tamar books. Borrowed from Pat WINOLJ I don't know how long ago. Much more of a curate's egg than the first two books were. I remember the fourth as having some very unpleasant people, but a more enjoyable mystery, but it's been quite a while since I've read that one also.
Wayfarer, by R.J. Anderson. The sequel to Faery Rebels. I'm not sure I entirely like the way the worldbuilding went, but I enjoyed it enough to request the third from the library.
The Complete Spinning Book, by Candace Crockett. I've owned this book from long before I actually started spinning. Evidence would suggest that I bought it as a remainder (published in 1977). It's coffee-table size, and I noticed it in my oversized bookshelf this week and read it. Not a whole lot was new after five years of spinning experience, but there were some useful tidbits, and it was a generally enjoyable read. Interestingly, the only of the Usual Spinning Suspects mentioned in the book was Alden Amos (misspelled in the index as Allen Amos); I guess the publication date was too early for many of the other familiar names. The most interesting tidbit was the description and pictures of how a distaff can be used for spinning flax with a drop spindle.
Sylvester, Or The Wicked Uncle, by Georgette Heyer, read on the iPhone. Fluffy romance between a first-book author who parodies the ton in her novel and the man who is portrayed in said book as the villain -- and not surprisingly, takes it amiss.
What I'm currently reading:
carried over from last week:
Retreat, Hell!, as an audiobook
Figures of Earth, by James Branch Cabell, as a bathroom book (almost done)
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris, as a kitchen book
The Talisman Ring, by Georgette Heyer, as an iPhone book (almost done)
The Rook, by Daniel O'Malley. Someone in my spinning group recommended it to me, and the library had it in hard copy. I've only read the first couple of pages so far.
What I plan to read:
The Toll-Gate, by Georgette Heyer. The next Heyer romance (alphabetically), for the iPhone.
Doris Egan's Ivory trilogy. Still languishing. I really wish there were e-book versions of these.
Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son, by Lois Lowry. The first two came available as library e-books, so I should read them before they expire.
Backroom Boys, by Francis Spufford. On the iPad, so it'll only get read if I'm where the light is poor.
I really am trying to make a hole in the pile of physical books. So far, it's more like the Red Queen's Race. And I'll be at Escapade over a long weekend, so it'll mostly be e-books while I'm traveling.
Bluegrass Champion, by Dorothy Lyons. (Also published as Harlequin Hullabaloo; the cover the second title in parentheses, but that's the title that appears at the top of each verso. Weird.) A first read. I learned quite a bit about five-gaited horses from this book. Also that paint horses don't do well in horse shows. Unless they're special snowflakes like this one was.
The Sirens Sang of Murder, by Sarah Caudwell. The third of the Hilary Tamar books. Borrowed from Pat WINOLJ I don't know how long ago. Much more of a curate's egg than the first two books were. I remember the fourth as having some very unpleasant people, but a more enjoyable mystery, but it's been quite a while since I've read that one also.
Wayfarer, by R.J. Anderson. The sequel to Faery Rebels. I'm not sure I entirely like the way the worldbuilding went, but I enjoyed it enough to request the third from the library.
The Complete Spinning Book, by Candace Crockett. I've owned this book from long before I actually started spinning. Evidence would suggest that I bought it as a remainder (published in 1977). It's coffee-table size, and I noticed it in my oversized bookshelf this week and read it. Not a whole lot was new after five years of spinning experience, but there were some useful tidbits, and it was a generally enjoyable read. Interestingly, the only of the Usual Spinning Suspects mentioned in the book was Alden Amos (misspelled in the index as Allen Amos); I guess the publication date was too early for many of the other familiar names. The most interesting tidbit was the description and pictures of how a distaff can be used for spinning flax with a drop spindle.
Sylvester, Or The Wicked Uncle, by Georgette Heyer, read on the iPhone. Fluffy romance between a first-book author who parodies the ton in her novel and the man who is portrayed in said book as the villain -- and not surprisingly, takes it amiss.
What I'm currently reading:
carried over from last week:
Retreat, Hell!, as an audiobook
Figures of Earth, by James Branch Cabell, as a bathroom book (almost done)
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris, as a kitchen book
The Talisman Ring, by Georgette Heyer, as an iPhone book (almost done)
The Rook, by Daniel O'Malley. Someone in my spinning group recommended it to me, and the library had it in hard copy. I've only read the first couple of pages so far.
What I plan to read:
The Toll-Gate, by Georgette Heyer. The next Heyer romance (alphabetically), for the iPhone.
Doris Egan's Ivory trilogy. Still languishing. I really wish there were e-book versions of these.
Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son, by Lois Lowry. The first two came available as library e-books, so I should read them before they expire.
Backroom Boys, by Francis Spufford. On the iPad, so it'll only get read if I'm where the light is poor.
I really am trying to make a hole in the pile of physical books. So far, it's more like the Red Queen's Race. And I'll be at Escapade over a long weekend, so it'll mostly be e-books while I'm traveling.
