I have been rereading the Vorkosigan saga! I finally got through rereading the first billion books and have started on new-to-me ones. From that latter category the only one I've read so far was Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, which I read before Cryoburn because chronology, dammit. It was... interesting. Very different from a Miles novel. I enjoyed Ivan and Tej a lot, but in the end the novel didn't really quite gel for me. The climax was just not very exciting for me, and it was missing that Milesian sense of tension and chaos. I liked hearing from Ivan a lot in A Civil Campaign, and seeing more of him was good. The wedding scene, at least, had all the Milesian chaos I could want, and was one of the highlights of the book for me.
And I'm just gonna say this once, but I was holding out for Ivan/Byerly, dammit. I like Tej and Rish fine, and seeing so much of Byerly was great, but I still thought they had great chemistry.
I've also just finished Sleeping Giants today, which had a lot of potential but sort of just fizzled out. I'm probably going to do a full review of it, so for now this is just an invitation to chat with me about the book if anyone else has read it.
On the nonfiction side of things, I've been reading Game Change, which is about the 2008 election. It's been pretty fascinating, especially comparing my memories of the election with what was going on behind the scenes and what moments ended up being historically notable. The "Yes We Can" speech barely got a mention, for example, even though I remember it being a phenomenon. I'm only about halfway through the book so far, and not even done with the Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I'm pretty excited to see more about the general election!
Finally, I've been watching Adventure Time with my partner. So many people love the show, but I bounced off it in my initial attempt to watch it all in order. But my partner has found a clever way of watching it that actually works for me: following the plotlines of individual characters. This makes the series feel a lot more coherent for me, and I've been really enjoying it. The first arc we watched was Marceline's, and it was as gay as I wanted (without actually coming out and saying it in canon). But come on, Marceline and Princess Bubblegum. The next arc we're doing, which we've already started on, is the Flame Princess story, which has some really legit relationship dynamics, very real for a kids' show.
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And I'm just gonna say this once, but I was holding out for Ivan/Byerly, dammit. I like Tej and Rish fine, and seeing so much of Byerly was great, but I still thought they had great chemistry.
I've also just finished Sleeping Giants today, which had a lot of potential but sort of just fizzled out. I'm probably going to do a full review of it, so for now this is just an invitation to chat with me about the book if anyone else has read it.
On the nonfiction side of things, I've been reading Game Change, which is about the 2008 election. It's been pretty fascinating, especially comparing my memories of the election with what was going on behind the scenes and what moments ended up being historically notable. The "Yes We Can" speech barely got a mention, for example, even though I remember it being a phenomenon. I'm only about halfway through the book so far, and not even done with the Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I'm pretty excited to see more about the general election!
On that topic, I have been obsessively refreshing the Five Thirty Eight 2016 election forecast. It's so terrifying!
Finally, I've been watching Adventure Time with my partner. So many people love the show, but I bounced off it in my initial attempt to watch it all in order. But my partner has found a clever way of watching it that actually works for me: following the plotlines of individual characters. This makes the series feel a lot more coherent for me, and I've been really enjoying it. The first arc we watched was Marceline's, and it was as gay as I wanted (without actually coming out and saying it in canon). But come on, Marceline and Princess Bubblegum. The next arc we're doing, which we've already started on, is the Flame Princess story, which has some really legit relationship dynamics, very real for a kids' show.