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What I've read: Re-reads of "Liavek" and Agatha Christie.
What I didn't finish: Legend
, by Marie Lu. YA dystopia, Type A: Moderately Controlling Government, Class Issues, Sorting Hat. (The government controls most things, but not at the level of your love life or shoelaces. The poor are brutally oppressed, and there is a rigged sorting system, in this case based on academic test scores.) This is a reasonably good example of its type. I am completely bored with the type.
What I'm reading now:
Beautiful Creatures
, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Bestselling YA contemporary fantasy about a boy whose small Southern town sucks, and then a beautiful magical girl shows up. The first person male narration makes this one a bit different, as does the Southern Gothic atmospheres. A bit. I'm not very far in, though - they've only just met.
Force of Nature (Troubleshooters, Book 11)
, by Suzanne Brockmann. Jules, the gay FBI agent, juggles his complicated love life while running an investigation of a crime lord; a second romantic/action plot involves the PI and his new hire who got hired by the crime lord and are double agents. Wisecracking, wire-tapping, and cameos by a yappy little rat-dog. I haven't liked Brockmann's most recent books, so it was nice to find an older one I hadn't read yet.
Clinician's Guide to PTSD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach
Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Fifth Edition
What I'm reading next:
Quicksilver
, by R. J. Anderson. YA sf that's not a dystopia! Woo-hoo!
DW readers, there is a (not brain-safe, not work-safe) image of another book I mean to read on LJ - it wouldn't post here.
Please comment if you've read any or otherwise have opinions.
What I didn't finish: Legend
, by Marie Lu. YA dystopia, Type A: Moderately Controlling Government, Class Issues, Sorting Hat. (The government controls most things, but not at the level of your love life or shoelaces. The poor are brutally oppressed, and there is a rigged sorting system, in this case based on academic test scores.) This is a reasonably good example of its type. I am completely bored with the type. What I'm reading now:
Beautiful Creatures
, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Bestselling YA contemporary fantasy about a boy whose small Southern town sucks, and then a beautiful magical girl shows up. The first person male narration makes this one a bit different, as does the Southern Gothic atmospheres. A bit. I'm not very far in, though - they've only just met. Force of Nature (Troubleshooters, Book 11)
, by Suzanne Brockmann. Jules, the gay FBI agent, juggles his complicated love life while running an investigation of a crime lord; a second romantic/action plot involves the PI and his new hire who got hired by the crime lord and are double agents. Wisecracking, wire-tapping, and cameos by a yappy little rat-dog. I haven't liked Brockmann's most recent books, so it was nice to find an older one I hadn't read yet. Clinician's Guide to PTSD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach
Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Fifth Edition
What I'm reading next:
Quicksilver
, by R. J. Anderson. YA sf that's not a dystopia! Woo-hoo!DW readers, there is a (not brain-safe, not work-safe) image of another book I mean to read on LJ - it wouldn't post here.
Please comment if you've read any or otherwise have opinions.
