Reading Wednesday

[dhampyresa]

What did you finish reading

Die Upon A Kiss, by Barbara Hambly: Go ahead, break my heart, why don't you? Opera! Rose taking great pleasure in blowing shit up! Olympe! Peanuts! How badass is Jocelyn? And Drusilla has nerves of fucking steel, I wear, wow. Ben kissed Rose! Oh ben, what are we going to do with you? You could have asked. Shaw at the opera! (Also, I might be shipping Shaw/Hannibal, a little. I don't even know! I'm not complaining.) Things on fire! Pretty sure Ben is being trolled by his landlady, ngl. He's definitely getting trolled by Minou in places. I always get a thrill when characters from previous books show up in subsequent ones: Cora! Gervase! Having a life that involves being successful and not tortured! the Widow Redfern! Still not remarried! How many languages does Ben speak, seriously? i counted at least five: French, englih, spanish, Italian, Latin and at least a little German and Arabic. (Ayasha! She only appears in flashbacks, but she's so amazing; "A desert witch somehow masquerading as a Parisian dressmaker.") Othello being a great opera, but "all anyone will see is a black man kissing a white woman and killing her", ouch. Ben's stage-fright is adorable. Also Hannibal has a STRAD? Like, an actual Stradivarius, what.


What are you reading now

Wet Grave, by Barbara Hambly: The opening sentence has pirates. That is all. (Things I want from this book: More Rose! More Hannibal! More Rose + Hannibal! More Minou! More Olympe! More Marie Laveau! Also Kate the Gouger and Kentucky Williams, they're hilarious.)

The Eagle of the Ninth, by Rosemary Sutcliff: I'm a couple of pages off from the end. I was very surprised by the pacing, honestly. They only cross the Wall at the halfway point. Marcus as a medicine-peddler is hilarious to me for some reason. They had a good plan to get the Eagle back, but I wonder if there's any truth to the Eagle's wings being detachable?

Hannibal's Odyssey, by William Mahaney: Hey publishers! When having a book that refers to colour-coded maps, it would be nice if said maps were not printed in black-and-white.


What are you reading next

All the Benjamin January book, still and Indexing by Seanan Mcguire, on umadoshi 's reccomendation.

Comments

[dhampyresa.livejournal.com]

Ah, so it is Consuela, I wasn't totally sure.

Remember that time Hannibal was stuck in a Cairo jail and learned Coptic? I get the feeling Hannibal's been around the place a bit, he probably picked up more than one language while in dire straits.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Yup, it's her (though I have a secret theory about why Hannibal isn't in this book, but it involves spoilers, so I will wait until you've finished it).

Ha, yes, exactly! I am sure he has several stories of that type.

[dhampyresa.livejournal.com]

I am even more motivated to finish it now. Secret theories!