Books read

[kateyule]

I have given up on The Traitor Baru Cormorant. It seemed that (after the original stuff) the Universe-or the Throne, or the Writer-just went "Wham!" Thought you were clever about X? "Wham!" Thought you had a workaround? "Wham!" What about-Wham!"Now, I know that the writer's job is to get her characters into trouble. But this seemed egregious. I

Comments

[athenais]

Wow, now I'm glad I didn't buy TTBC.

I am reading a book about the Olympic rowing team of 1936 from the University of Washington. It is really cool to read a non-fiction book set in Seattle. I know every single place they're talking about. I feel kind of homesick, actually. Plus it's a good book.

[kalimac]

The writer's job is to tell an interesting story. Getting the characters in trouble is one way of doing this, but it’s not the only way, and saying "How can I mess these people's lives up?" constantly gets tiresome, even when it's Joss Whedon doing it.

[joycemocha]

I went on a fiction reading binge when I was sick (most memorable was Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen); but am now back on the research reading binge for the Weird Western. The cool thing is that I'm still working through the sources in the Enterprise city library (which is way! cool! love the librarians!) before I head up to the Josephy Center and their library.