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hoursgoneby) wrote2015-04-15 07:11 pm
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What Am I Reading Wednesday, April 15, 2015
What I Just Finished Reading: The Lies of Locke Lamora. So much love for this book. It's lush, engrossing, clever, and heartbreaking. I had to walk away and calm down a bit at a couple of points because the events actually affected me. This is definitely one I'm going to go back to again and again.
What I'm Currently Reading: Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward. Light vs. dark is a standard fantasy trope, and so is the idea of the balance between them. I think we normally see the idea of dark conquering and light having to fight back. This novel explores the idea of what would happen after light wins the war and banishes everything 'dark' - thieves, assassins, sorcerors, unhappy thoughts, lack of conformity - from the world.
The world's name is Chiaroscuro. Guess how well that goes.
Fortunately for the world, a thief, an assassin, and a Druidwalk into a bar - sorry are on a quest to make things right again.
What I'm Reading Next: No idea. Maybe The Way of Kings, maybe The Doctrine of Labyrinths again. Not sure yet.
What I'm Currently Reading: Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward. Light vs. dark is a standard fantasy trope, and so is the idea of the balance between them. I think we normally see the idea of dark conquering and light having to fight back. This novel explores the idea of what would happen after light wins the war and banishes everything 'dark' - thieves, assassins, sorcerors, unhappy thoughts, lack of conformity - from the world.
The world's name is Chiaroscuro. Guess how well that goes.
Fortunately for the world, a thief, an assassin, and a Druid
What I'm Reading Next: No idea. Maybe The Way of Kings, maybe The Doctrine of Labyrinths again. Not sure yet.