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snugglekittyLast week I was at Porter Square Books, and saw The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman on their feature table. It looked interesting, so I picked it up from the library.
I couldn't put it down. Oddly, I don't really mean that in a good way. I was never really enjoying it. I kept waiting for something to happen, for things to come together and make sense, but they never did. In style and plot it reminded me a lot of The Silk Code, although the writing itself was much better. I really liked the way that small-town New England is described. I liked the little historical vignettes, even though they didn't exactly have happy endings. But it was sort of... unsatisfying, in the way that sometimes makes you read a whole bunch of crappy sequels to the first crappy book, hoping for something better. I kept reading and reading because I wanted it to be done, sort of like the way you feel about a long bus ride, a certain sense of confusion when it's over.
I also read Astonishing X-Men: Gifted, since I love the X-Men and Joss Whedon co-wrote it. That, I liked better. The plot twists and dialogue were great. The new characters were good, too, although they didn't get a lot of airtime. The drawing style didn't really grab me, but that's true of a lot of newer X-Men comics for me - they just seem a little bland, somehow, maybe a bit too finished compared with earlier versions. And I have to say, the idea of Emma Frost teaching an ethics class made me laugh out loud. That was just beautiful. I definitely want to read the rest of those.
Further reading plans for the near future include finishing Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, which I like a lot but is a very slow book, and reading A Perfect Red by Amy Butler.
I couldn't put it down. Oddly, I don't really mean that in a good way. I was never really enjoying it. I kept waiting for something to happen, for things to come together and make sense, but they never did. In style and plot it reminded me a lot of The Silk Code, although the writing itself was much better. I really liked the way that small-town New England is described. I liked the little historical vignettes, even though they didn't exactly have happy endings. But it was sort of... unsatisfying, in the way that sometimes makes you read a whole bunch of crappy sequels to the first crappy book, hoping for something better. I kept reading and reading because I wanted it to be done, sort of like the way you feel about a long bus ride, a certain sense of confusion when it's over.
I also read Astonishing X-Men: Gifted, since I love the X-Men and Joss Whedon co-wrote it. That, I liked better. The plot twists and dialogue were great. The new characters were good, too, although they didn't get a lot of airtime. The drawing style didn't really grab me, but that's true of a lot of newer X-Men comics for me - they just seem a little bland, somehow, maybe a bit too finished compared with earlier versions. And I have to say, the idea of Emma Frost teaching an ethics class made me laugh out loud. That was just beautiful. I definitely want to read the rest of those.
Further reading plans for the near future include finishing Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, which I like a lot but is a very slow book, and reading A Perfect Red by Amy Butler.
