Read, Reading, and To Be Read- March 2019 Edition
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2019 is just blowing by, and it’s already time for the March installment of Read, Reading, and To be Read! (To find other brief synopses of what I’m reading, check out here, here, and here.) Without further ado, here’s a look at the books my nose has been in lately:
Read
1. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
If you can believe it, this was my FIRST Neil Gaiman novel. Beautiful prose, immense and mysterious world, lovely story. You can read my full review here. Definitely would recommend, but keep in mind it is a bit different from the movie!
2. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
I’m reading through the Chronicles of Narnia with my daughter and we’re really enjoying it! I let her pick the books, so we’re hopelessly out of order. I’ve got to say, I might be loving the books more as an adult than I did as a kid. Minor note when reading aloud: Be prepared for the amount of times you’ll have to substitute a different pejorative for “ass.”
3. Rise of the Seer by Brandon Barr
I was blown away by this book. Look for a review soon, but just as a way of recommendation- if the first few chapters don’t ratchet up your anxiety levels, I’m gonna start wondering if you’re alive!
Reading
1. Bridge Beyond Her World by Brandon Barr
I tried to read something else before I got into the second book of this trilogy. Totally couldn’t. I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!
2. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
We also continue the Chronicles of Narnia with dear daughter’s next choice. Puddleglum is one of the best characters ever written. Go ahead and fight me.
3. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
I own all the Sherlock Holmes novels in a nice anthology, but I’m currently listening through on Audible starting with this first story. It’s narrated by the inimitable Stephen Fry (seriously though, his narrations are the best and I love them.) I’ve been told the middle gets so confusing that I might think I’m in the wrong story for a while, but I haven’t got there yet! We’ll see what happens!
To Be Read
1. Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
While I wasn’t overly impressed with the plot in the first book, Okorafor builds a beautiful, non-western fantasy world and writes such lovely prose. I’m willing to give the second one a try. It’ll be interesting to see where the story goes from where it left off!
2. Her Father’s Fugitive Throne by Brandon Barr
Yeah, I’m gonna have to see how this one ends.
3. United by Trillia J. Newbell
Always gotta throw in a theological book every now and again. Given current events, it seems a timely writing. Can’t wait to dive into this one.
What else should I add? Any deals I need to snap up in the SFF realm? What’s on your lists? Let’s see ’em!
