Beth > Recent Status Updates

The back half of this one's been very slow going. Not entirely its fault, but some of it is.

I can't tell you how many times I've tried to get through this book. Why again? I dunno. I'm in a bit of a slump for no real reason, and this brat-sassin is almost certainly going to be ridiculously overpowered and have the two hot guys falling all over her, and the class queen types hating her, and that's simple enough to enjoy even if my mind can't stick to anything else.

Its time has come!!!

Uh-oh.

Hints of upcoming disruption of the status quo, beyond the presence of the Raadch. Feeling a desire for a dramatis personae--there are lots of factions and frictions, leaders and subordinates, families, etc., to keep track of.

I like Kappa and his interactions with the children.

I'd be happier if there were fewer video game menus and long rambles about skill trees. There's something like that after every major thing our MC does.

It's rough when a book loses its interest and momentum for me as the end gets closer, but I'm not giving up at this point.

"Intentional" is the word of the month. It's cropping up again and again.

Moving toward something at last, probably. Should have happened awhile ago.

Hm, I'm not feeling a love story is necessary or believable here. The characterization is so slight, and the two involved have seen so little of each other.

Listening to maybe ten minutes of this (if that) while winding down for bed means it's going very, very slowly. At first it felt silly for Cat and others to constantly be explaining the world-building to each other as they go along, but it's been fun now that I'm used to it. It's just the way people communicate with each other in this setting, I guess!

I have two group reads this month, and this is the one of the two that doesn't have a due date, so I'll have to put it on hold for a couple of weeks (by my guess).

Another one in present tense, huh? It doesn't seem committed to anything more substantial than vibes so far, but it has plenty of time to prove me wrong. Quick, easy reading.

Rather slow going, easily putdownable. I'm not looking for violence (which I find rather boring), so I'm not sure what's missing here.

Questions were opened early on that I hoped would be central to the story moving forward, but it seems the emphasis will be different.

I recently discovered the entire Spititwalker series was available for less than $6 each in audio on Audible, and decided to take my reread of the series forward in that format. The narrator is really good, and I'm enjoying this different take on the series a lot.

The sense of absurdity seems absent in the sexy parts, which could use some in lieu of overblown, tempestuous metaphors.

I'm having a good time, minor grammar stumbles notwithstanding. Funnier and a lot less gruesome than I expected.

I'm pretty sure we've got the MCs of the next couple of books lined up already, category romance-style.