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Currently reading
I'm actually reading two books at the same time, which I almost never do. I have a prompt for both Space Opera September and my book club bingo card that asks me to read a book published before I was born. So, I picked up The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. Military sci-fi isn't really my jam, but this is readable enough. It was originally serialised, so the chapters are nice and short. And I admit I was rather surprised to see women in this army (though I don't think I've seen one in command yet).
The other book I'm reading is A Trifle Dead by Livia Day, a cosy crime novel set in Hobart. This is a reread in preparation for the third book in the series, which has just been released. Having recently rewatched the first season of Vernonica Mars, I found myself picking up on the homage I hadn't noticed previously--one of the love interests is a police constable named Leo who happens to be a few years older than the protagonist. Anyway, the book is fluffy and charming, so a good counterbalance to The Forever War.
Currently watching
Sahaquiel has been away this week, so I finally caught up on Fruits Basket. It turned out I was a lot further behind than I'd thought! The pacing of this season has been a bit all over the place. The first half careened through a bunch of stuff and the second half slowed way down. Most of my thoughts are tied up in the end of the first season, so...
**Spoilers**
I was a bit surprised that the side characters around Kyo's ultimate form didn't have their baggage unpacked a bit more. I suppose if you didn't know anything about the rest of the story, Kagura's emotional state probably still makes sense. However, it would have been nice to have the context of it in place for the full impact. Yuki's arguably makes less sense, but perhaps also less relevant.
And speaking of Yuki, they went harder on his romantic angle with Tohru than I remember for this part of the story. However, their last scene on the stairs together sets up nicely for what's to come. I hope (and rather expect) that they'll play up the feelings with Kyo a little more to counterbalance.
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Date: 2019-09-26 05:00 pm (UTC)>> I'm actually reading two books at the same time, which I almost never do.
How interesting. I used to be a one-book-at-a-time person. Nowadays, I usually have two or three on the go -- one fiction, one non-fiction and sometimes a second fiction one. The latter usually occurs when the first fiction book is too good/immersive/emotional not to read in big chunks and I need a supplementary fiction book that I can read a chapter at a time without getting too sucked in.
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Date: 2019-10-02 10:22 pm (UTC)This is super useful. I generally use a collection of short stories to the same effect. But it's not often that I end up reading fiction novels concurrently.
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Date: 2019-10-03 07:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-03 10:12 pm (UTC)Me either, but I have tons of collections on my TBR pile! This is the only way I can get through even a few of them. Honestly, it's not a very effective system, but it's the only one I've found so far that works even a little bit.
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Date: 2019-09-27 02:09 am (UTC)speaking of Yuki, they went harder on his romantic angle with Tohru than I remember for this part of the story
I was surprised by this for a lot of the season! In a lot of ways the 2001 anime made things seem like a viable love triangle, which made more sense given that the manga hadn't really addressed Yuki's feelings about Tohru at that point. I wasn't expecting it to be as much of a thing this time around.
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Date: 2019-10-02 10:24 pm (UTC)