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What Are You Reading Wednesday
Nov. 7th, 2018 05:37 pmCurrently Reading:
Fiction: Fiona Mozley, 'Elmet' (library loan); Ann Aptaker, 'Flesh and Gold' (netgalley ARC); Jamie O'Neill, 'At Swim, Two Boys' (own copy, on hiatus)
Academic: Tyler Bradway, 'Queer Experimental Literature'. Nearly up to the chapter on Alison Bechdel!
Recently Finished
On the Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone: New Poems by Nancy Boutilier
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I like the range of concepts addressed here, and I don't have anything against free verse per se. But this particular take on free verse got repetitive after the first fifteen or so, and then all I'm seeing is prose with line breaks in. DNF'd about 1/3 through.
The Lifted Brow issue 39 by Jini Maxwell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Not my favourite issue yet. I skipped or skimmed more than I'd like.
( Highlights )
Checked Baggage: A Thanksgiving Romance by Valentine Wheeler
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is a sweet, long-ish short story. Faris, stranded en route from Lebanon to Boston on Thanksgiving weekend, encounters Charlie, an exuberant and equally stranded American on his way home from a disappointing trip to seek his grandparents' history. Shenanigans ensue, including the predictable hotel-room-sharing, a fade-to-black encounter, and some high quality avoidant behaviour on Faris' part. Fate throws them into each other's paths again at the American end of the journey...
( Review under here )
Up Next: With the latest TLB finished, I shall turn my attention to Meanjin. When I'm through with the Aptaker I think I'll start Sydney Blackburn's 'A Deceptive Alliance', also a netgalley ARC. I've got a book of Pablo Neruda poems to replace the Boutillier.
Other Media:
I've been listening to Be the Serpent assiduously, and still love it, except when they start talking about medieval things, at which point i hiss at my phone.
I also started listening to TAZ, it's currently 50/50 whether I fall into a deep dark hole over it or get fed up by the third episode.
Fiction: Fiona Mozley, 'Elmet' (library loan); Ann Aptaker, 'Flesh and Gold' (netgalley ARC); Jamie O'Neill, 'At Swim, Two Boys' (own copy, on hiatus)
Academic: Tyler Bradway, 'Queer Experimental Literature'. Nearly up to the chapter on Alison Bechdel!
Recently Finished
On the Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone: New Poems by Nancy BoutilierMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I like the range of concepts addressed here, and I don't have anything against free verse per se. But this particular take on free verse got repetitive after the first fifteen or so, and then all I'm seeing is prose with line breaks in. DNF'd about 1/3 through.
The Lifted Brow issue 39 by Jini MaxwellMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Not my favourite issue yet. I skipped or skimmed more than I'd like.
( Highlights )
Checked Baggage: A Thanksgiving Romance by Valentine WheelerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is a sweet, long-ish short story. Faris, stranded en route from Lebanon to Boston on Thanksgiving weekend, encounters Charlie, an exuberant and equally stranded American on his way home from a disappointing trip to seek his grandparents' history. Shenanigans ensue, including the predictable hotel-room-sharing, a fade-to-black encounter, and some high quality avoidant behaviour on Faris' part. Fate throws them into each other's paths again at the American end of the journey...
( Review under here )
Up Next: With the latest TLB finished, I shall turn my attention to Meanjin. When I'm through with the Aptaker I think I'll start Sydney Blackburn's 'A Deceptive Alliance', also a netgalley ARC. I've got a book of Pablo Neruda poems to replace the Boutillier.
Other Media:
I've been listening to Be the Serpent assiduously, and still love it, except when they start talking about medieval things, at which point i hiss at my phone.
I also started listening to TAZ, it's currently 50/50 whether I fall into a deep dark hole over it or get fed up by the third episode.