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Jul. 23rd, 2011
What I'm Reading Right Now
Jul. 23rd, 2011 11:49 pmFiction:
Aliette de Bodard's SERVANT OF THE UNDERWORLD.
A very well done fantasy mystery. Because my spouse did his graduate work in Mesoamerican archaeology, I'm a hard sell on Aztec (Mexica) settings. But de Bodard has an engaging writing style and a solid grasp of the place and culture. I believe in her Mexica world.
Non-fiction:
Various books in various stages of use for research, but that's not actually quite the same as "reading."
When in New York City recently for the Liberty Challenge (outrigger canoe race--yes, I must write a post on that, mustn't I?), I went to the African Burial Ground National Historical Park, a most excellent national park. At the bookstore there afterward I bought and am now reading the really excellent
IN HOPE OF LIBERTY: Culture, Community and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks 1700-1860. By James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton. It's social history, and it's really quite well done, highly recommended.
Aliette de Bodard's SERVANT OF THE UNDERWORLD.
A very well done fantasy mystery. Because my spouse did his graduate work in Mesoamerican archaeology, I'm a hard sell on Aztec (Mexica) settings. But de Bodard has an engaging writing style and a solid grasp of the place and culture. I believe in her Mexica world.
Non-fiction:
Various books in various stages of use for research, but that's not actually quite the same as "reading."
When in New York City recently for the Liberty Challenge (outrigger canoe race--yes, I must write a post on that, mustn't I?), I went to the African Burial Ground National Historical Park, a most excellent national park. At the bookstore there afterward I bought and am now reading the really excellent
IN HOPE OF LIBERTY: Culture, Community and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks 1700-1860. By James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton. It's social history, and it's really quite well done, highly recommended.