Reading Wednesday

Well, I missed several weeks of book tracking due to travel. Of course, I didn't finish many books, also due to travel.

Recently Finished
The Tiptree book I finished was Nicola Griffith's Ammonite. Again, I'm a sucker for anthropologist amongst aliens (or altered humans) books. Was actually a better story than I expected.

I also reread the first two Patricia Wrede/Caroline Stevermer Sorcery and Cecelia books. Fluffy books. I am reminded of a critique of Patricia Wrede that I recently read - she doesn't do world building as much as set books in genres. An issue she shares with many sci-fi/fantasy authors.

Currently Reading
Am on book three of the previously mentioned trilogy, The Mislaid Magician, for my lunch book.

My current bath book is Tom Reiss's The Black Count. Unusual for me, it's nonfiction. It's a biography of someone I first found by random wikipedia searching - Alexandre Dumas, the famous author's half African father. Alex Dumas was the son a French marquise and became a French revolutionary general (who got on the wrong side of Napoleon). Awesome fun (and makes me want to reread Hambly's Benjamin January series).

Future Books
Not sure. A couple of the urban fantasy series I follow have new books out last month. Or I just requested the latest Benjamin January book.