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Wednesday reading
Apr. 1st, 2020 02:13 pmJust finished: The Decameron Vol. 1 by Giovanni Boccacci. I've already posted about this twice because it took forever to read, haha. Anyway. I really liked it. I've got Vol. 2 in the queue.
Guardian (镇魂), priest (ineffablebfs and fandoestrans' translation). "Didn't you read this last year, Sabotabby?" Well, yes, but they hadn't finished translating it. Now the torch has been passed to new translators, and I finally got to read how it's supposed to end. Which is better than the drama ending by an order of magnitude. Also the translation seems to have been kicked up a notch; it's obviously a labour of love rather than a labour of getting paid to do this, but it flows much better. And I really did love the ending.
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht. This was one I picked up because I interacted with the author on—some social media? I forget the context? And basically she came off as very cool so I wanted to read her book. Her book is also very cool. It's a creepy little gothic novel about a monster haunting the polluted banks and back alleys of a dying industrial city and a sorcerer who hires him to carry out his nefarious agenda. It is delightfully dark and atmospheric. CN for plague (which I didn't realize when I started it) described in graphic terms, and [spoiler] Bury Your Gays trope [/spoiler] at the end.
Currently reading: Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley by Rob Larson. Did you know that Big Tech was awful and Big Tech CEOs are terrible people? This is massive preaching to the converted but it's a fun read anyway. It's pretty much exactly what it says on the package.
Guardian (镇魂), priest (ineffablebfs and fandoestrans' translation). "Didn't you read this last year, Sabotabby?" Well, yes, but they hadn't finished translating it. Now the torch has been passed to new translators, and I finally got to read how it's supposed to end. Which is better than the drama ending by an order of magnitude. Also the translation seems to have been kicked up a notch; it's obviously a labour of love rather than a labour of getting paid to do this, but it flows much better. And I really did love the ending.
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht. This was one I picked up because I interacted with the author on—some social media? I forget the context? And basically she came off as very cool so I wanted to read her book. Her book is also very cool. It's a creepy little gothic novel about a monster haunting the polluted banks and back alleys of a dying industrial city and a sorcerer who hires him to carry out his nefarious agenda. It is delightfully dark and atmospheric. CN for plague (which I didn't realize when I started it) described in graphic terms, and [spoiler] Bury Your Gays trope [/spoiler] at the end.
Currently reading: Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley by Rob Larson. Did you know that Big Tech was awful and Big Tech CEOs are terrible people? This is massive preaching to the converted but it's a fun read anyway. It's pretty much exactly what it says on the package.
