Activity Log (Since 2 March, 2017)

[flamebyrd]

As always, feel free to ask me about any of these and I will try to distill my thoughts into something shareable.

Books
The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red - Martha Wells
The Golem and the Djinni - Helene Wecker
The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater (in audiobook)

Anime
Bodacious Space Pirates 1x04
The Royal Tutor 1x01-1x12

Live
Figure Skating: Winter Spectacular, featuring Jeremy Abbott and Yuka Sato
Cirque du Soleil: Kooza

No, I haven't seen Wonder Woman or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 yet. Soon.

Comments

[quettalinde]

The Golem and the Djinni! What did you think?!

Wonder Woman and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 were both loads of fun! Enjoy!

[flamebyrd]

Yes! I saw it in the library and remembered you'd recommended it, so I picked it up on the spot - very fortunate.

I enjoyed it a lot, it was very thoughtful and immersive. Interesting in tone, too, with this sort of brutal unapologetic frankness about the things that happen in the course of the story - not soft, without being offputtingly hard? And I loved how much a part of their source cultures both the golem and the djinni felt.

I'm a little hesitant at how we ended up with a wilting flower and a rake as our protagonists, but it kinda sidestepped most of the tropes that make that particular relationship dynamic not work for me.