I’ve put together a collage of some books from last months What are you Reading? post. It’s mostly random, but the more discussion something gets the more it stands out to me. Going forward I’m going to make a new post every month to talk about what people are reading.
Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (July 2023)
At any rate, what are you currently reading or plan to read in August?
Just started Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie and seems great so far. I have no idea what is going on with how people are gendered in the various languages but I’m looking forward to puzzling it out.
I loved all the ancillary books. IMO not knowing anyone’s gender for sure was part of the fun. It does rely on the reader to work at making connections tho. I can see why some folks don’t like that aspect, but I personally like some challenge.
I stopped in the middle of the first one. It was too much work to keep track of what was happening. Maybe I’ll try again.
I’ve finished them now, and I can safely say that it’s only really the first half of the first book or so where things are confusing. It does get quite good as well, so it might be worth your time.
The best way to describe those books is “subtle.”
I loved them, and translation state feels like the start of a new series in the same universe. The worst part is how often Anaander Mianaai is written and how that many 'a’s just fail to compute in my head.
I listened to the audiobook. The narrator did all that heavy lifting, and I’ve got to say she was great!
She was fantastic!
However her reading of translation state involved the most guttural pronunciation of grandmama I’ve ever heard
Haha, yes it did 🤣
