I finished The Britannias by Alice Albinnia, which is a popular history of islands associated with the UK. Made me want to find out more about Claude Cahun.
Someone read an illustrated, book length, poem aloud to me which was an unusual and enjoyable experience.
Finished book 47: The Masquerades of Spring, by Ben Aaronovitch, a Rivers of London series fantasy novel, 5/5. I've always enjoyed Aaronovitch's work, since I saw Remembrance of the Daleks in 1988, but this felt as if he'd written it for me. I loved every detail! Might even replace What Abigail Did That Summer as my favourite Rivers of London book. And, honestly, if you'd asked me if what I truly wanted was a re-telling of Jeeves and Wooster set in New York, and particularly Harlem, in the Jazz Age, with magic and fairies, then I probably wouldn't have been that enthusiastic, although I would've signed up for the knowing word games, obv. I do like that Aaronovitch has the publishing credit to be able to indulge his whims for side projects because he's so good at them and they prevent the main series from becoming repetitive, hopefully for the author as well as his readers. I'm looking forward to Stone and Sky even more now! P.S. I also loved that at the end he gifted four plot bunnies to his fan writers and co-pro-writers (+ earlier in the story, mentioning the possibility of Gussie and Lucy visiting New Orleans, where is Beauregard is from).
Currently reading poetry in Unincorporated Persons in the Honda Dynasty by Tony Hoagland.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2025-04-30 11:37 am (UTC)Someone read an illustrated, book length, poem aloud to me which was an unusual and enjoyable experience.
Finished book 47: The Masquerades of Spring, by Ben Aaronovitch, a Rivers of London series fantasy novel, 5/5.
I've always enjoyed Aaronovitch's work, since I saw Remembrance of the Daleks in 1988, but this felt as if he'd written it for me. I loved every detail! Might even replace What Abigail Did That Summer as my favourite Rivers of London book. And, honestly, if you'd asked me if what I truly wanted was a re-telling of Jeeves and Wooster set in New York, and particularly Harlem, in the Jazz Age, with magic and fairies, then I probably wouldn't have been that enthusiastic, although I would've signed up for the knowing word games, obv. I do like that Aaronovitch has the publishing credit to be able to indulge his whims for side projects because he's so good at them and they prevent the main series from becoming repetitive, hopefully for the author as well as his readers. I'm looking forward to Stone and Sky even more now! P.S. I also loved that at the end he gifted four plot bunnies to his fan writers and co-pro-writers (+ earlier in the story, mentioning the possibility of Gussie and Lucy visiting New Orleans, where is Beauregard is from).
Currently reading poetry in Unincorporated Persons in the Honda Dynasty by Tony Hoagland.