RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday

[quillpunk]

Surely it's still Wednesday somewhere in the world, so... what are you reading? 👀

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[senmut]

Two chapters into Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee.

When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Kel Command gives her a chance to redeem herself, by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles from the heretics. Cheris’s career isn’t the only thing at stake: if the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next.

Cheris’s best hope is to ally with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao. The good news is that Jedao has never lost a battle, and he may be the only one who can figure out how to successfully besiege the fortress. The bad news is that Jedao went mad in his first life and massacred two armies, one of them his own.

As the siege wears on, Cheris must decide how far she can trust Jedao – because she might be his next victim.

First in The Machineries of Empire saga.

[white_aster]

:wiggles!: I really liked Ninefox Gambit more than I expected. I have a low tolerance for books so deep in their own vocabulary that they don't explain to you, but once I got far enough into Ninefox that I got the gist of it, just understanding what everyone was talking about threw everything in a different light, and I couldn't NOT see how it was going to turn out. :) I hope you like it!

[senmut]

I am very excited. While I know some of the plot points, I have had far less exposure to this one vicariously than some others I tried reading! So it's novel, it's a different setting from much of what I've read, it draws on FAR different cultural beats...

So yes, very much enjoying it so far, and already decided I need to get a copy. This is the library's e-book, which as slow as I go (a chapter at a time when I have mental bandwidth and energy) will likely have to be rechecked at least once.

[quillpunk]

Ooooh, yes I saw you've been reading this. I've stayed away from your posts about it to avoid spoilers (one day I'll read it *pumps fist*), but I hope you're having fun! :D