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Reading Wednesday
Feb. 20th, 2019 09:38 amHey, a snow day! I was on vacation and at an anime convention this past weekend so I mostly read manga this week.
Recently Finished
Recently Finished
The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner, which is a historical fantasy novel that combines Jewish folklore, Rosetti poem The Goblin Market, and the author's family history of surviving pogroms to focus on two Jewish sisters who have magical abilities. It was a very good read, though I misjudged both of the love interests, and side-eyed a bit of a choice at the end. Still, the sisters' relationship was great and the magical world was fascinating!
I also read several manga. One, Beauty and the Beast Girl, was a one-shot shoujo ai manga about a monster in the woods and a blind girl who falls in love with her. It was an enjoyable read, though I'm not sure the ending was believable. Still, a happy ending is good! The other one was the first volume of 10 Dance, a yaoi manga about two male ballroom dancers who challenge each other to participate in the famous 10 count dance competition and fall in love. I really like it so far! The guys' chemistry is great, and I appreciate that their female partners also get a chance to shine and befriend each other.
I also read several manga. One, Beauty and the Beast Girl, was a one-shot shoujo ai manga about a monster in the woods and a blind girl who falls in love with her. It was an enjoyable read, though I'm not sure the ending was believable. Still, a happy ending is good! The other one was the first volume of 10 Dance, a yaoi manga about two male ballroom dancers who challenge each other to participate in the famous 10 count dance competition and fall in love. I really like it so far! The guys' chemistry is great, and I appreciate that their female partners also get a chance to shine and befriend each other.
Currently Reading
I'm into the final chapters of the nonfiction novel Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed by Stephen O'Connor, an account of the mixed success of a 19th and 20th century child welfare program in which vagrant children of cities like NYC were sent to rural families in the Midwest. It was a fascinating, if harrowing look, at how child welfare and care has evolved, and why the program, while well-meaning, had serious flaws. It also had a lot of fascinating first-hand accounts.
What's Next
Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter is due soon, so probably that one. After that, either The Pinks: The First Women Detectives, Operatives, and Spies With the Pinkerton National Detective Agency by Chris Enss or Radiant Days, Haunted Nights: Great Tales from the Treasury of Yiddish Folk Literature by Joachim Neugroschel.
