Books and Stuff
10 Aug 2012 00:33![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
muccamukkJust finished the latest Peter Grant mystery by Ben Aaronovitch. If you haven't read that series yet, you should. It's Doctor Who and Urban Fantasy and London Police procedural, all in one, with actual diversity. The latest book, Whispers Underground was a little lighter than the past one, and much more humorous, but didn't really advance the arc plot too, too much. I hope that gets going next book. Still, I enjoyed every page.
I was poking around the author's blog to see when the next book would be out (not soon enough), how many there would be in the series (no set limit, but six contracted so far), and if there will be a glossy BBC tv adaptation (no word), and I found that Aaronovitch was posting songs for different characters. Nightingale is one of my favourites (I HAVE A TYPE, OKAY!), and I'm absolutely fascinated by Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Power of Love" as his song. I assume that the relevant lyrics are "I'll protect you from the hooded claw/Keep the vampires from your door/When the chips are down, I'll be around/With my undying death-defying love." One assumes that the You therein is either Peter (platonic, one hopes) or the population of London generally, but it then occurred to me that other with his... "friendship" with Molly, we haven't heard a hell of a lot about Nightingale's dating preferences. If he has any. There is already a kickass lesbian character, but man would I love it if the stiff upper lip mentor character turned out to be queer.
Apparently Mark Waid is going to be writing a comic about the globe-trotting adventures of Bruce Banner (and Hulk) and Maria Hill. Huh. Pending reviews, but that sure sounds like something I'd enjoy.
Read two books by Sherry Thomas: Not Quite a Husband I dropped because of issues with rape (sold as kink in a way that really wasn't my kink), but I quite liked His at Night. It was kind of a Scarlett Pimpernel riff (only set in the 1890s), but dealing with the personal cost of being a public waste of space (to the point where even your very close brother doesn't know you're having him on). The sex in that was a little more pushy than I often like, but not too bad. Mostly it hit the right balance of humour and angst, with a decent mystery/adventure plot thrown in.
Read The Laramie Project which I really admired in terms of message and structure, but found really depressing. I would recommend it if you're interested in LGBT rights and history, or in the technical structure of playwriting, but not if you're already feeling down.
Daredevil has been AMAZING lately. I think I said that last post, but it bares saying again.
I'm way behind on M&C. I just haven't had the time, I'm afraid :(
I was poking around the author's blog to see when the next book would be out (not soon enough), how many there would be in the series (no set limit, but six contracted so far), and if there will be a glossy BBC tv adaptation (no word), and I found that Aaronovitch was posting songs for different characters. Nightingale is one of my favourites (I HAVE A TYPE, OKAY!), and I'm absolutely fascinated by Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Power of Love" as his song. I assume that the relevant lyrics are "I'll protect you from the hooded claw/Keep the vampires from your door/When the chips are down, I'll be around/With my undying death-defying love." One assumes that the You therein is either Peter (platonic, one hopes) or the population of London generally, but it then occurred to me that other with his... "friendship" with Molly, we haven't heard a hell of a lot about Nightingale's dating preferences. If he has any. There is already a kickass lesbian character, but man would I love it if the stiff upper lip mentor character turned out to be queer.
Apparently Mark Waid is going to be writing a comic about the globe-trotting adventures of Bruce Banner (and Hulk) and Maria Hill. Huh. Pending reviews, but that sure sounds like something I'd enjoy.
Read two books by Sherry Thomas: Not Quite a Husband I dropped because of issues with rape (sold as kink in a way that really wasn't my kink), but I quite liked His at Night. It was kind of a Scarlett Pimpernel riff (only set in the 1890s), but dealing with the personal cost of being a public waste of space (to the point where even your very close brother doesn't know you're having him on). The sex in that was a little more pushy than I often like, but not too bad. Mostly it hit the right balance of humour and angst, with a decent mystery/adventure plot thrown in.
Read The Laramie Project which I really admired in terms of message and structure, but found really depressing. I would recommend it if you're interested in LGBT rights and history, or in the technical structure of playwriting, but not if you're already feeling down.
Daredevil has been AMAZING lately. I think I said that last post, but it bares saying again.
I'm way behind on M&C. I just haven't had the time, I'm afraid :(
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Date: 10 Aug 2012 07:40 (UTC)Yes, please.
if the stiff upper lip mentor character turned out to be queer
That would be fantastic. I like mentor characters of various levels of stiff-upper-lipness, and I honestly can't recall a single one who's been queer. Outside of slash.
The Scarlet Pimpernel one sounds like something I'd like.
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Date: 10 Aug 2012 18:32 (UTC)You might just like His at Night. There are issues with chronic abuse involving the heroine's family, and one sex scene was dubiously consensual (She said yes, but I'm not sure "no" was a choice at that time). But I really liked how their relationship worked out, and the hero's relationship with his brother was well done as well.
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Date: 11 Aug 2012 04:03 (UTC)<3
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