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#84 - 87: red sails take me make me sail along
Thursday, 2 August 2012 20:54This week is 'give up on being productive' week and also, BIG COINCIDENCE, 'read all the books' week. Shocking!
Thrones, Dominations, by Dorothy L. Sayers & Jill Paton Walsh.
( Going back and forth on this one. tw: rape apologism )
Matilda's England, by William Trevor.
( So fucking gorgeous. I was gutted by the end of this. )
Time of the Ghost, by Diana Wynne Jones.
I think the subtitle of this is DWJ Can't Do Weird Fiction (as opposed to fantasy, where I'd argue she does have a fairly good idea of the conventions of the genre and her own parameters and where to poke at them). As in Dogsbody, there were so many elements that I should have enjoyed seeing surface in fiction - time travel, sisters, witchcraft, and gender-based violence, but for some reason it just all fell flat. :/
Earwig & the Witch, by Diana Wynne Jones.
This was really short and I have no pullquotes, but this was just all really delightful, jeez! Also how awesome would it have been to read it at the age of five - this is all about a really bratty young girl who manipulates the adults in her life to get what she wants. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF MESSAGE I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO RECEIVE WHEN I WAS FIVE.
GUYS, I STILL HAVE TO REVIEW THE PINHOE EGG BUT I HAVE NO WORDS LEFT AND ANYWAY TOMORROW I WILL DO IT BUT I WILL PROBABLY JUST GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE VULNERABILITY OF CHILDREN AND HOW DIANA WYNNE JONES JUST DOES IT *SO WELL*.
Thrones, Dominations, by Dorothy L. Sayers & Jill Paton Walsh.
( Going back and forth on this one. tw: rape apologism )
Matilda's England, by William Trevor.
( So fucking gorgeous. I was gutted by the end of this. )
Time of the Ghost, by Diana Wynne Jones.
I think the subtitle of this is DWJ Can't Do Weird Fiction (as opposed to fantasy, where I'd argue she does have a fairly good idea of the conventions of the genre and her own parameters and where to poke at them). As in Dogsbody, there were so many elements that I should have enjoyed seeing surface in fiction - time travel, sisters, witchcraft, and gender-based violence, but for some reason it just all fell flat. :/
Earwig & the Witch, by Diana Wynne Jones.
This was really short and I have no pullquotes, but this was just all really delightful, jeez! Also how awesome would it have been to read it at the age of five - this is all about a really bratty young girl who manipulates the adults in her life to get what she wants. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF MESSAGE I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO RECEIVE WHEN I WAS FIVE.
GUYS, I STILL HAVE TO REVIEW THE PINHOE EGG BUT I HAVE NO WORDS LEFT AND ANYWAY TOMORROW I WILL DO IT BUT I WILL PROBABLY JUST GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE VULNERABILITY OF CHILDREN AND HOW DIANA WYNNE JONES JUST DOES IT *SO WELL*.