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astrangerhere · 09-11-2017, 08:14 AM

I did finish House of Names by Colm Tóibín and (finally) finished Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer on my Kobo.

I enjoyed House of Names quite a bit. I'm not sure how I feel about Too Like the Lightning. I'm not sure I like what the author did with gender and gender roles. I much more appreciated Ann Leckie's handling of gender in the Ancillary series. I will grant Palmer this, though - she had some really nice imagery and prose.

I am now starting the audio of Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope and reading an actual paper back from the library - Maurizio de Giovanni's I Will Have Vengeance.

09-11-2017, 08:14 AM	#26378
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,755 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	I did finish House of Names by Colm Tóibín and (finally) finished Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer on my Kobo. I enjoyed House of Names quite a bit. I'm not sure how I feel about Too Like the Lightning. I'm not sure I like what the author did with gender and gender roles. I much more appreciated Ann Leckie's handling of gender in the Ancillary series. I will grant Palmer this, though - she had some really nice imagery and prose. I am now starting the audio of Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope and reading an actual paper back from the library - Maurizio de Giovanni's *I Will Have Vengeance*.