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escritoireazulAfter seeing wakeupnew (and a number of other people) talk about the series (and Riordan's other work) in such glowing terms, I picked up "...and the Gods of Asgard" on sale awhile back, and since I devoured "Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day" by Seanan McGuire the second it downloaded (thought it was cute, but not as engaging as the Rose Marshall ghost stories), I finally had a break in my reading, and started Riordan's book. It's cute, so far, and I love books incorporating Asgardian gods into the modern world (for all its problems, I love the hell out of Tessa Gratton's United States of Asgard series, particularly Strange Maid and "Glory's Teeth: A Novella of Hungry Girls and the End of the World." I have so much love for Glory!), but there's some racism that is annoying the hell out of me, and I'm hoping it gets better. (This is my first Riordan book. I'm also hoping I can read it without having read Percy Jackson, but we'll see.)
Do you guys have recs for any other books about Asgardian gods in a modern world? (If it helps, I'm not a huge fan of American Gods, but I will try any book for awhile, at least.)
I also recently read a couple books in Robert Dugoni's Tracy Crosswhite series and liked them a lot more than I expected; Dugoni's a lawyer turned author who writes mysteries (/thrillers, maybe). The first one is pretty heavy in legal scenes, and I don't normally like media that has a lot of law to it (while I watch Criminal Minds and Bones, for example, I don't watch Law & Order unless I'm intentionally spending time with J, because there's too much courtroom stuff for me). I found Dugoni to be an incredibly engaging author, and he even had me interested in a long bit of courtroom writing. I'm leery of the third book in the series, which deals with murder on a reservation, and looks like a white savior narrative, but I'll probably give it a try eventually.
Otherwise, life continues apace. I am super grumpy, because of work politics crap and because we went from 50 degree days to ICE STORM to 50 degree days (or at least that is what is predicted for next week), and I both hate being cold and don't deal well with drastic temperature changes. I'm never going to get over this sinus stuff if the weather keeps doing that. Recorded two podcast episodes yesterday, and despite some technical difficulties, it was, as always, a ton of fun.
wakeupnew (and a number of other people) talk about the series (and Riordan's other work) in such glowing terms, I picked up "...and the Gods of Asgard" on sale awhile back, and since I devoured "Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day" by Seanan McGuire the second it downloaded (thought it was cute, but not as engaging as the Rose Marshall ghost stories), I finally had a break in my reading, and started Riordan's book. It's cute, so far, and I love books incorporating Asgardian gods into the modern world (for all its problems, I love the hell out of Tessa Gratton's United States of Asgard series, particularly Strange Maid and "Glory's Teeth: A Novella of Hungry Girls and the End of the World." I have so much love for Glory!), but there's some racism that is annoying the hell out of me, and I'm hoping it gets better. (This is my first Riordan book. I'm also hoping I can read it without having read Percy Jackson, but we'll see.)Do you guys have recs for any other books about Asgardian gods in a modern world? (If it helps, I'm not a huge fan of American Gods, but I will try any book for awhile, at least.)
I also recently read a couple books in Robert Dugoni's Tracy Crosswhite series and liked them a lot more than I expected; Dugoni's a lawyer turned author who writes mysteries (/thrillers, maybe). The first one is pretty heavy in legal scenes, and I don't normally like media that has a lot of law to it (while I watch Criminal Minds and Bones, for example, I don't watch Law & Order unless I'm intentionally spending time with J, because there's too much courtroom stuff for me). I found Dugoni to be an incredibly engaging author, and he even had me interested in a long bit of courtroom writing. I'm leery of the third book in the series, which deals with murder on a reservation, and looks like a white savior narrative, but I'll probably give it a try eventually.
Otherwise, life continues apace. I am super grumpy, because of work politics crap and because we went from 50 degree days to ICE STORM to 50 degree days (or at least that is what is predicted for next week), and I both hate being cold and don't deal well with drastic temperature changes. I'm never going to get over this sinus stuff if the weather keeps doing that. Recorded two podcast episodes yesterday, and despite some technical difficulties, it was, as always, a ton of fun.
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Date: 2017-01-16 04:14 am (UTC)Have you read Eight Days of Luke by Diana Wynne Jones?
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Date: 2017-02-08 04:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-16 07:07 am (UTC)(I think the series doesn't require a read of Percy Jackson; there are some short appearances from Magnus's cousin, who's a character from the Percy books, but that's about it iirc.)
Amazon keeps trying to feed me books related to Norse mythology and I've been considering taking it up on this one, which I haven't read but I'm seriously contemplating based on the strength of its title alone. NORSE CODE!
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Date: 2017-02-08 04:24 am (UTC)I did not need to read Percy Jackson, or at least I didn't feel like I missed much not having read it. I think I will go back and read the earlier books, though, even with your warning here. Riordan tells a pretty compelling story, despite the stuff that made me angry.