the sun and the moon and the stars

Well, today I finished Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch, the fourth Peter Grant book. I have really enjoyed the entire series, and loved the sense of place in all of them -- it's clearly written by a Londoner who is writing what he knows, which means that the sense of place is effortless rather than the writer working hard for it. (I remember an Oklahoma native saying that about the TV series Saving Grace, and my understanding of what they meant had always been academic until I read these books.)

Of course, now I don't have anything lined up to read next. I have a ton of books on my iPad, but none of them are really leaping out at me; I've been idly dipping into a whole bunch of memoirs but the fact that none of them are sticking rather suggests that I'm in a fiction mood. I've been thinking about trying the Demon's Lexicon series by Sarah Rees Brennan, purely on the strength of her fanfic, but I suspect that whatever I read next will have a hard time living up to the Peter Grant books.

Which is a problem, because I find I need books to make the workday bearable.

Any recommendations? I'm looking for stuff that's going to be readable in chunks and doesn't require a huge amount of brainpower, preferably with a good sense of humour and minimal angst. Preferably without stupid characters who do stupid things in the name of plot devices. :)

What are you currently reading?

I'm in the middle of rereading Captain Marvel #10, so I can catch up on #11 and #12.

What did you recently finish reading?

Nothing since I last posted, omg. I've actually been quite busy lately, launching a new blog in collaboration with ze boyfriend, and getting that up and running (and generating the initial wave of content for it) has taken a reasonable amount of time. Plus I've taken the opportunity to teach myself InDesign to use in creating a lot of the content for it, which is rewarding but inefficient. None of which has anything to do with reading, other than to account for the fact that I haven't been.

What do you think you'll read next?

Captain Marvel 11 & 12, catching up on the last couple of Hawkeye issues, and - hooray! - my pile of Pratchetts arrived from Abebooks, so I shall be diving into those soon.

Sigh. I fail at posting, seriously, if this is the first time I've posted since last week's meme. To be fair, I've been busy. Also, I'm hopeless. :)

What are you currently reading?
Nada. I'm currently agonising over whether to buy Wee Free Men in ebook format or in hardcopy second-hand. I have nothing against ebooks and generally enjoy reading on my iPad, but I do actually have the first 30+ Discworld books in hardcopy and it would feel weird to stop now. I do have a non-legit ebook copy of Wee Free Men, but it has no paragraph/line breaks and is thus unreadable.

What did you recently finish reading?
I finally got through Lords and Ladies - it's a great book, but the first 20% or so pushes a whole bunch of my hate-buttons, so it took me a few runs at the book to get past that. And then I ploughed through Maskerade in a few hours, and Carpe Jugulum the next day. Now I'm running out of Granny Weatherwax books and that makes me sad.

What do you think you'll read next?
Wee Free Men and the other Tiffany Aching books, if I decide to bite the bullet and buy the ebooks. Otherwise, well, the next issue of Captain Marvel just hit the (electronic) stands, and I would buy that on principle even if I weren't loving it, which I am.

Because I never met a meme I didn't like. (Okay, so it's actually Thursday here, but it's Wednesday for most of you, so.)

What are you currently reading?
Nothing - I am just between books right now.

What did you recently finish reading?
Witches Abroad, by Terry Pratchett. It's the third of the Discworld witches books, and you can tell Pterry's really hit his stride with the characters by this point. I've been rereading the Witches books, starting with Wyrd Sisters and now Witches Abroad; I like the former better, but I think the latter is a better book.

(I've also been reading a bunch of Avengers fanfic, because Darcy Lewis is awesomesauce.)

What do you think you'll read next?
Lords and Ladies, the next of the witches books - this one's about the elves. I'm also looking at Carol Danvers comics, but I'm not entirely sure yet where to start.