Currently reading
Roman Blood
Progress:
171/401 pages
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
Progress:
208/557 pages
Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930
Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War and On the Civil War
Les bûchers de Bocanegra
The Songs of the Kings
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II
The Hobbit
Snake Agent: A Detective Inspector Chen Novel (Detective Inspector Chen Novels)
This was really really good. A nice change of pace and a wonderful first novel in a series that fuses fantasy/supernatural/futuristic/mystery elements in a just a little crooked reinventing of the future. I loved it. The world building is well done, no long expositions but inserted glimpses in the plot and action. You "see" the world thru the eyes of the characters, the writer is not telling you about it. I especially liked the mythology of Hell and demons. I liked how Chen walks a very narrow line and "doesn't" fit in anywhere really. I liked the political plot and comments. This was a nice surprise even if I knew it was good and it was recced by people I trust. I got the book last November and it has been sitting in my TRP since then. Needless to say, book 2 is on its way.
