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What I'm reading
Jan. 13th, 2019 07:14 amI started reading As the Crow Flies, by Craig Johnson last week. This is the 9th of 20 in his Walt Longmire books, which I discovered by way of the television series based on it. I like the TV series a bit more, which is unusual for me, but I guess it's because that's what I encountered first. The books do have an advantage in that they're written from Walt's POV, so we get less of the frustrating "What on earth is going on inside his head?" vibe.
These are stories I return to when none of my most-favorite authors have anything new out. They're solid reads, though I wish Walt would stop referring to his BFF Henry Standing Bear as, "the Navaho Nation." Henry isn't a nation: he's an individual man with his own strengths and quirks. On the TV series, Lou Diamond Phillips brings that out so well.
What interrupted my Longmire read was that I discovered Laurie King had published another Holmes/Russell book: The Island of the Mad. Walt is on hold while I enjoy me some more Holmes/Russell!
I think I have spotted the answer to King's mystery early on, but I don't mind that. Still need to find out whether I was right, and I'm enjoying the journey.
I wish Laurie King would deal more with Holmes' aging. At this point in the series, he is really feeling his limits. It's hard to tell how much of Holmes' irascibility comes from that, and how much is just ground-state Holmes. Those limits are even-ing the power dynamic in this Galatean relationship. It will be interesting to see whether King addresses that by the end of Island.
These are stories I return to when none of my most-favorite authors have anything new out. They're solid reads, though I wish Walt would stop referring to his BFF Henry Standing Bear as, "the Navaho Nation." Henry isn't a nation: he's an individual man with his own strengths and quirks. On the TV series, Lou Diamond Phillips brings that out so well.
What interrupted my Longmire read was that I discovered Laurie King had published another Holmes/Russell book: The Island of the Mad. Walt is on hold while I enjoy me some more Holmes/Russell!
I think I have spotted the answer to King's mystery early on, but I don't mind that. Still need to find out whether I was right, and I'm enjoying the journey.
I wish Laurie King would deal more with Holmes' aging. At this point in the series, he is really feeling his limits. It's hard to tell how much of Holmes' irascibility comes from that, and how much is just ground-state Holmes. Those limits are even-ing the power dynamic in this Galatean relationship. It will be interesting to see whether King addresses that by the end of Island.
