Weekly book post
Apr. 2nd, 2012 03:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vamysteryfanThis week's books ended up having a certain Sentinel flavor to them.
I read Naomi Novik's (astolat) Tongues of Serpents and Crucible of Gold. I love her dragons, with all their foibles. I love the little twist she gives to dragons craving a hoard. We had some fun exploring Australia and South America in these two. I like how she fits her AU into our reality. Good stuff. Also, if you haven't seen it, there's a very cool trailer available on YouTube for Crucible of Gold. http://youtu.be/kHO8RXTFMQY
I also read Stirring the Pot: A History of African Cuisine by James McCann. I was reminded of one of cesperanza's Nature stories. "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are." The author used cuisine, recipes, and ingredients to trace out so much about the continent - history, culture, peoples, how cooking helped establish national identities, the roles of women and more.
And then, in a nod to antarctic_sue, I read Kim Stanley Robinson's Antarctica. I was alternately funny and thought-provoking. It was written 10 years ago, so parts are a little out of date. Thanks to Sue, I had better visuals of what was going on than most people would :)
I read Naomi Novik's (astolat) Tongues of Serpents and Crucible of Gold. I love her dragons, with all their foibles. I love the little twist she gives to dragons craving a hoard. We had some fun exploring Australia and South America in these two. I like how she fits her AU into our reality. Good stuff. Also, if you haven't seen it, there's a very cool trailer available on YouTube for Crucible of Gold. http://youtu.be/kHO8RXTFMQY
I also read Stirring the Pot: A History of African Cuisine by James McCann. I was reminded of one of cesperanza's Nature stories. "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are." The author used cuisine, recipes, and ingredients to trace out so much about the continent - history, culture, peoples, how cooking helped establish national identities, the roles of women and more.
And then, in a nod to antarctic_sue, I read Kim Stanley Robinson's Antarctica. I was alternately funny and thought-provoking. It was written 10 years ago, so parts are a little out of date. Thanks to Sue, I had better visuals of what was going on than most people would :)
