Review:: Permanent Present Tense, by Suzanne Corkin

Title: Permanent Present Tense

Author: Suzanne Corkin

Format: Hardcover

Rating: ★★★★☆

This round, my book club on Habitica (previously called HabitRPG) selected from a set of non-fiction books. I was hoping that this (or The Victorian Internet) would be chosen. And I got my wish! While I definitely enjoyed it, as you can see from the rating, it wasn't a book without issues. It certainly felt "split," as if Suzanne Corkin couldn't decide if she wanted to write about H.M.'s life or his contributions to science.

Book Clubs:: Persepolis done, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? going forward

Over at the Legendary Book Club of Habitica, we've just finished some amazing discussions on The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi. If you missed my review, you should check it out. Next, we'll be reading Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, by Edward Albee. If you're interested in reading along with us and participating in discussion, make sure to join HabitRPG and check out the guild "The Legendary Book Club of Habitica."

Hope to see you there!

Review:: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

Title: The Complete Persepolis

Author: Marjane Satrapi

Format: Paperback

Rating: ★★★★☆

This month, my bookclub on HabitRPG (soon to be remaned Habitica) voted on reading Persepolis. If you want to check out our further discussion on it, join Habit, check out the guild "Legendary Bookclub of Habitica" and you'll find a link to our Goodreads group. Anyway, now that that's covered, my review:

Persepolis was almost everything I ever wanted from it. And it would have been, if it had only quit whilst ahead. Instead, there was a point where it lost its footing for a bit. While that's sometimes not enough to knock off a star, in this case it was... partially because of how strong the book is at the start.

News and Stuff:: Non Spec-Fic Incoming!

Wait, what?

That's right. I'm going to be reviewing a bit more non-specfic coming up. There's yet another challenge on HabitRPG. This one is in one of my favorite guilds not related to books: the Short-Term Goal Accountability guild. Basically, it's a group of people working to keep each other accountable.

This challenge is to read a book a week, and I went, huh, I can't join that. I'd be cheating! But then one of my biggest book-enablers came up with the idea of making it harder. Harder for me? I'm going to be reading a book that's not specfic every week.

Look forward to other things. I'm not sure what other things. But I'm starting with Fight Club. It totally counts.

Review:: Embassytown, by China Miéville

Title: Embassytown

Author: China Miéville

Format: eBook

Rating: ★★★★★

It's no secret I like China Miéville. (Alert: I like China Miéville.) However, as much as I love his works, Embassytown was the cream of the crop. Alien aliens, a beautiful breakdown of politics (during a breakdown), some absolutely stunning linguistics-play, and even further elevated and intoxicating Miéville prose. Yum.

Just a note: this is this the book The Legendary Book Club of Habitica is currently reading. If you want in, there's still plenty of time! Join HabitRPG, the guild itself (you must be logged in to see the guild), and our Goodreads group to get involved. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments.

News and Stuff:: The Legendary Book Club of Habitica!

Some of you may be aware that I'm a moderator on a gamified productivity site called HabitRPG. If you haven't heard of it, you should really check it out. But that's not what I'm here to talk about. I'm talking about the book club I've been running there! Next up is Embassytown and if you want more info (like how to join in on the action), it'll be after the jump.