Drive-By Reading Wednesday

[chomiji]

So I haven't been reading much that's new. I did some intensive re-reading for a writing project, and that's mostly it.

I did read the graphic novel Abbott, by Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivela, and Jason Wordie. It's about an African American investigative reporter in 1970s Detroit who finds herself involved with the supernatural, as well as with the prejudices of the time. I enjoyed it, but I don't really think it's Hugo reading. It's kind of rough: not surprising for a first volume.

I did a comfort re-read of The Grey Horse by R A. MacAvoy, which is a book I think ought to get recommended more often. It's set in 1880s Ireland, at a time when the Irish were making political moves that would eventually lead to their independence from Britain. Into this volatile situation comes a naive puca (horse shape-shifter), Ruairi MacEibhir, with romance and not much else on his mind. The village that attracts his attention will never be the same, and nether will Ruairi.

Comments

[sovay]

I did a comfort re-read of The Grey Horse by R A. MacAvoy, which is a book I think ought to get recommended more often.

Seconded! I am very fond of this book and its shape-changers.

[hamsterwoman]

I just read Abbott for the Hugos also, and was surprised by how much I liked it -- it's not really my sort of thing (the horror aspects), but I liked the characters, and I LOVED the art, so it's going at the top of my list so far (I'm mad at Saga 9, and am losing interest in Paper Girls, and superhero comics and whatever Monstress is are not my thing).

[oracne]

I read THE GREY HORSE in college...my fave of hers is TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON, though.