What I’m Reading: Maggie Stiefvater’s “The Raven Boys”
Dec
23
2013
What I’m reading right now is Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Boys, which is one of the best YA paranormal urban fantasies I’ve read for a while.
I’m really enjoying the characters and the use of Welsh legend, chiefly the historical figure of Owen Glendower, the Raven King and—if I am picking right—the myth of Blodeuwedd, Lleu and Gronw from the Mabinogion.
So how about you. What are you reading and enjoying right now–and why? What about the book spins your wheels?
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I’m currently reading John Langan’s horror story collection “The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies”, which was published by Hippocampus Press in April 2013. I’ll try to read it during the Christmas. This collection contains interesting and well written stories that range from dark fantasy to horror. I’ve been a big fan of weird fiction for several years, so that’s one of the reasons why I’m reading this collection. I like the author’s literary prose and his ability to evoke different emotional responses in the reader.
I’m about to start reading Ronlyn Domingue’s “The Mapmaker’s War”, which is the first part of “Keeper of Tales Trilogy”. It seems to be something different, because it’s mythical historical fantasy, so I look forward to reading it.
I am not much into horror, but “The Mapmaker’s War” sounds interesting–& as I have never heard of it before, thank you for the introduction.:)
I think that The Mapmaker’s War is “something different”, because it isn’t normal kind of speculative fiction. It’s a relatively new book, because it was published in March 2013.
Hi Helen, and Merry Christmas to you 🙂
I’ve just finished reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, which is a lovely, reflective (fiction not specific) novel, and am now happily contemplating what other stories I might read this break. With any luck someone might get me a book token for Christmas!
Thank you for the seasonal wishes and the same to you, of course: I’ll keep my fingers crossed for that book voucher arriving.:) I think there is definitely a place for “fiction not specific” reads.