Currently Reading

I've seen a few people on Booktube do this, and I thought it was a fun idea. Sometimes it's fun to see how people feel about books before they're done with them, if they change their minds or if the book is consistent all the way through.

I am currently reading 3 books; "Mistborn" by Brandon Sanderson, "Winter Rose" by Patricia A. McKillip and "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen.

I've wanted to start the Mistborn series for a while and I am finally getting around to it. I've only read a very few chapters so far, but I am really enjoying it. Lately I have been struggling to find some fantasy that interests me, so I am very happy that this book seems to be able to do the trick.

"Winter Rose" came to me as part of a swap in a big pile of books. The blurb sounded interesting enough, but I am more than halfway through and I still don't know how I feel. It's about a young woman/girl, Rois, who lives with her father and sister in a medieval-esque village. A supposedly cursed young man returns to the village and sets about restoring his father's mansion. Rois becomes mildly obsessed with him, trying to figure out if the curse is real or not, and also figuring out exactly who or what he is, as there seems to be more to him than just his beautiful face. As I said, I don't know how to feel about this one. I like the writing style, but I feel like I am only scratching the surface with the characters. Almost like in a fairy tale where most characters are quite stereotypical because there isn't enough time in that short medium to expand their arcs, but this is an actual book, so I feel like I should know the characters better by now. And then the plot is just moving a bit too slow for my liking.

The last book, "Lies My Teacher Told Me" I came across in a blog post (can't remember where) recommending books to read for President's Day in America. I'm not American, but I like to learn more about history and how history is made. This book takes a number of events and people in American history and show us how and why they are being misrepresented in modern American history textbooks. I find that kind of analysis fascinating. I've only read the first chapter but I am looking forward to reading and learning more.

What are you currently reading?

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