And now, books
Mar. 3rd, 2021 03:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vaznettiToday is cold and damp: I taught Spartacus the family chili recipe, which is now making thr house smell good.
Recently finished: Fly by Night, by Frances Hardinge. I enjoyed this a lot! I loved the wordplay and the worldbuilding. It was part of a set of books handed down to Spartacus -- he is nearly finished with it as well. We appreciated its crossover potential: it might not be a beautiful day in the village, but you are a horrible goose.
Currently reading: a lot of fanfic, and stuff for work. Currently, Cicero's letters to his brother Quintus. I have a lot of time for Quintus, as it can't have been easy being the other Cicero; he does actually carve out a good career for himself as a governor and military commander (and poet). He was Pompey's legate in Sardinia and one of Caesar's in Gaul; he stays on an extra year with Caesar as well, perhaps looking to gain more experience and connections. Perhaps in some happier (for the Ciceros) version of Roman history he would have been able to run for a consulship in the 50s. But instead the system fell apart, and took him and his son with him.
In any case, the letters are good, except for the first which is actually a treatise on provincial governorship disguised as a letter, and is truly horrid (but useful to the historian!) I only hope Quintus rolled his eyes and took it in good faith for what it actually was.
Recently finished: Fly by Night, by Frances Hardinge. I enjoyed this a lot! I loved the wordplay and the worldbuilding. It was part of a set of books handed down to Spartacus -- he is nearly finished with it as well. We appreciated its crossover potential: it might not be a beautiful day in the village, but you are a horrible goose.
Currently reading: a lot of fanfic, and stuff for work. Currently, Cicero's letters to his brother Quintus. I have a lot of time for Quintus, as it can't have been easy being the other Cicero; he does actually carve out a good career for himself as a governor and military commander (and poet). He was Pompey's legate in Sardinia and one of Caesar's in Gaul; he stays on an extra year with Caesar as well, perhaps looking to gain more experience and connections. Perhaps in some happier (for the Ciceros) version of Roman history he would have been able to run for a consulship in the 50s. But instead the system fell apart, and took him and his son with him.
In any case, the letters are good, except for the first which is actually a treatise on provincial governorship disguised as a letter, and is truly horrid (but useful to the historian!) I only hope Quintus rolled his eyes and took it in good faith for what it actually was.
