July 2024 Reading

The Starless Crown, by James Rollins - A variety of unlikely people band together to not only attempt to stop a country from needlessly making war on another country, but also to stop a prophecy that says the entire moon will crash into the world. I can't quite tell if this book is filled with Fantasy Names (like calling the world Urth or making holy buildings kath'drals) or whether it's all supposed to take place in a far-future Earth or alternate timeline, but if it's the latter option, I want to know what happened to throw the world's orbit entirely out of whack in the first place. It's a bit of a dense book to approach at times, but it's still pretty good and I want to know what happens in the sequel, so I expect I'll be picking up book 2 from the library before too long.

My Lady Jane, by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows - A YA retelling of the short reign of Lady Jane Grey, only in an alternate historical fantasy setting where many people have the ability to transform into animals. There's a lot of politics from the time, understandably, but in a fun way that makes it all very interesting; it is YA, after all. After enjoying the show so much, I figured I'd give the book a try, and it's also enjoyable, but different from the show in a number of ways. I liked the humour, and I'm looking forward to reading other books in the series, even if they're about different people throughout history.

Daily Update

Pain level - Moderate-high

I was anticipating a rainy day that would have been perfect for reading in bed, but the rain ended after only half an hour, and I didn't feel like staying in bed after that anyway, so I just got up. I did at least get a good amount of reading done, so even if my reading day didn't last for the whole day, it still felt like making progress, and that made me happy.

I didn't play more Final Fantasy XIV today, though. Instead I went back to the couch and worked on embroidery. I didn't accomplish much, since I had to take frequent breaks to lie my head back and close my eyes (tired Adri is tired), but still, as I think I said the other day, progress is progress. I'll take what I can get, some days!