Another breakfast with NO QUARTER. I‘m only 100 pages from the end now, so I hope I can finish it today. It‘s one of those books where it‘s tough to pinpoint WHY it doesn‘t quite work, but I think it‘s down to the story‘s weight. Huff resolves a few dangling plot lines from FIFTH QUARTER, only one of which feels like it needed maybe a novella-length treatment. The rest could‘ve been an aside in another story set a decade or two down the line.
Gonna see if I can sink into NO QUARTER tonight. It‘s been a struggle so far. I was pretty sure Teenage Me drifted away from the previous book, FIFTH QUARTER, but there were enough familiar bits near the end that I now suspect this is the one I abandoned way back in the day. I still want to read it since I‘ve got an investment in these characters, but I might end up taking a break after tonight. We‘ll see how it goes.
#weeklyforecast time!
I‘ll start the week with NO QUARTER to keep my Tanya Huff momentum, then read LET IT SHINE by Alyssa Cole, then at least start BAND SINISTER by KJ Charles.
Colette‘ll still suck up most of my attention on the short fiction front, but I‘ll also dip into McSweeney‘s 22.
I should finish MONDO COCKTAIL and MAKING SPACE.
I‘ll make time for some poetry.
And I‘ll continue my WicDiv reread, even though I forgot to photograph it.
No Quarter | 
