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What I've Read
I report with some chagrin I have not read any books to completion since last week.
I have read or re-read some excellent fanfic! I re-watched the first season of the Witcher on Netflix with my sweetheart, and, uh, surreptitiously watched season two on my own. So I felt in the mood for some Witcher fic
I started with some of the classics - Astolat's Blooded Crown, and Misethere, and Never Did Run Smooth - https://archiveofourown.org/series/621487 and I have been branching out, so if anyone knows anything good, I am happy to find recs!
What I'm Reading
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - this book is keeping me on my toes! One element that I am really enjoying is how much of an ensemble piece it feels like - you get to see into the lives and deep feelings of many side characters. Some of them have turned into important characters! but some of them are just people you meet for a short little bit, see how the characters impact them, and then they go on their way. It's a bit old messy love letter to LA. I have to stop for a while until the book club catches up, but I'm really looking forward to it.
TV Horror: Investigating the Dark Side of the Small Screen by Stacey Abbott, Lorna Jowett - a bit dry, a bit slow, a bit academic. Not really breaking my brain.
What I'll Read Next
House of Leaves remains a slow but rewarding challenge.
I've had an anxious few weeks and I'm prone to overpurchasing when I am a bit frantic, so I have some new ebooks to read! Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eams, Sweet Disorder by Rose Lerner, and Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher have all recently been added to my Kindle.
Work in Progress
It has been an great week for knitting! (and also purchasing yarn, rein it in, kite) I have been working on Scylla socks, pretty slipstitch pattern designed for variegated yarns. To no one's shock, I have ignored the scripted heel in the pattern and done a Fish Lips Kiss heel and just finished that on the second sock, so now I get to do the leg! I'm hoping to do these a bit longer in the leg because I feel the winter chill coming in around the ankles a bit too much.
I report with some chagrin I have not read any books to completion since last week.
I have read or re-read some excellent fanfic! I re-watched the first season of the Witcher on Netflix with my sweetheart, and, uh, surreptitiously watched season two on my own. So I felt in the mood for some Witcher fic
I started with some of the classics - Astolat's Blooded Crown, and Misethere, and Never Did Run Smooth - https://archiveofourown.org/series/621487 and I have been branching out, so if anyone knows anything good, I am happy to find recs!
What I'm Reading
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - this book is keeping me on my toes! One element that I am really enjoying is how much of an ensemble piece it feels like - you get to see into the lives and deep feelings of many side characters. Some of them have turned into important characters! but some of them are just people you meet for a short little bit, see how the characters impact them, and then they go on their way. It's a bit old messy love letter to LA. I have to stop for a while until the book club catches up, but I'm really looking forward to it.
TV Horror: Investigating the Dark Side of the Small Screen by Stacey Abbott, Lorna Jowett - a bit dry, a bit slow, a bit academic. Not really breaking my brain.
What I'll Read Next
House of Leaves remains a slow but rewarding challenge.
I've had an anxious few weeks and I'm prone to overpurchasing when I am a bit frantic, so I have some new ebooks to read! Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eams, Sweet Disorder by Rose Lerner, and Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher have all recently been added to my Kindle.
Work in Progress
It has been an great week for knitting! (and also purchasing yarn, rein it in, kite) I have been working on Scylla socks, pretty slipstitch pattern designed for variegated yarns. To no one's shock, I have ignored the scripted heel in the pattern and done a Fish Lips Kiss heel and just finished that on the second sock, so now I get to do the leg! I'm hoping to do these a bit longer in the leg because I feel the winter chill coming in around the ankles a bit too much.
