kitewithfish

What I've Read
The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian - Second in the Page & Sommers series, This is the a little more of a cozy country house mystery, with some deeply tender scenes where two men who are not used to having any kind of permanent affection negotiate how to manage building a life together. And there's a mystery! Solving the disappearance of a young woman some 20 years back, as the final request from a wealthy uncle in his will. It's excellent - highly recommend this but only after reading the first one. The mystery plot will carry you thru without reading the first book, but the interpersonal development of the romantic leads is truly lovely and I think that the first book will give you some joy. Also, there are LOTS of queer people in this book, and characters thinking about how there is always someone queer, in every time and every place - you just have to find them. It's a soft and gentle book, for all that it deals with a central crime.

Some by Virtue Fall by Alexandra Rowland - THIS is a swashbuckling fast paced book. It's like Alexandre Dumas, with lesbians and theatre instead of noblemen with honor. There's subterfuge! Spies! Trickery! A duel! Honestly, I would watch this movie. The general set up is, in a city not unlike our Shakespeare's but much gayer, theatrical troupes have outlawed men on stage because the different troupes kept fighting each other in the streets. So, of course, the women in the troupes have banded together to prove that they are even worse. I really really loved the main character, who has a giant heart, loves the theatre, and a deeply stupid inability to tell when a pretty girl is jerking her around.

What I'm Reading
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher - A romance novel? A mystery? A fantasy? It's great - there's a big dumb loyal careful thoughtful kind dude who makes socks and very occasionally goes into berserker rages now that his god is dead. He meets a tiny perfumer who thwarts an assassination attempt. They fight crime! ~~And maybe fuck!~~
Sabriel - Garth Nix - Read by Tim Curry - Such a good performance from Curry, it's a treat.
Meng Yao v The Board of the Homeowner's Association by Ariaste -"Two gremlins, their husbands, and the horrible HOA board. As long as nobody gets arrested for arson or murder, we're gonna call it a win." - This is a deeply charming series, I have no idea how true to the actual source material it is. I love a man who will hack the Amazon device of someone who annoys him so that he can get her kicked off the HOA board so that his beloved husband can grow tomato plants in the backyard.

What I'll Read Next
City We Became - NK Jemisin - Book Club!
Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao - Book Club!

Knitting
My Patch Socks (because Damensocken mit Frontpatch is too much to type) are at the point where I must commit to turning the heels and going on. It's reminding me how little I enjoy stockinette stitch - perling is irksome. But I hope I will reach a point where I have socks Iike, that I can wear, that are also beautiful and strange and cause all around to tremble in awe.