Wednesday Reading meme March 27 2024
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kitewithfishWhat I’ve Read:
The Birds - Daphne du Maurier – Short story but I’m counting it. A very good read, particularly because it hits a particular claustrophobic Covid vibe. The first thing we learn about the main character, Nat, is that he was wounded in the war and has a half-pension. I walked away from this story certain that Nat would be one of those people who started masking before the CDC recommended it.
I have read a bunch of interesting fic, which were slightly shorter than novel length:
Batman adjacent – Tim Drake Centric
Banshee In A Well by liverobinreaction (bugbee) - https://archiveofourown.org/works/43212999 – Tim Drake can’t die, and thereby learns that he doesn’t matter as a person. It’s deeply id-fic for me.
call me cute and feed me sugar by suzukiblu https://archiveofourown.org/works/52179460 Tim Drake is Superboy’s sugar daddy. Robin is Superboy’s co-worker.
Dune 2 – Feyd Rautha Centric
bloodlines by Anonymous https://archiveofourown.org/works/54258223 – This anon author watched the same movie I did.
Desertion by sleepstxtic https://archiveofourown.org/works/54492040 – This author has a number of great stories, and I particularly enjoy their take on Irulan.
What I’m Reading:
Soulstar - CL Polk -static
Dune – Frank Herbert – 75% ish
Sidebar: Saw the movie Dune Part 2 (brought a friend) and we both walked out thinking, Oh, Astolat would do amazing things in this fandom. They wildly improved Feyd Rautha from a whiney little jerk a deeply unhinged freak with black teeth and no eyebrows. Austin Butler did a great job! Also, I watched it in a theater (masked) and deeply enjoyed the exclamation of the roughly 60 year old woman next to me with her date when Paul declared he would marry Irulan: “Oh! He’s a BAD man!” She was clearly Team Chani.
I do think one of the images that hit had was the towering pile of Atreides bodies after the Harkonnen take Arakeen, burning under the touch of flamethrowers, a sign of how bloody the conflict had been and how little the Harkonnen care for humanity. It’s mirrored perfectly with the burning tower of Harkonnen bodies when Paul returns to Arakeen – so clear that Paul is not different than the Harkonnen, will not rule any kind of justice or mercy.
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York– Robert Caro – about 23% - No movement
The 99% Invisible podcast has special episodes on the chapters along this schedule, which I am trying to keep up with:
Reading schedule under the cut
Episode 3 — March 15 — Chapters 11 through 15 – done!
Episode 4 — April 19 — Chapters 16 through 20
Episode 5 — May 17 — Chapters 21 through 24
Episode 6 — June 21 — Chapters 25 through 26
Episode 7 — July 19 — Chapters 27 through 32
Episode 8 — August 16 — Chapters 33 through 34
Episode 9 — September 20 — Chapters 35 through 38
Episode 10 — October 18 — Chapters 39 through 41
Episode 11 — November 15 — Chapters 42 through 46
Episode 12 — December 20 — Chapters 47 through 50
Fellowship of the Ring – JRR Tolkien – 17% - Static
What I’ll Read Next:
Silver Nitrate
Gunslingers Paean #3
City of Miracles – Robert Jackson Bennett
Personal life stuff: knee
The Birds - Daphne du Maurier – Short story but I’m counting it. A very good read, particularly because it hits a particular claustrophobic Covid vibe. The first thing we learn about the main character, Nat, is that he was wounded in the war and has a half-pension. I walked away from this story certain that Nat would be one of those people who started masking before the CDC recommended it.
I have read a bunch of interesting fic, which were slightly shorter than novel length:
Batman adjacent – Tim Drake Centric
Banshee In A Well by liverobinreaction (bugbee) - https://archiveofourown.org/works/43212999 – Tim Drake can’t die, and thereby learns that he doesn’t matter as a person. It’s deeply id-fic for me.
call me cute and feed me sugar by suzukiblu https://archiveofourown.org/works/52179460 Tim Drake is Superboy’s sugar daddy. Robin is Superboy’s co-worker.
Dune 2 – Feyd Rautha Centric
bloodlines by Anonymous https://archiveofourown.org/works/54258223 – This anon author watched the same movie I did.
Desertion by sleepstxtic https://archiveofourown.org/works/54492040 – This author has a number of great stories, and I particularly enjoy their take on Irulan.
What I’m Reading:
Soulstar - CL Polk -static
Dune – Frank Herbert – 75% ish
Sidebar: Saw the movie Dune Part 2 (brought a friend) and we both walked out thinking, Oh, Astolat would do amazing things in this fandom. They wildly improved Feyd Rautha from a whiney little jerk a deeply unhinged freak with black teeth and no eyebrows. Austin Butler did a great job! Also, I watched it in a theater (masked) and deeply enjoyed the exclamation of the roughly 60 year old woman next to me with her date when Paul declared he would marry Irulan: “Oh! He’s a BAD man!” She was clearly Team Chani.
I do think one of the images that hit had was the towering pile of Atreides bodies after the Harkonnen take Arakeen, burning under the touch of flamethrowers, a sign of how bloody the conflict had been and how little the Harkonnen care for humanity. It’s mirrored perfectly with the burning tower of Harkonnen bodies when Paul returns to Arakeen – so clear that Paul is not different than the Harkonnen, will not rule any kind of justice or mercy.
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York– Robert Caro – about 23% - No movement
The 99% Invisible podcast has special episodes on the chapters along this schedule, which I am trying to keep up with:
Reading schedule under the cut
Episode 3 — March 15 — Chapters 11 through 15 – done!
Episode 4 — April 19 — Chapters 16 through 20
Episode 5 — May 17 — Chapters 21 through 24
Episode 6 — June 21 — Chapters 25 through 26
Episode 7 — July 19 — Chapters 27 through 32
Episode 8 — August 16 — Chapters 33 through 34
Episode 9 — September 20 — Chapters 35 through 38
Episode 10 — October 18 — Chapters 39 through 41
Episode 11 — November 15 — Chapters 42 through 46
Episode 12 — December 20 — Chapters 47 through 50
Fellowship of the Ring – JRR Tolkien – 17% - Static
What I’ll Read Next:
Silver Nitrate
Gunslingers Paean #3
City of Miracles – Robert Jackson Bennett
Personal life stuff: knee
The knee thing has gotten a bit clearer- my ACL is toast and I will not have a stable leg until I get surgery. Sooo I am getting my acl replaced next week. Which is not conducive to a lot of reading, but we’ll see how it works out.
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