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kitewithfishReading Journal Feb 12 2025
Personal updates: My job has gotten rather stressful in new ways recently, due to politics. I’m not directly impacted by anything, yet, but there are some potential problems that could arise if announced plans are allowed to go thru - my household has been down one job for several months now and I would like my job to remain incredibly boring and reliable until we can get back to dual income. Fingers crossed.
I had a lovely time last week dog-sitting my parents’ newish greyhound, who is a himbo made out of stilts. He’s adapting to being a pet very well, having been one for less than a financial quarter, and had excellent household manners. (Alas, he remains loud when meeting other dogs and so I was not confident enough to let him work thru it to make friends.)
I would like to get my own dog, but, well, that seems like a financial commitment for a slightly more settled time.
What I’ve Read
Locke and Key Vol 2 and 3 by Joe Hill – This comic series continues to be great and quite creepy. I’m enjoying the art a great deal – honestly, some of the art in Vol 2 where a child finds a magic key that opens his head and allows you to rummage thru his mind via metaphor is some of the creepiest fantasy I’ve seen in a while. It’s both just a cartoon and also really weird.
Honorable mention to System Collapse, which I did not re-read for my book club, but which I got to talk about with some people and had a lovely time.
What I’m Reading
Kingdom of Copper – about 35% - much much faster and more tangled than the first book. Highly recommend picking this up if you found the first book a slog – all the payoff is here for the last book and they are not pulling any punches.
Wool (The Omnibus Edition) by Hugh Howey – I picked this up after watching the series, Silo, on Apple TV, which is good and also somewhat different. I’m just not sure where the series will land but I did enjoy it and I do think that the characters work slightly better in print than in the series. Actors have to act to portray things, a book can just give you the characters thoughts directly.
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror – 52%
Power Broker – Audiobook Part 3 – 1%0
What I’ll Read Next
The Route of Ice and Salt (gay and dracula and boats)
Worn: A People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
Empire of Gold
Madness of Angels Kate Griffin
City of Lies
The Memory Librarian
Personal updates: My job has gotten rather stressful in new ways recently, due to politics. I’m not directly impacted by anything, yet, but there are some potential problems that could arise if announced plans are allowed to go thru - my household has been down one job for several months now and I would like my job to remain incredibly boring and reliable until we can get back to dual income. Fingers crossed.
I had a lovely time last week dog-sitting my parents’ newish greyhound, who is a himbo made out of stilts. He’s adapting to being a pet very well, having been one for less than a financial quarter, and had excellent household manners. (Alas, he remains loud when meeting other dogs and so I was not confident enough to let him work thru it to make friends.)
I would like to get my own dog, but, well, that seems like a financial commitment for a slightly more settled time.
What I’ve Read
Locke and Key Vol 2 and 3 by Joe Hill – This comic series continues to be great and quite creepy. I’m enjoying the art a great deal – honestly, some of the art in Vol 2 where a child finds a magic key that opens his head and allows you to rummage thru his mind via metaphor is some of the creepiest fantasy I’ve seen in a while. It’s both just a cartoon and also really weird.
Honorable mention to System Collapse, which I did not re-read for my book club, but which I got to talk about with some people and had a lovely time.
What I’m Reading
Kingdom of Copper – about 35% - much much faster and more tangled than the first book. Highly recommend picking this up if you found the first book a slog – all the payoff is here for the last book and they are not pulling any punches.
Wool (The Omnibus Edition) by Hugh Howey – I picked this up after watching the series, Silo, on Apple TV, which is good and also somewhat different. I’m just not sure where the series will land but I did enjoy it and I do think that the characters work slightly better in print than in the series. Actors have to act to portray things, a book can just give you the characters thoughts directly.
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror – 52%
Power Broker – Audiobook Part 3 – 1%0
What I’ll Read Next
The Route of Ice and Salt (gay and dracula and boats)
Worn: A People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
Empire of Gold
Madness of Angels Kate Griffin
City of Lies
The Memory Librarian
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Date: 2025-02-13 01:41 pm (UTC)That made me chuckle.
I hope the job remains boring and reliable!
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Date: 2025-02-13 03:14 pm (UTC)The stilt-himbo was a lovely and distracting house guest. He got his foot stuck in a yogurt cup (recycling AND fashion-forward!) and tried to start a fight with the dog in the mirror.
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