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Finished reading: Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon 📚
I enjoyed this book very much, and if you asked me to write a book report on it, I would fail spectacularly.
The prose was gorgeous - I loved every word. It was immersive, evocative, and rhythmic. …
Currently reading: Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon 📚
Started this last night when I couldn’t sleep in the wee hours. Already loving it - it’s like Hunter Thompson crossed with James Ellroy…
(Cross posted to Sunday Night Dirtbags)
I won’t lie; I just spent two hours writing a draft of this post and my god damn blogging software ate it. So if you detect an undercurrent of rage where there should be an undercurrent of joy, well, …
Finished reading: Men Without Women Stories by Haruki Murakami 📚
I love Murakami, and most of these stories were really good, but “Kino” is an all time great. It really struck me and has stayed with me in a significant way. Feels very …
Finished reading: Kellanved’s Reach (Path to Ascendancy, 3) by Ian C. Esslemont 📚
Found this one to be very satisfying, if a little…shallow? Mostly got a lot of character and plot origin stories, and I’m a sucker for that. Plus I …
Watched: Paradise S2E4, A Holy Charge 🍿
Mostly testing this functionality on micro.blog, but I did watch this last night, and it did wreck me.
Finished reading: Blood and Bone by Ian C. Esslemont 📚
I am honestly not sure how I felt about this book at all. Parts of it, I absolutely loved. Some really great characterization, fun banter, cool set pieces. The lore was fascinating, and some …
Finished reading: Orb Sceptre Throne by Ian C. Esslemont 📚
I really enjoyed this one. Loved the deeper look at the Seguleh and the Moranth. I found the climax to be a bit of a mess, though, and was disappointed. It was wacky when it shouldn’t …
Finished reading: Stonewielder by Ian C. Esslemont 📚
Really enjoyed this one - but I am going to commit to just reading the next 3 books in the series because it’s too confusing to pause in between. #Malazan is just too dense to do that way, …
Currently reading: Stonewielder by Ian C. Esslemont 📚
I’m about 75% of the way through and really enjoying this one, but I don’t know what I’d do without the #Malazan wiki. I have a hard time keeping characters straight in ONE …
Currently reading: Stonewielder by Ian C. Esslemont 📚
Currently reading: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams 📚
Finally became available at the library. Easy read.
Finished reading: The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe 📚
On my phone, so a detailed review of this complex, amazing book is impossible, but 10/10. Gene Wolfe does it again
#books #sff
As I type this, I’m watching the progress bar on #k3b tick up. I’m ripping a CD I bought over the weekend at the local used record store. As an aside, I love that there is a local used record store in my town, even though when I go in …
Currently reading: The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe 📚
I already knew this, but my God, is Gene Wolfe a talented writer. This book is breaking my brain.
Finished reading: The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson 📚
Man, this book finished strong. Took me from lukewarm to desperate to read the next in the series.
I am an absolute fuckin' fiend for notebooks.
As I write this, with no intention aforethought, I have within arm’s reach two (2) Rocketbooks, one (1) Leuchtturm 1917, two (2) Field Notes, one (1) Moleskine Cahier, a Daily Athlete journal and …
An amazing thing happened today on Mastodon - somebody updated a post with more information when the story changed. Like, who does that? In the history of the internet, who does that? Strange times, my friends. Strange times.
That said, the story …
www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-…
This is the post that put me over the top and convinced me to start a real blog today.
Afternoon music.
There is no reasonable justification for this blog.
I already have a blog that I write with friends - Sunday Night Dirtbags - to capture all my thoughts about tabletop roleplaying. I also have a Mastodon account I use all the time. In theory, those …
Finished reading: The Silver Spike by Glen Cook 📚
(I actually finished it about a week ago, but I’m testing out features here…)