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LHC #291: "Under the Pendulum Sun: A novel of the fae" by Jeannette Ng.  Hard copy. The Yellow Wallpaper with fairies and inappropriate lusts. Not sure I'd call it fun, but it was definitely engrossing.  LHC #292: "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon.  Audio book. Very fun. The reader was great. I wonder if I might have benefitted from a written glossary of yiddish terms though.  LHC #293: "Fabric: The hidden history of the material world" by Victoria Finlay. eBook. A lot of this book is about economics and the evolution of work. A s a professional writer at the advent of ChatGPT, it's somewhat distressing to read about spinners and weavers during the industrial revolution .  "The Travelling Cat Chronicles" by Hiro Arikawa. eBook. For office book club. When I started the voice was annoying and twee, but I was on an airplane so I just went with it, and it was a good book to read on a plane because it wasn't too taxin...

Wind/Water/Salt  Chapters 39-51 :    Nothing.   Persephone  (probably not its real name):    Nothing.  Vinterlys:  Combined chapters 2, 3, and 4, did not finish.   Critted  4  Got back  2 Submissions  0  Out there   0   Rejects   0 Knitting Hamilton  (Self). Started the month with one row of the main portion of the second sleeve done. I did about 60 rows, and have about 60 to go.  Color block sock . Started the month mostly done with the first (didn't tie in the danglers yet) and half the leg of the second.   Arundel sock  (Knitty). Foot and ankle done on the first one, just the heel and cuff to go.  Sashiko project: Nothing.  Ruffle skirt:     Nothing.  Purple Romper:     Nothing. 

  LHC #287: "Walking to Aldebaran" by Adrian Tchaikovsky.  Hard copy. As usual I had no idea why I'd chosen this for myself, and little idea what it was about, so the whole Grendel thing caught me by surprise.  LHC #288: "The Librarianist" by Patrick DeWitt. eBook. I found the writing style a little simple. Also my idea of librarians is maybe different than the author's--I feel like they get out and connect with people, and Bill doesn't do that. I had the sense that maybe it was all meant to be funny?  LHC #289: "Spear" by Nicola Griffith. Hard copy. Maybe if I knew the legend of Percival better I would have felt like it was going somewhere.  LHC #289: Motherless Brooklyn" by Jonathan Lethem. Audio book. Really glad I listened to this one, the reader was excellent.  LHC #290: "The Creative Lives of Animals" by Carol Gigliotti. Audio Book. I guess I have a sort of humanist idea of creativity, but this was a good read.  "Foul...

LHC #284: "Ink Blood Sister Scribe" by Emma Torzs. eBook. I found it a little "all in" on the everyone is keeping information from each other plot, but at least there was Nicholas. I thought it was going to be some kind of a slog until Nicholas showed up.  "Written on the Night" by Guy Gavriel Kay. There might be two books by him that I haven't read? We own them all anyway. I could count on Ed reading it too, so it's worth buying. He didn't seem that excited when I brought it out (granted, he was tired from having just been on a very stressful flight where he thought his bow had been left behind by the airline when he took off) but a week later he'd finished whatever he was reading and came to me and said "Where's that GGK book? I've run out of things to read." And I showed it to him, it was in my hand as I was reading chapter 3.  LHC #285: "King Rat" by China Mieville. Hard copy. One of my favorite authors; d...

Wind/Water/Salt  Chapters 39-51:   Nothing. Persephone  (probably not its real name): Wrote a scene in the last third, not the ending.  Vinterlys: Posted chapter 1, started reading ahead and marking the rest of the chapters, working on an outline of the rest, started editing chapter 2.  Critted  4  Got back  5 Submissions  0  Out there   0   Rejects   0 Knitting Hamilton  (Self). Started the month with about six rows of the colorwork on the second sleeve. My goal for the month was to finish the edging band which is 22 rows. I had to set myself a quota to get myself to do it, because it was so unpleasant, but I got it done.  Sulaire  (Alice Starmore). Finished. There was a lot of finishing! Can't wait for September to wear it.  1x1 stripe socks. Knit from a picture. I had started the first one last month, this month I finished the pair.  Color block sock . Knit from a picture. Started the first....

LHC #278: "Semiosis" by Sue Burke. eBook. More like linked short stories than a novel really. Some of the characters and voices were distasteful but the aliens and worldbuilding were amazing. And the one about first contact with the glassmakers was laugh out loud funny.  LHC #279: "Carry On" by Rainbow Rowell. Hard copy because there was a 6-month waitlist for the eBook but I could have the hard copy within the week. Harry Potter fanfic? I found it kind of tedious until Baz showed up, and then it was great. If there are teams, I'm definitely team Baz.  LHC #280: "Lunch: A history" by Megan Elias.  Hard copy. I didn't expect to ever read this one actually. The library had got down to one copy of it, and it was listed as lost, and I'd left this on my list in Active status for like five months, when one day it started winging its way towards me. I found it strangely organized and mostly comprising of many, many menus. There didn't seem to be ...