LHC #131: "Cloud and Ashes: three winter's tales" by Greer Ilene Gilman. Hard copy. A bit of work, but worth the effort. I can imagine wanting to have a hard copy of this that you just leave by your bed and flip through sometimes and read a few pages and see connections. It connected to so much stuff, really cool. I started this before #128 actually, and indeed finished it last.
I found myself doing sort of the same thing I do when I read something in French: read along for a little while, then do a sort of summary of what's going on. Much like reading poetry perhaps.
LHC #132: "This is how you lose the time war" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Went by very fast! This deserves all the accolades it's gotten, I loved the way it wrapped around on itself by the end.
"Karate Canada Technical Manual Level 1". Lent to me by my sensei. Really interesting, if you're into this sort of thing.
LHC #133: "The Prey of Gods" by Nicky Drayden. eBook. I had no expectations going in because as usual I didn't really remember why I requested it. It was fantastic.
LHC #134: "Drive your plow over the bones of the dead" by Olga Tokarczuk. I put this on my list when she won a nobel prize, and it took me this long to get around to it. I think I was expecting something of an unending slog so maybe avoided it as something that might be "good for me" but instead it was a delight. So funny! I kept reading Ed bits, like the part about how there's a weather channel, so how come there isn't an astrology channel? It's just as important!
Much-beloved classics that had to make several attempts at before I got through: Wind in the Willows, LotR. I wonder why. There are others I started and never finished. "Stranger in a strange land" is one that comes to mind. I might have read 60 pages.