What I read: December 2022

"The Calculating Stars" by Mary Robinette Kowal. Got it for Christmas last year. Very readable. As much as I don't want to like MRK (sometimes seems kind of sanctimonious?), I kind of have to. This book is a delight, though there should have been a trigger warning for all the puking. I forced it on Ed when I was done, and he liked it too.

LHC #196: "Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s" by Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein. eBook. I made great use of Spotify while reading this, it's really fun. Though there are almost no references to drugs and alcohol. I guess it's about the music?

"Elatsoe" by Darcie Little Badger. Hard copy, last of the books I got for Christmas last year. I need to let go of my whole past-perfect thing I guess. This was a great, fast read.

"Terciel and Elinor" by Garth Nix. I will read anything set in the Abhorsen universe. The boy gave it to me for Christmas. Awesome gift. If I had all the time in the world I would cosplay Abhorsen. This is a good example of what you can do with a story where everyone knows which players are going to live, and which will die, and yet it's engaging and interesting. Rings of Power should take note!

Best TW feedback ever

Over at the dayjob, SMEs are feverishly trying to get documents back to me all marked up, in preparation for the release that's supposed to happen the week I'm back from VP. Today's best comment: Unfortunately not true. SMEs, they're so cute.

What I read: August 2023

"The Absolute Book" by Elizabeth Knox. I got it for Christmas. It was delightful, even if maybe some stuff wasn't explained completely. Or maybe that's part of why it was delightful. "Crucial conversations" By Joseph Grenny and three other old white men. Another office book club selection. The word "candor" comes up a lot. I really resented this book. LHC #220: "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt. There was a girl at my previous company who wanted to have an office book club, and she had this book on her desk for months and months. I can totally understand this. I found portions crazy stressful to read. Like, I would be skipping ahead to see how much more in the section, could I get through it, pacing around, etc. I wanted to know how it ended, sure, but I was having weird stress dreams and stuff. If it wasn't a library book I might not have finished it at all. It was such a relief when Boris showed up again and something happened. I di

In Progress -- July 2023

Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Still n eed to take up comments and revise. Persephone (probably not its real name): Nothing but thoughts. Short Stories: As I mentioned last month I had a dish-washing epiphany on a story that wasn't going well. I'd already changed the POV character, but I knew that wasn't enough because I had no ending. It has an ending now. Critted 4 Got back 0 I really need to post something new. Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 1 Knitting Tay Tartan cardigan (Martin Storey). Finally finished the danglers and minor seaming and chose buttons, then had to wait to block because the space I normally block in needed to be cleared, and this would be very disruptive to my work, so I waited to block it for the night before I went on vacation. It would appear that the finishing of this sweater took 4 months, which may be a new record. It fits for the most part. Yay! Cathar (self). Started the month just about done with the body edging.

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