KateSherrod @KateSherrod
Pulp Sonneteer, Justice Democrat, podcaster, narrator, book reviewer. Shai-Hulud is my household god and Bokonon is my prophet.
@joancasta My friend SJ calls that a sneaky hate spiral and it happens to me a lot this time of year. Only cure I've found is re-reading something I know I completely love. And sometimes that doesn't work either 8(
I'm finally reading Kondo on The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. I'm going to burn through like six months of spoons acting on this plan but I'm ready to do it. In 2016 I had to move house twice, and since I'm partially disabled it was extra horrible. I hope to stay put where I am for a long time but it would be great to finally fit the space. Daunting, but it's going to be worth it. #Amreading
@BrightEyedDyer Get some beets, too. Carrot beet apple ginger -- great combo as a juice or slaw. Even if you don't like beets!
@ColourOfSpring I was going to suggest that next if you liked AWoD! I love Waugh and that's my favorite of his.
@ColourOfSpring Since you've chosen Nancy Mitford ( applause) you should add her amazing sister Jessica's The American Way of Death. All the sharp wit and humor is Nancy's satires turned to a nonfiction look at the funeral industry.
Have fun!
@Jawa I liked it but it's not something he'd like. He likes ACKSHUN. I should mention he's a retired cop, too. I still haven't been able to convince him it's not about drugs ( it's been years!)
@panoramix My dad and I both like him a lot!
Oh by the way, my latest review at Skiffy and Fanty is up. Red Men by Matthew de Abaitua kind of freaked me out some, y'all.
https://skiffyandfanty.com/2017/12/22/reviewtheredmendeabaitua/
Just finished reading The Wheel of Osheim, by Mark Lawrence. It ended the trilogy ( and perhaps the whole Broken Empire cycle) satisfyingly but also made me want to read the original trilogy again and hey wait I need to sleep sometime and read all the other books and...
@ColourOfSpring E-readers are the only way I can read since my hand and still joints feel to pieces. I have a case on my Kindle that forms a stand and I can just tap to turn a page. It's just the best!
Oh, and how else can you carry the complete works of Conrad and of Balzac and of Dumas and of Dostoevsky and of L. Frank Baum in your pocket?
"Science fiction is the realism of our time. It describes the present in the way a skeet shooter targets a clay pigeon, aiming a bit ahead of the moment to reveal what is not yet present but is already having an impact. This gives us metaphors and meaning-systems to help conceptualize our moment. So, as with any other realist art, you pluck just one strand out of the fabric of the total situation, and follow where it leads." - Kim Stanley Robinson
@ColourOfSpring That sounds like a good one to try. Bonus, sounds like I'd like it, too!
Oooo...
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@paperclypse Thank you!
@panoramix My mom and I love her, but that's not my dad's thing at all. If he's going to read historical fiction, it's got to be military. But thanks!
@bipvanwinkle I'll have a look. Thanks!
@ColourOfSpring What a neat idea!
@ryguy That one looks super intriguing, and now I'm even more interested!
So, I joined the big Dark Is Rising reading event, and this is my first time reading this series. I could never get my hands on the first two books when I was a kid, and even then I was compulsive about serials, so I just missed out altogether.
So far, it's pretty swell!
@BrightEyedDyer @paulecooley I just bought a few copies, so maybe it'll nudge up some more 8)