Last week was a fairly sedate week, in that I took a couple of vacation days and spent them almost entirely indoors, at home thanks to high heat, humidity, and smoke. We had another heat wave sweep through last week, and thanks to the usual July humidity, whenever I walked outside I had the uncanny … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: August 1, 2021
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StoryGraph Saturday: Strange Beasts of China
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, translated from … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Strange Beasts of China
Sunday Sum-Up: July 25, 2021
That was an unplanned hiatus. Nothing terrible happened, I just got busy with a bunch of things. I did a photoshoot for a family member last Sunday evening, so I've spent an hour so each evening doing photo editing for that. I've been doing sewing stuff and catching up on podcasts and going to the … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: July 25, 2021
Sunday Sum-Up: July 18, 2021
Busy week at work, and I am tired. But at least the big weekend thing is over. And now I am super tired. Fortunately I have some time off coming up. Next week. But aside from work, this week has been... nice? I mean weather-wise (because I know you're all here for my weekly weather … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: July 18, 2021
Book Review: The Witness for the Dead
The Witness for the Dead (The Goblin Emperor #2)by Katherine AddisonFantasy240 pagesPublished in June, 2021, by Tor In The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison introduced us to Maia Drazhar, the youngest and ill-favored half-goblin son of the emperor of the elven lands. After the suspicious deaths of his father and elder brothers, Maia suddenly found himself … Continue reading Book Review: The Witness for the Dead
Sunday Sum-Up: July 11, 2021
It was a weird but laid-back kind of week around here. Nothing much was going on, and yet it felt like my evenings were packed full of things that needed doing, like grocery shopping and (finally) finishing an editing project that I've been working on for a friend's self-published book for what feels like an … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: July 11, 2021
StoryGraph Saturday: Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
Sunday Sum-Up: July 4, 2021
This was the week I decided I never want a Smart Home. Why is that, you ask? Let me explain. On Monday, my smartphone died. Out of the blue. One minute it was working just fine, and then it powered off and steadfastly refused to turn on again. No, it wasn't the most expensive phone … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: July 4, 2021
Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag
Again, I ask: Why do we freak out in the middle of the year? Are the books coming after us? Is there a stack so tall it's at risk of falling over on us? It's just mid-year. Nothing to be frightened of. Unless you're worried about the existential dread that accompanies the slow march of … Continue reading Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag
State of the ARC: June 2021
State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books in which we round up our ARCs and attempt to wrangle them into something approaching order. Sometimes it’s like herding cats. I've made it past the crush of ARCs I had on tap for June! It ended up not being as troublesome as I … Continue reading State of the ARC: June 2021
