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Books

I started 'Gideon the Ninth' by Tamsyn Muir the other day. The book has a lot of good reviews surrounding it, mostly boiled down to the concept of 'sword lesbians in space!'
I got about four chapters in before I gave up.
The characters weren't interesting, the world didn't feel fully realized to me and I was left with an overwhelming impression of 'meh.'
So, I have abandoned this book and am moving on to somethiing else.

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I have taken the bandage off of my knee. It is a bit scabby, but I can put weight on it and now I am bandage free. LOL. Now, if only the scar on my forehead will go away so that I'm not walking around, looking like bloody Harry Potter for the rest of my life.

It has been twelve years since I published Dawnwind: Last Man Standing and I have the strong urge to take another crack at the sequel. *fingers crossed*

I'm feeling very creative lately. I think I'm going to publish something soon.

Just finished T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon)'s latest book, 'What Feasts at Night.' It was very good and I read it all in one go. Fine reading for the Spooky Season. I hightly recommend it.

Also, since I have finished the book, I am now allowed to buy another one. Yay! But what should I buy? Any suggestions would be welcome. :)

Current Mood: bookish
Current Location: home in bed

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Thorn Hedge

I decided to read a bit before going to bed and wound up finishing all of T. Kingfisher's Thorn Hedge.
I enjoy fairy tales and that's what the book is, a sort of reinterpretation of the Sleeping Beauty story. I can't really say more without giving away the plot.
I did enjoy it, even if it did drag a bit in some places, and I've decided I will take it in to the Store tomorrow and let someone else enjoy it.
I've read four books by T. Kingfisher now: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, Thorn Hedge, Nettle & Bone and What Moves the Dead. The quality varies a bit, but overall, I quite like how she writes. There's another book out now, A House With Good Bones, but I haven't managed to snag a copy just yet.
Next on the reading stack is No Coincidence, a Cyberpunk 2077 novel by Rafat Kosik. The tonal/genre jump should be interesting.

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I'm sitting here, drinking tea, which I shouldn't because it's High Oxalate, but fuck it.

I have to get up in the morning and drive to the county court house tomorrow for jury selection, which means I have to remember TO WEAR PROPER TROUSERS.

Tried reading this book, "Village Witch" by Cassandra Latham Jones. Got about halfway through before I put it down because the writing was so bad. Pity, because the author is quite interesting.

Television thoughts:
House of the Dragon is a HUGE BORE. Also, whoever was responsible for those godawful white wigs needs to be shot.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is being written by the same lady who wrote the Pickle Rick ep of 'Rick & Morty.' So the show should be funny. The show is NOT funny.

Little Demon is completely over the top, definitely NOT for kids and quite amusing in an exploding bullies kind of way.

Harley Quinn, in season 3, seems to have lost the plot. It still has moments of humor, but not enough. They probably should have nixed it after Season 2.

Star Trek: Lower Decks new episode is funnier than it should be, but less focus on Mariner would be a good thing. Also, hot girls trying to seduce Boymler is just funny.

What We Do in The Shadows has been a bit 'Meh' this season. I feel like they're holding all the good jokes for next season. That this whole season is nothing but set-up.

Reservation Dogs. I've tried to watch this show twice and I just can't. It is the AntiFunny, come to take us all to Comedy Hell for our sins.

And that's it.

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Mistress of the Dark

Today, I went by my local Barnes & Noble and bought a copy of Yours Cruelly, Elvira, the memoir of Cassandra Peterson. It's not even 300 pages long. I started reading it when I got home and just finished it a few moments ago.
Miss Peterson writes in a breezy, straightforward style. She talks about her early life, her career, her personal relationships. What I was unprepared for was her honest recounting of the sexual assaults that she's experienced and the impact they had on her.
The book is eye-opening. Revealing aspects of both the author and the character, Elvira, that I never really thought about.
She's a fighter.
A tough cookie.
And if you're even a casual fan of her work, I'd highly recommend reading the book.

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So, with Hurricane Florence descending upon us all, I thought I'd take a moment and reveal what comics I'm reading RIGHT NOW. :)

So in no particular order here are the books lying next to me:

Crowded (Image)
The Dreaming (DC/Vertigo)
Mage: The Hero Denied (Image)
Rat Queens (Image)
MCMLXXV (Image)
Low Road West (Boom!Studios)
House of Whispers (DC/Vertigo)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlement: The Tempest (Top Shelf)

Crowded has been a pleasant surprise. I highly recommend it.
The Sandman Universe stuff from Vertigo has been good, but not terribly engaging so far.
After the last storyline, Rat Queens needs to start making some damn sense or I'm out.
Haven't had a chance to read MCMLXXV or LEG:Tempest, but they both look really good.
The jury's still out on Low Road West.

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Redshirts

So, John Scalzi's new book, "Redshirts," is getting a lot of buzz on the sci-fi sites.
Curious, I downloaded the free preview chapters to my Kindle.
I'm going to be passing on this book.
It's not that it's a pardoy of Trek. On the Other Blog I've written a couple of short stories skewering the hell out of TNG.
It's not even the Meta elements that appeared in the chapters.
No, it's the fact that the four chapters were profoundly boring. They weren't interesting at all.
Maybe the story picks up in later chapters, but I'll never know because the first four weren't enough to hold my interest.
Thumbs down, "Redshirts."
Thumbs way down.
More later - MEL