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RECENTLY READ RUMBLINGS
Mar. 23rd, 2022 01:46 pmI still haven't made my Final Thoughts post on Giorno's season, but I've decided to re-watch the last few episodes, so I'll get around to writing up my final points at some point. Of course, I haven't gotten around to re-watching said episodes, despite it being a week or so now since I've finally seen the end, but I have do have a knitted scarf begging to be finished, so Giorno will be the perfect backdrop for that.
Last week I finished a book not on my Top Priority sub-section of my TBR book list, which is just predictable of me. But I finished a book, so it's still a win! To be fair all around, my friend M had read the book in January and was mad over it, wanted someone to talk about it with, to see if she was being too harsh--and coincidentally it was already on my e-book hold list with one of my libraries. I had to see if I agreed with her. Finally it was my turn with the e-book and I read it all last week.
It was A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.
Turns out M was not being too harsh.
I enjoyed reading the book, and it was fun. I would not truly recommend it to others.
It's not bad, it's just...a road-trip book that never stuck with a character long enough for me to get attached.
( gripes with the book )
In another form of "please, mornings, focus on something", I have decided to ignore my Top Priority list--since apparently I'm only capable of thinking about the books but my hands refuse to pick them up--and have instead checked out two books from my library. Actually my library didn't have the books, but I hopped on our interloan library portal and got them through that. I *cries* love libraries. What a beautiful service.
( books! pt 1 )
Two days ago, my area had a tornado watch and warning. Having lived in north-central Texas my whole life, this is not a surprise. I have been through plenty of school drills and home drills. I even went to school in the midwest, where tornadoes are also common. I've never been hit by a tornado, or come close to one.
Despite all this, tornadoes terrify me.
My midwestern friends all joke that tornadoes are nothing, that they just go about their day as normal, it's no skin off their back. Meanwhile, I shelter immediately and lock my pets in the safest portion of my house with me. I don't cry or have outbursts, but I can't ever feel casual about tornadoes like them.
Thankfully, my town was on the outer edge of the predicted counties affected, and though we did go under warning, it was only for an hour or two. The heavy storm weather was gone by 10pm.
I distracted myself by reading a long review by a trans writer about the book "The Men" (hot garbage, that situation, all around; even just screenshots from the book were upsetting), and then reading the first chapter of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. Fight tornado fear with book fear.
( books! part 2 )
Alright, back to some LinkedIn scrambling.
Last week I finished a book not on my Top Priority sub-section of my TBR book list, which is just predictable of me. But I finished a book, so it's still a win! To be fair all around, my friend M had read the book in January and was mad over it, wanted someone to talk about it with, to see if she was being too harsh--and coincidentally it was already on my e-book hold list with one of my libraries. I had to see if I agreed with her. Finally it was my turn with the e-book and I read it all last week.
It was A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.
Turns out M was not being too harsh.
I enjoyed reading the book, and it was fun. I would not truly recommend it to others.
It's not bad, it's just...a road-trip book that never stuck with a character long enough for me to get attached.
( gripes with the book )
In another form of "please, mornings, focus on something", I have decided to ignore my Top Priority list--since apparently I'm only capable of thinking about the books but my hands refuse to pick them up--and have instead checked out two books from my library. Actually my library didn't have the books, but I hopped on our interloan library portal and got them through that. I *cries* love libraries. What a beautiful service.
( books! pt 1 )
Two days ago, my area had a tornado watch and warning. Having lived in north-central Texas my whole life, this is not a surprise. I have been through plenty of school drills and home drills. I even went to school in the midwest, where tornadoes are also common. I've never been hit by a tornado, or come close to one.
Despite all this, tornadoes terrify me.
My midwestern friends all joke that tornadoes are nothing, that they just go about their day as normal, it's no skin off their back. Meanwhile, I shelter immediately and lock my pets in the safest portion of my house with me. I don't cry or have outbursts, but I can't ever feel casual about tornadoes like them.
Thankfully, my town was on the outer edge of the predicted counties affected, and though we did go under warning, it was only for an hour or two. The heavy storm weather was gone by 10pm.
I distracted myself by reading a long review by a trans writer about the book "The Men" (hot garbage, that situation, all around; even just screenshots from the book were upsetting), and then reading the first chapter of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. Fight tornado fear with book fear.
( books! part 2 )
Alright, back to some LinkedIn scrambling.
