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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/

Book Review: The Red Men by Matthew de Abaitua

About a third of the way through The Red Men, Matthew de Abaitua’s ravishing new-old (I’ll explain in a moment) cyberpunk nightmare, is very likely the creepiest scene I’ve ever e…

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?