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WWW Wednesday—October 16, 2024

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On October 16, 2024

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I got new glasses today and the vertigo-ish feeling from wearing them is not my favorite thing in the world. I can’t wait for that to be over with.

Also, to paraphrase a certain Fez/Bowtie/Stetson-wearing Mad Man: I wear trifocals now. Trifocals are cool.

This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Seems easy enough, right? Let’s take a peek at this week’s answers:

What are you currently reading?

Cover of Buzz Kill by Alison Gaylin Cover of Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis
Robert B. Parker’s Buzz Kill
by Alison Gaylin		 Dreadful
by Caitlin Rozakis, read by Keval Shah

Weeks after I initially tried (aka the week it was released) I get to dive into Gaylin’s second at-bat with Sunny Randall in Buzz Kill.

Dreadful is a fun light fantasy with a lot of heart, and I really wish I got to spend more time listening to it today.

What did you recently finish reading?

Cover of A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke Cover of Constituent Service by John Scalzi
A New Lease on Death
by Olivia Blacke		 Constituent Service
by John Scalzi, read by Amber Benson

I’m going to be writing a post for A New Lease on Death soon, but the tl;dr version is this: of the four Blacke novels I’ve read/enjoyed, this is the best.

Consistent Service is zany Scalzi SF humor with a dynamite job from Benson. (she’s gotta be in the running for my coveted 1st Annual Narrator of the Year designation)

What do you think you’ll read next?

 

Cover of Spook Street by Mick Herron Cover of Not Till We Are Lost by Dennis E. Taylor
Spook Street
by Mick Herron		 Not Till We Are Lost
by Dennis E. Taylor; read by Ray Porter

Spook Street is likely up next. Not (just) so I can watch the new season of Slow Horses.

And unless I hear about an audio review copy or a library hold that comes up, I get to catch up with the new Bobiverse book. Which should be fun. Maybe a little dark. But fun.

What’s keeping you busy/entertaining you/distracting you from life in general?

2024 Plans and Challenges: Third Quarter Check-In

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On October 15, 2024

In Books, Calendar Items, Miscellany, News/Misc.

I was feeling bad about it being this far into October before I had a chance to put together my Third Quarter Check-in until I realized that I skipped the 2nd Quarter. I’m really not on top of things this year. This is a recurring theme for this post.

2024 Plans and Challenges
I’d hoped to keep charging ahead with Grandpappy’s Corner and Literary Locals, and while those haven’t completely died off, I haven’t done that much with them. I think the next couple of months should bear fruit along those lines, though. We’ll see.

How’s the perennial, “Cut down on my Goodreads Want-to-Read list and the unread books that I own” goal going? Well, I bought very few books in February, so that helped, but overall…?

 

Audio E-book Physical Goodreads
Want-to-Read
End of
2023		 6 46 68 153
End of 1st Quarter 4 50 64 154
End of 2nd Quarter 3 54 79 162
End of 3rd Quarter 5 58 75 166

Downey shakes his head sadly

Goodreads Challenge
Goodreads Challenge 3rd Quarter
Keep sighing, Downey

12 Books
12 Books Challenge
I haven’t made any dent this at all yet (I still haven’t written posts on 2 of the books that I read last year!!) It’s really getting under my skin. Which is exactly what I said in April. Still true. Still under my skin.

Reading with Wrigs
Reading with Wrigs

    • A Book with a Dragon: Aftermarket Afterlife by Seanan McGuire
    • A Book with the word “leap” in the title: I’m having trouble finding one that I’m interested in. Any suggestions?
    • A Book with the Olympics: I’ve got one picked out, if that counts.
    • A Book with an Election or Politician: The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher has a few politicians
    • A Work of Fiction with an Eclipse: I’m utterly clueless. Any suggestions?
    • A Book by an Author Who Has Written Over 24 Books: Dream Town by Lee Goldberg
    • A Book Set in a Different Culture Than Your Own: I have an idea or two.
    • A Book of Poetry: Poetry Comics by Grant Snider (I feel bad picking this, but until something else comes along…)
    • A Book with Time Travel: A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen
    • A Book with Antonyms in the Title: Still drawing a blank (you’d think this’d be easy)
    • A Book Told from the Villian’s Point of View: Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart kind of applies.
    • A Book With a Purple Cover: Abnormal Ends by Bryan McBee

The 2024 Booktempter’s TBR Challenge

The 2024 Booktempter's TBR Challenge
I’m on-target for this one (as much as I can be), and have even accomplished a Stretch Goal.
January – Lucky Dip: Randomly choose a book by someone you’ve never read before: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Stretch Goal – In the same spirit I give you permission to read the last book to enter your TBR pile. Actually read something you’ve got yourself to recently read: Hacked by Duncan MacMaster
February – Lovers Meeting: No not romantasy focused – this challenge is somewhere in TBR is a delayed treat. Read an author you’ve loved and held back from reading because the time was not right. Its time for you two to get re-acquainted. Enjoy yourself! Return of the Griffin by JCM Berne
March – Spring :You know that first book of a series you bought and have now realised is now finished? You have my permission to read this at last. And you know what? Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn
April – Diamond Anniversary: Diamond is the birthstone of April so your challenge is to read something over 60 years old: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
May – The Fourth…May the force be with you and I permit you to read a SF themed tale: Grave Cold by Shannon Knight
June – The Longest Days: You may choose the longest book in your TBR pile the days are long so go for it: The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith
July – The Ides have it In an ongoing tribute to Julius pick a tale of intrigue and scheming: The Last King of California by Jordan Harper
August – Travel Broadens the Mind: Choose a Book that is from an author from a different country to yourself: The Nameless Restaurant by Tao Wong. I’ve read all from other places that aren’t from this year, so…Canada (which doesn’t seem to count, but does)
September – Back To School: Choose a Book about a character learning something – be it in school, a new power or something about themselves: Project Hail Mary by Andy Wier

Backlist Bingo 2024
Backlist Bingo 2024 3rd Quarter
I really need to get moving.

20 Books of Summer

✔ 1. This is Who We Are Now by James Bailey (my post about it)
✔ 2. Blood Reunion by JCM Berne
✔ 3. Ways And Truths And Lives by Matt Edwards
✔ 4. The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith
✔ 5. Grammar Sex and Other Stuff: A Collection of (mostly humorous) Essays by Robert Germaux (my post about it)
✔ 6. The Camelot Shadow by Sean Gibson
✔ 7. Last King of California by Jordan Harper
✔ 8. Steam Opera by James T. Lambert (my post about it)
✔ 9. The Glass Frog by J. Brandon Lowry (my post about it)
✔ 10. The Legendary Mo Seto by A. Y. Chan (substitution) (my post about it)		 ✔ 11. Curse of the Fallen by H.C. Newell
✔ 12. Heart of Fire by Raina Nightengale (my post about it)
✔ 13. Detours and Do-overs by Wesley Parker (my post about it)
✔ 14. Bizarre Frontier Omnibus #1 by Brock Poulson (my post about it)
✔ 15. Howl by e rathke (my post about it)
✔ 16. Bard Tidings by Paul J. Regnier
✔ 17. Panacea by Alex Robins
✔ 18. Cursed Cocktails by S.L. Rowland (my post about it)
✔ 19. Big Trouble in Little Italy by Nicole Sharp (my post about it)
✔ 20. The Nameless Restaurant by Tao Wong (my post about it)

In sum…a lot of stuff to read. A lot more to write. Probably impossible numbers, but fun to try (mostly). Overall, however, when it comes to my goals and challenges, Mike Ehrmantraut speaks for me.
Mike Ehrmantraut is not happy


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MUSIC MONDAY: At Last by Etta James

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On October 14, 2024

In News/Misc.

Music Monday

Music Monday's originated at The Tattooed Book Geek's fantastic blog and has shown up hither, thither, and yon since then.

This was my sister and her groom’s first dance at her wedding this weekend, and now it’s stuck in my head. Might as well plant an earworm or two out there.

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Saturday Miscellany—10/12/24

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On October 12, 2024

In Books, News/Misc., Saturday Miscellany

Is it Saturday already? I’d have believed it was October 8–or December 8*, actually—if you’d told me. Been one of those weeks.

* All the political advertisements on my social media feeds make that unbelievable, actually.

Three things make a list, we’re told. So my streak continues.
Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
bullet What’s the Point of Epigraphs Anyway?—good question. I learned more about epigraphs than I expected to know about them ever here.
bullet Pitting Literary Fiction Against Genre Fiction Is Intrinsically Silly: Stop allowing the quest for literary bonafides to get in the way of creativity and enjoyment—hear, hear.
bullet Why you shouldn’t judge others for their reading tastes—Bookworm girl makes the same point, but from the reader’s POV.

A Book-ish Related Podcast episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
bullet Crime Time FM’s CHRISTINE BOYER In Person With Paul—answered pretty much every question I had about the book after reading, and was interesting beyond that. (it also reminded me to revisit her entry in Jacked.

To help talk about backlist titles (and just for fun), What Was I Talking About 10 Years Ago Week?
I didn’t post anything but my Saturday Miscellany that week. I don’t know what was going on, but it was keeping me busy. I did mention the release of a few books:

  • Broken Soul by Faith Hunter—I honestly have trouble remembering which Yellowrock is which, but it was likely a good one. (a good Yellowrock novel is pretty much a tautology)
  • The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan—I actually predicted that this would be the last novel to feature Percy Jackson. Ohhh, I was too old to be that naive. Regardless, it was a fun read.
  • Poison Fruit by Jacqueline Carey—the third and final Agent of Hel book. Not the best way to end a trilogy (some of the plot points still bother me), but it was satisfying.
  • Run by Andrew Grant—ahhh…back in those halcyon days when I anticipated a new Andrew Grant (now Child) novel.
  • Pennyroyal Academy by M. A. Larson—I didn’t get around to reading this YA Grimm-type tale, but it looked good.

    • This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
    (not even a list this week, but I know next week there will be a good sized one.)
    bullet The Wishing Stone by Adam Holcombe—I’m chomping at the bit to tear into the second book in the Chronicles of Gam Gam. Judging by what I’m seeing on “the socials,” including this post from Witty and Sarcastic Book Club, there’s something to that buzz.

    BOOKWORM PROBLEM: Laughing out loud while reading a book in a public place and gettting funny looks from the other people.
    (also applies to my living room)

    WWW Wednesday—October 9, 2024

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    On October 9, 2024

    In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

    So, it turns out I reserved, and checked out, the ebook for What You Are Looking for Is in the Library last week, whoops. Back for another 6 week wait on that one. It’s been a week of writer’s block and fatigue so far–maybe not block, but writer’s dissatisfaction. Which is results in the same thing. But hey…let’s do a quick WWW check in anyway, and I can pretend I’m a consistent blogger.

    This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

    The Three Ws are:
    What are you currently reading?
    What did you recently finish reading?
    What do you think you’ll read next?

    Seems easy enough, right? Let’s take a peek at this week’s answers:

    What are you currently reading?

    Cover of My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby Cover of On Classical Trinitarianism by Matthew Barrett Cover of How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
    My Darkest Prayer
    by S.A. Cosby    		 On Classical Trinitarianism: Retrieving the Nicene Doctrine of the Triune Godedited by Matthew Barrett How to Age Disgracefully
    by Clare Pooley, read by Clare Corbett

    Cosby’s first novel isn’t as polished as his second one–but he hits you with his talent on every page. (at least so far) Yeah, Blacktop Wasteland was a leap ahead of this one. But I’d buy a handful of books of this caliber without a complaint.

    I should finish with the Barret book by the end of the week–I should be done with it by now, actually. It’s not a book that should be read this quickly–and when I re-read it, I will take weeks longer to do so.

    I’m not sure what to think of Pooley’s novel yet. There are parts that are a lot of fan–and there are parts that are just there. It’s Gayle’s All the Lonely People meets How the Penguins Saved Veronica with a dash of Richard Osman thrown in. I’m not quite at the halfway point as of this writing–I’ll have more to say soon.

    What did you recently finish reading?

    Cover of The More the Terrier by David Rosenfelt Cover of Starter Villain by John Scalzi
    The More the Terrier
    by David Rosenfelt    		 Starter Villain
    by John Scalzi, read by Wil Wheaton

    Hopefully you’ll see my thoughts about The More the Terrier this week, but the short version is: reliably entertaining with a dash of holiday cheer.

    It took me a little longer to finish Starter Villain than I expected–it was just one of those weeks. That just prolonged the time I got to spend in that world. I’m ready to listen again (well, not really…it’s still too fresh. But give me a couple of months…)

    What do you think you’ll read next?

    Cover of A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke Cover of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
    A New Lease on Death
    by Olivia Blacke    		 Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books
    by Kirsten Miller, read by January LaVoy

    I wondered if Olivia Black was done with the Record Shop Mysteries by the end of the last one, and it certainly appears she is with the launch of this new series. So, what is it? It’s got an Odd Couple-ish pair of roommates solving supernatural mysteries in Boston. The grumpy roommate is a new ghost, and the younger, happier woman is alive. Hard to get more mismatched than that.

    The Library brought me Lula Dean’s Little Library again, so I can finish it–and decide if it was worth coming back to.

    Tell me what kinds of things you’re reading that I should add to my pile.

    September 2024 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

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    On October 9, 2024

    In Books, Calendar Items, Currently Reading, News/Misc.

    I finished 16 titles (12 down from last month, 12 down from last September, too), with an equivalent of 4,948+ pages or the equivalent (4,460 down from last month, even with me finishing up a couple of project reads), and gave them an average of 4.13 stars (.27 up from last month).

    If you haven’t checked out some of the non-reviewish posts, I’d really suggest looking into Saint the Terrifying spotlight, the Shannon Knight guest post, and the Chat with Adrian M. Gibson. Those’re posts that need more attention (because of the others involved, I should stress).

    So, here’s what happened here in September.
    Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to

    Redemptive History & Biblical Interpretation Cover of Buddy the Knight and The Queen of Sorrow by Peter David Cover of The Kill List by Nadine Matheson
    5 Stars 4 1/2 Stars 4 Stars
    Cover of >Marvel: What If . . . Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings by Seanan McGuire Cover of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Cover of Chasing Embers by James Bennett
    4 Stars 4 1/2 Stars 3 Stars
    Cover to #CrimeTime by Jeneva Rose and Drew Pyne Cover of Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne GCover of How to Babysit a Grandpa by Jean Reagan
    3.5 Stars 5 Stars 4 Stars
    Cover of Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien Word and Spirit Cover of The Debt Collector by Steven Max Russo
    3 Stars 5 Stars 4 Stars
    Cover of Nugget’s Tenth Life by Adam Holcombe Cover of Sleepless City by Reed Farrel Coleman Cover of An Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka
    3 Stars 4 1/2 Stars 4 1/2 Stars
    Cover of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
    4 1/2 Stars

    Still Reading

    Glorifying and Enjoying God Institutes of Elenctic Theology Vol. 3 Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy
    Cover of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller Cover of On Classical Trinitarianism by Matthew Barrett Cover of Black Maria by Christine Boyer
    Cover of Born to Be Hanged by Keith Thomson

    Ratings

    5 Stars 3 2 1/2 Stars 0
    4 1/2 Stars 5 2 Stars 0
    4 Stars 4 1 1/2 Stars 0
    3.5 Stars 1 1 Star 0
    3 Stars 3
    Average = 4.125

    TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps

    Audio E-book Physical Goodreads
    Want-to-Read    		 NetGalley
    Shelf/ARCs/Review Copies
    End of
    2023    		 6 47 68 153 5
    1st of the
    Month    		 4 58 75 162 6
    Added 3 2 4 5 2
    Read/
    Listened    		 2 2 4 1 2
    Current Total 5 58 75 166 6

    Breakdowns:
    “Traditionally” Published: 14
    Self-/Independent Published: 3

    Genre This Month Year to Date
    Children’s 1 (6%) 7 (4%)
    Fantasy 2 (13%) 31 (16%)
    General Fiction/ Literature 0 (0%) 18 (9%)
    Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller 4 (25%) 57 (29%)
    Non-Fiction 1 (6%) 17 (9%)
    Science Fiction 3 (19%) 14 (7%)
    Theology/ Christian Living 2 (13%) 22 (11%)
    Urban Fantasy 3 (19%) 4 (21%)
    “Other” (Horror/ Humor/ Steampunk/ Western) 0 (0%) 4 (2%)

    Review-ish Things Posted

    Other Things I Wrote
    Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th), I also wrote and/or posted:

    Enough about me—how Was Your Month?

    Sept Bookmory

    Opening Lines: My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby

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    On October 8, 2024

    In Blog Series, Currently Reading, Fiction, Mystery/Detective Fiction/Crime Fiction/Thriller, News/Misc., Opening Lines, Quotations

    Head & Shoulders used to tell us that, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” That’s true for wearing dark shirts, and it’s especially true for books. Sometimes the characters will hook the reader, sometimes the premise, sometimes it’s just knowing the author—but nothing beats a great opening for getting a reader to commit.

    I handle the bodies.

    That’s what I say when people ask me what I do for a living. I find that gets one of two responses. They drift away to the other side of the room and give me a sideways glance the rest of the night or they let out a nervous laugh and move the conversation in another, less macabre direction. I could always say I work at a funeral home, but where’s the fun in that?

    Every once in a while, when I was in the Corps, someone would see me at Starbucks or that modern mecca Walmart in my utility uniform. Sometimes they’d catch me in my dress blues after a military ball just trying to grab something before heading back to the base. ‘They would walk up to me and say, “Thank you for your service.” I’d mumble something like “No, thank you for your support,” or some other pithy rejoinder, and they would wander away with a nice, satisfied look on their faces. Sometimes what I wanted to say was “I took care of the bodies, The bodies with the legs blown off or the hands shredded, The bodies full of ball bearings and nails and whatever tome kid could find to build his IED. I loaded the bodies up and dragged them back to the base, then went back out on another patrol and prayed to a God that seemed to be only half listening that today wasn’t the day that someone would have to take care of my body”

    But I don’t think that would have given them the same warm and fuzzy feeling.

    from My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby
    Cover of My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby
    (if you’re feeling pedantic, those are the first paragraphs of Chapter One, not the Prologue)

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    MUSIC MONDAY: Extremely Old With You by Paul & Storm

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    On October 7, 2024

    In News/Misc.

    Music Monday

    Music Monday's originated at The Tattooed Book Geek's fantastic blog and has shown up hither, thither, and yon since then.

    My anniversary was last weekend, guess I’m still feeling mushy…

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    Saturday Miscellany—10/5/24

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    On October 5, 2024

    In Books, News/Misc., Saturday Miscellany

    I’m going to be AFK for the day, so Tony, Owen, or anyone else: if there’s a mistake in this post, please do point it out, but it’ll be here for a while 🙂

    Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
    bullet From No. 1 to No. 60, Readers’ Top Books Published in the Past Five Years—according to Goodreads, anyway
    bullet The Tyranny of the Best-Of List: On Navigating Book Lists with OCD
    bullet The Doomed Mouse Utopia That Inspired the ‘Rats of NIMH’—as someone who read Robert C. O’Brien’s book an estimated 100 times, I had to read this
    bullet Tom Wolfe at the Strand—a “brisk survey of [Wolfe’s] career” recently present at the Strand bookstore.
    bullet Lee Child with Michael Connelly – Safe Enough—Connelly and Child talk about his new short story collection
    bullet Five SFF Strategies for Plotting Around Pesky Parents: Are you the responsible, caring parent of a juvenile adventurer? You may want to upgrade your insurance…
    bullet Historical Fantasy – Where does the history end and the fantasy begin?—Shauna Lawless opines
    bullet How to Avoid Book Blogger Burnout

    To help talk about backlist titles (and just for fun), What Was I Talking About 10 Years Ago Week?
    bullet Not a lot actually (October 2014 was a pretty quiet month for some reason), but I did note the release of: Incarnate by Anton Strout and Sleepy Hollow: Children of the Revolution by Keith DeCandido.

    This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
    bullet Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne—The last Ink & Sigil novel, the last novel in the Iron Druid universe, and one of Hearne’s best yet. I raved about it recently

    The words 'Asking me if I like reading is like asking me if I like breathing' superimposed on a picture of a stack of books

    WWW Wednesday—October 2, 2024

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    On October 2, 2024

    In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

    This turned into a read or blog kind of day, given a bunch of looming Library due dates, I’m opting for the former. But I’ll still try to get this done on time. Allyson—yes, I do still read all the comments, and “respond to comments” is always the next thing on my list. I just need to get better at checking the box ahead of it.

    This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

    The Three Ws are:
    What are you currently reading?
    What did you recently finish reading?
    What do you think you’ll read next?

    Seems easy enough, right? Let’s take a peek at this week’s answers:

    What are you currently reading?

    Cover of Blind to Midnight by Reed Farrel Coleman Cover of Starter Villain by John Scalzi
    Blind to Midnight
    by Reed Farrel Coleman    		 Starter Villain
    by John Scalzi, read by Wil Wheaton

    Blind to Midnight starts off strong (even after this afternoon’s post), and…well, that’s all I know. But I’m looking forward to seeing more.

    I’m enjoying Starter Villain just as much the second time as I did the first, I can just sit back and enjoy the lunacy without wondering what’s coming next. Wheaton’s doing a bang-up job. (I should’ve finished this today, but I didn’t get a chance to open the app–just one of those days. Been a long time since I couldn’t listen at work)

    What did you recently finish reading?

    Cover of Black Maria by Christine Boyer Cover of Born to Be Hanged by Keith Thomson
    Black Maria
    by Christine Boyer    		 Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
    by Keith Thomson, ready by Feodor Chin

    Black Maria ended up satisfying most of the expectations I expressed yesterday and surpassed them. The things I wrongly predicted, I’m very glad I did. Boyer’s version (as you’d expect) was better than mine was. Solid story, well told.

    Brief thoughts on Born to Be Hanged: amusingly written, interesting story, and I could barely pay attention. I’m not sure if that’s me, the narrator, or the text. I’d believe any of those, or a combination.

    What do you think you’ll read next?

    Cover of The More the Terrier by David Rosenfelt Cover of What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
    The More the Terrier
    by David Rosenfelt    		 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
    by Michiko Aoyama, read by Hanako Footman, Susan Momoko Hingley, Kenichiro Thomson, Winson Ting, and Shiro Kawai

    I’m going to need the lightness of the next David Rosenfelt holiday novel, based on the opening paragraphs (alone) of Blind to Midnight.

    A friend recommended What You Are Looking for Is in the Library, saying it’s similar to No Two Persons. That’s good enough for me.

    Do you try to go for something seasonal—either harvest season/fall-like or spooky this time of year? Or do you just read whatever’s next?

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