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books
ducking in quickly to post (I wanted to say "2 Wednesdays in a row!" but alas, I missed last week, so uh, 2 Wednesdays in January!)
finished
The Biggest Bet, Maria Konnikova == I did actually enjoy this, though there is a lot more actual poker in it than I'd been expecting. I'm used to glossing over things I don't actually have to understand to catch the greater meaning (it's kind of what I do for a living) but I think it might catch people a little off-guard, since the book is marketed as not really a book about poker. I mean, yeah, it's not a nuts-and-bolts how-to, but she does get into card by card descriptions of rounds. The thing I took away from it was that taking care of yourself is at least as important as strategies learned from the masters. Figuring out what works for you and then making sure to make it happen is never not worth it, so I should stop feeling like I "should" just be able to deal and figure out how to support my ever-flaky brain.
I also bailed on The Old Guard and let it go back to the library. It just wasn't happening (though I am delighted to hear we're apparently getting a second movie.)
reading now
A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold == Yes, Oldest did convince me to skip the intervening books and just go for the prize, which I am enjoying immensely. I'm listening to the audiobook, and since my biggest disconnect earlier was that the narrator sounded too old for Miles, skipping to where he's in his thirties solved all of that.
Deal with the Devil, Kit Rocha == The elevator pitch for this one is: post-apocalyptic mercenary librarians. Clearly, I didn't really have a choice about this one, right from the start (I'm pretty sure there's a tweet about it somewhere on my timeline from when they signed the original publishing deal, years ago.) There's also found family, community building, sex positivity, and the book came with a Bisexual Love Army sticker. I mean. (Happily enough, it's pretty engagingly written and it's set where I live so I'm having fun with the local references to what's survived the apocalypse.)
Because Internet, Gretchen McCulloch == I did mention that this one is going slowly, yeah? Still plugging away at it and it will not surprise any of you to know that I am of the Old Internet generation.
Obi Wan and Anakin, Charles Soule == I got distracted away from this one.
next
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is still looking at me reproachfully every time I open the app.
finished
The Biggest Bet, Maria Konnikova == I did actually enjoy this, though there is a lot more actual poker in it than I'd been expecting. I'm used to glossing over things I don't actually have to understand to catch the greater meaning (it's kind of what I do for a living) but I think it might catch people a little off-guard, since the book is marketed as not really a book about poker. I mean, yeah, it's not a nuts-and-bolts how-to, but she does get into card by card descriptions of rounds. The thing I took away from it was that taking care of yourself is at least as important as strategies learned from the masters. Figuring out what works for you and then making sure to make it happen is never not worth it, so I should stop feeling like I "should" just be able to deal and figure out how to support my ever-flaky brain.
I also bailed on The Old Guard and let it go back to the library. It just wasn't happening (though I am delighted to hear we're apparently getting a second movie.)
reading now
A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold == Yes, Oldest did convince me to skip the intervening books and just go for the prize, which I am enjoying immensely. I'm listening to the audiobook, and since my biggest disconnect earlier was that the narrator sounded too old for Miles, skipping to where he's in his thirties solved all of that.
Deal with the Devil, Kit Rocha == The elevator pitch for this one is: post-apocalyptic mercenary librarians. Clearly, I didn't really have a choice about this one, right from the start (I'm pretty sure there's a tweet about it somewhere on my timeline from when they signed the original publishing deal, years ago.) There's also found family, community building, sex positivity, and the book came with a Bisexual Love Army sticker. I mean. (Happily enough, it's pretty engagingly written and it's set where I live so I'm having fun with the local references to what's survived the apocalypse.)
Because Internet, Gretchen McCulloch == I did mention that this one is going slowly, yeah? Still plugging away at it and it will not surprise any of you to know that I am of the Old Internet generation.
Obi Wan and Anakin, Charles Soule == I got distracted away from this one.
next
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is still looking at me reproachfully every time I open the app.