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topaz119 ([personal profile] topaz119) wrote2024-01-17 10:53 am

A clarification and some reading notes

Addendum to yesterday‘s semi-incoherent post:

The anime the kids have started me on watching is Freiren: After Journeys End; and it’s available on Crunchyroll. Very pretty, very emotional and thoughtful, at least so far.

And the Connections answer that had me in fits was WORDS SPELLED WITH AN UPSIDE-DOWN CALCULATOR, ffs. (The answers were BOOB, EGGSHELL, GIGGLE, HELLO).

…and now, books.

I finished A Holly Jolly Ever After, and I’d say it was a pretty decent popslash novel. A solid three stars.

I meant to start reading the next Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, but was not in the mood for Regency murders and plots etc. so I ended up starting the audiobook of Somewhere Safe With Someone Good, by Jan Karon while I fiddled with packing up the holiday decorations. It’s one of her Father Tim/Mitford novels; I don’t know if it’s the most recent, but it’s the most recent I haven’t read. Very, exceedingly cozy.

I also started reading Miss Buncle‘s Book for some reason. (I think I got off on a tangent that involved KJ Charles’s favorite books for the last few years and realized I already had gotten that one on some sale day or another so I started that. Probably while taking a hot bath (I do love the giant freestanding tub I put in during the reno.))

And then, my hold on Rhys Bowen’s most recent Lady Georgie cosy mystery came in, so I started that too.

Your guess is as good as mine as to what I finish first, lol, and the rest are what I’ll be reading next.

Stay warm!
turps: (snowy nsync)

[personal profile] turps 2024-01-18 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
You've been reading some great stuff. Holly Jolly Ever After sounds fun :D