Yesterday‘s outdoor reading session, with Casey assisting. I tore through the first half of DREAMS MADE FLESH and still loved Lucivar and Marian‘s story very much, with all the usual caveats. The big one: I forgot Karla‘s canonically queer, and I‘m disgusted that Bishop‘s worldbuilding still forces her to bed a man to preserve her jewelled power. Gender essentialist magic is crap. Let her ditch her virginity with a nice lady instead.
#wondrouswednesday a day late 🙈 thank you @Eggs
1. My grandma and also Mr. Rogers was a staple in my 70‘s household
2. My husband and children, I want to be the mom my mom was but pale in comparison ❤️
3. The Walton Family. My mom and I would watch that show every week and I still love a re-run. They had so little and were so kind and good.
Would anyone like to join me a day late? ☺️
April 25 #SpringSkies BreakInTitle Love this series @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
so-soA bit monotonous but still an ok read
https://reecaspieces.com/2024/04/25/a-short-walk-through-a-wide-world-by-douglas...
Cersei is awoken by guards & she is confronted by tragedy, she is appalled at the way everyone is reacting & she doesn‘t know how to react herself.
Jaime is searches the hidden tunnel, but needs to find keys to a gate where the tunnels converge. Cersei tells Jaime he must be Hand now, he rebuffs her
As her mind reels she notices Varys is absent.
Tyrion is discovered to be missing from his cell
#BreakInTitle 😈 #SpringSkies 🌸🌼🌺🌻🌨️☀️
#BookNerd 🤓📚💙
pickGosh. This book was stressful. Bad things happening to characters you really like 😰 it cracks me up that the author thought she‘d written a cozy book, then admitted later she‘d “forgotten about all the death” 🤣 if you like fantasy books set on ships, in the ocean etc, check this one out.
pickI‘ve had All The Birds In The Sky sitting on my bookshelf for years, waiting to be read - but of course this ends up being my first CJA. A delightful short read, follows Marisol, who survived the apocalypse accidentally (she was cleaning a rich guys house at the time and found the panic room) as she ventures outside after many years to find herself all alone… in a devastated world with a genie lamp. Her approach to setting things right is unique.
pickOne of the best world-building I read in a long time; the intricate detailing of Le Guin does not suffocate; it is as fresh as Winter itself. Same goes for character building. The use of stark contrasting - between countries, between landscapes, between characters - was done so smoothly that I both felt like I was going back and forth yet within the given world of Gethen still - nothing felt detached.
