Totally absorbing, reminds me of The Professor and the Madman in how it tells such bizarre and engaging stories about a body of knowledge we take for granted.
A book and coffee: the essentials for a scorching Saturday morning.
A Tracy Chevalier novel that I haven't yet read accompanied by Canadian Club with Sprite = solid summer Saturday on the Island.
A new volume of Saga is better than Christmas and birthdays. ❤️
pickLindy West speaks loudly and passionately on fatphobia, sexism, trolls, comedy's problem with women, and more. (And she's FUNNY – but women can't be funny? Right?)
Perhaps it's the way stories are often written to limit adventure once the heroine is married, or perhaps it's an inherent dissatisfaction with this inevitable "conclusion" to a woman's story (nothing much to say once she has a man), but I have almost always hated it when the heroine gets married...
Hiding from the heat in the kitchen-cave with tea and dragons.
"And so you put your headphones on and look straight ahead and don't smile even when they tell you to and just keep walking."
pickI'm a sucker for slice-of-life stories, and these characters, so fully formed so quickly in the first volume, are a delight to come back to.
pickA must-read for geeks everywhere. A call to action, for those who can and are willing, to persevere through the hate and ignorance in various geek communities, and make a better, more inclusive future for all of us — no matter what we look like or how we identify.
Current non-fiction read. What a #badass.
