Finished reading: Blood on Their Hands by Mandy Matney 📚🎧
Currently reading: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson 📚
Finished reading: Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper 📚
Want to read: Atomic Habits by James Clear 📚
I’ve been waiting on this library hold for months. Is it worth it? Thumbed through a few pages at a bookstore and not sure why all the hype.
Currently reading: Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper 📚
Will be a great follow up to our visit to Newport and The Breakers last week.
Finished reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 📚
Was almost late for work finishing this one. A beautifully quiet gut punch of a book. I had to keep reminding myself it was set in 1985.
Currently reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 📚
Finished reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler 📚🎧
Finished reading: The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage 📚☠️
@danielpunkass Yep, I did the audiobook this time and I had to rewind often but it’s a great narrator. It’s like every. single. word. matters, but when it clicks it’s pretty much the best book I’ve ever read.
Currently reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler 📚🎧 thanks @writingslowly for the recommendation!
Currently reading: The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage 📚 I saw the movie first and appreciate how spot-on the casting was, the personalities really fly off the page.
@writingslowly wow yes! thank you, i just snagged the audiobook! 🐙
@toddgrotenhuis it was surprising! I was expecting the usual octopus awe but this is a deep dive 😉 into their specific physical and behavioral traits without the “they’re just like us!” stuff.
@Mtt agree — like pick one don’t try to be both! Also not a restaurant critic, but I feel like the trendy/hipster vibe doesn’t work with Cajun places, didn’t feel very welcoming. I do want to go back and try more of the menu. Intriguing mix of Cajun and creole options, don’t think I’ve seen “rice and gravy” on a menu before! Grew up with that at home.
Currently reading: The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage 📚
Finished reading: Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith 📚
Finished reading: Mutinous Women by Joan DeJean 📚
Finished reading: Texfake by W. Thomas Taylor 📚 📜 if you ever visit an archive and wonder about all the weird rules and why the staff are watching you, this is explains it 👀
Currently reading: Texfake by W. Thomas Taylor 📚 📜 you had me at “Introduction by Larry McMurtry”
Finished reading: The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré 📚🎧
Currently reading: The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré 📚
Finished reading: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré 📚🎧
Currently reading: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré 📚🎧
@bloftin2 Hey Bob great to see you here! If I see owlets in this tree I will lose it. But this owl is very quiet, maybe a male going from nest to nest?
@hollie I don’t think so, but it’s been so warm we have the A/C running at night so can’t hear a thing. Once it’s cooler out we’ll open the windows. I hope he/she sticks around for a while!
@traci and just like that, Libby has gifted me with a 7-day skip the line loan for the audiobook. Maybe I need to buy a powerball ticket ☺️🎧
@Archimage yes we found this out today! Totally collapsed so will try again with tested recipe.
@KimberlyHirsh I loved it. Exquisite story beautifully told. I listened to the audiobook and thought the narration was gorgeous. I’ve got Miller’s Circe on my hold list next. Have you read either?
@Dino the seatbelt analogy is great, because can you imagine anyone getting angry at you for wearing one? Looking forward to that not happening any more.
@cheesemaker I’m not! Does it? 🧐
@cheesemaker I’d love a whole book just about the Bene Gesserit tho
@Munish I watched the Apple TV series and got the book hoping for a bit more, but I’ll be darned if the series isn’t scene for scene just like the book. So, it’s great but also I’m a bit bored with it.
@cheesemaker yes loved the movie, and maybe that’s the problem? I also checked out of the 2nd half of the 80’s movie so I think the battle for Dune just isn’t my thing…
@cheesemaker I really tried but totally lost interest one-third through. The audiobook production is great though.
@cheesemaker just started listening. I’m riding not running. 🚌
@blendermann Yes — it’s been a while since that one came out, now I want to read it again!
@cygnoir I have! Found it so helpful, practical tips and scripts for everyday situations. Hope it’s helpful to you as well.
If only librarians could actually read at work...🤔
@macgenie glad you are on the other side that absurdity and making progress toward home.
@cheesemaker She’s not wrong. Scary.
@liz I love the pattern and color combo! Is it your pattern, or can you link to it? Babies deserve all the cute hats.
@macgenie One of my first successful and fun IP attempts was cooking a spaghetti squash with the tomato sauce (any recipe will work). So much easier than the oven!