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Hello! This journal is primarily about the media I'm currently consuming and all my fannish interests. Fandoms I'm most active in right now are Batman/DCU, Star Wars, Stargate Atlantis, Shadowhunters, and Foundation but I'm always into my previous fandoms as well (The Old Guard, X-Men, Daredevil, Leverage, Person of Interest, Lord of the Rings, and many others).
Feel free to drop me a comment to say hello!
take the wheel
Aug. 9th, 2026 05:40 pmMr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester. Naval adventures during the Napoleonic War era. This was fine but having read the Aubrey-Maturin series it kind of felt like a light version of that to me. I shall continue with further adventures and see if I decide to read all 11 in the series.
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In TV, I watched Ride or Die with Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer playing an assassin and her (briefly) unsuspecting BFF. Many shenanigans are had as they try to not get killed by the Albanian mob, rogue assassins, and Interpol. A fun time :)
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In TV, I watched Ride or Die with Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer playing an assassin and her (briefly) unsuspecting BFF. Many shenanigans are had as they try to not get killed by the Albanian mob, rogue assassins, and Interpol. A fun time :)
if this is exile, so be it
Jul. 20th, 2026 07:39 pmHyperion by Dan Simmons. This had many interesting building blocks. Post-Earth universe has a weird as fuck planet called Hyperion which has multiple mysterious archeological sites and a cryptid monster that kills people. Seven people are selected to go on a pilgrimage out to the monster and they tell their messy, interwoven backstories on the way. I was in like the last 30 pages of this when I was like okay there is absolutely no way this is wrapping up in 30 pages and lo it is a 4 book series. Anyway, compelling, but if you don't like any of the character backstory vibes you are somewhat screwed because you're trapped within each one for like 80 pages.
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I have been going to the gym more which is good but I still want to do better and lose some of the weight gain that's been slowly creeping up on me and making me feel critical about myself (particularly in photos even though I know literally no one cares, ugh) so I'm going to try these Body Project workouts again. I think I was doing these during peak Covid time and they were short and simple but surprisingly taxing. Wish me motivation. [ETA: Damn, okay I did not fully remember how challenging these were lol. Will be wearing more appropriate gear next time but I did it!]
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I have been going to the gym more which is good but I still want to do better and lose some of the weight gain that's been slowly creeping up on me and making me feel critical about myself (particularly in photos even though I know literally no one cares, ugh) so I'm going to try these Body Project workouts again. I think I was doing these during peak Covid time and they were short and simple but surprisingly taxing. Wish me motivation. [ETA: Damn, okay I did not fully remember how challenging these were lol. Will be wearing more appropriate gear next time but I did it!]
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. Incisive fictional look at the whole trad wife thing. I enjoyed the hell out of this. The narrator is supremely unlikeable but it is on purpose and compelling. Constant page turner to find out what the fuck is going on with this woman!
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In TV, I finished Brilliant Minds (season 2): Unfortunately this suffered kind of a sophomore slump with dropping what seemed to be the main set up plot from season 1 with Wolf's dad and weirdly drawing out and overdramatizing the new psych hospital plot while also breaking up and having main characters leave. I feel like it started to even back out toward the end but not in time to save it from cancellation alas. I will miss Zachary Quinto on my screen.
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In TV, I finished Brilliant Minds (season 2): Unfortunately this suffered kind of a sophomore slump with dropping what seemed to be the main set up plot from season 1 with Wolf's dad and weirdly drawing out and overdramatizing the new psych hospital plot while also breaking up and having main characters leave. I feel like it started to even back out toward the end but not in time to save it from cancellation alas. I will miss Zachary Quinto on my screen.
there's no turning back the clock now
Jun. 20th, 2026 04:04 pmThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. The repression and self-delusion in this!! I say that positively. I enjoy it very much. Stevens seems like he should be a reliable narrator but then the number of times he's like 'actually, maybe it didn't happen like that' is fun.
(Book that makes me want to return to my Tim & Alfred Batman fic. Will be thinking about the vibes and language in this for future inspiration.)
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In TV, I finished:
Widow's Bay (season 1): LOVED THIS!!! Horror-comedy that's kind of like if Parks and Rec were set on a haunted island. While I am really not a horror person, I thought okay, it's also comedy, I can watch this with the lights off for optimal viewing experience and then was quickly disabused of that notion but it's still a great fun watch. Surprising in some ways and clearly foreshadowed and satisfying in others. Also, great cast.
My Dress Up Darling (season 1 & 2): So I went to![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
vidukon_cardiff again (online) this year and it was great and the vids always introduce me to new stuff, one of which was this. It's a cute romance anime about cosplaying although it is imo overly obsessed with giant anime boobs. Enjoyed the general take on fandom and how various in-universe shows/games/manga/etc were integrated in.
(Book that makes me want to return to my Tim & Alfred Batman fic. Will be thinking about the vibes and language in this for future inspiration.)
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In TV, I finished:
Widow's Bay (season 1): LOVED THIS!!! Horror-comedy that's kind of like if Parks and Rec were set on a haunted island. While I am really not a horror person, I thought okay, it's also comedy, I can watch this with the lights off for optimal viewing experience and then was quickly disabused of that notion but it's still a great fun watch. Surprising in some ways and clearly foreshadowed and satisfying in others. Also, great cast.
My Dress Up Darling (season 1 & 2): So I went to
vidukon_cardiff again (online) this year and it was great and the vids always introduce me to new stuff, one of which was this. It's a cute romance anime about cosplaying although it is imo overly obsessed with giant anime boobs. Enjoyed the general take on fandom and how various in-universe shows/games/manga/etc were integrated in.Bored. Back whenever.
May. 30th, 2026 08:45 pmRadiant Star by Ann Leckie. Enjoyed this! The way it's told by an unknown narrator isn't my favorite structure but all the characters and their intersections were interesting. Good cultural worldbuilding as expected from Ann Leckie.
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In TV, I finished CBS Ghosts season 5. Fun, silly sitcom which is ideal for watching on my lunch break. I have to say it was insane that one of the episodes was about the house potentially being torn down to get replaced with a data center and then one of the mid-ep commercials was some PR attempt at reputation repair for data centers that was all 'data centers create jobs!' 'data centers aren't making your energy bills more expensive!'. Like, sure, dude.
Also watched Man on the Inside (seasons 1 & 2). Ily Ted Danson.
And many random movies:
-The Half of It. Sweet, gay, coming of age movie. Most highly recommended of this lot.
-Send Help. Not great but I respect it for being unhinged.
-GOAT, The Sheep Detectives, Remarkably Bright Creatures. Formulaic, feel-good movies with creatures.
-In The Grey. Insanely flat Guy Ritchie action film. Either the most extremely queerbaiting movie I've seen in a long time or Sid and Bronco were actually married.
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In TV, I finished CBS Ghosts season 5. Fun, silly sitcom which is ideal for watching on my lunch break. I have to say it was insane that one of the episodes was about the house potentially being torn down to get replaced with a data center and then one of the mid-ep commercials was some PR attempt at reputation repair for data centers that was all 'data centers create jobs!' 'data centers aren't making your energy bills more expensive!'. Like, sure, dude.
Also watched Man on the Inside (seasons 1 & 2). Ily Ted Danson.
And many random movies:
-The Half of It. Sweet, gay, coming of age movie. Most highly recommended of this lot.
-Send Help. Not great but I respect it for being unhinged.
-GOAT, The Sheep Detectives, Remarkably Bright Creatures. Formulaic, feel-good movies with creatures.
-In The Grey. Insanely flat Guy Ritchie action film. Either the most extremely queerbaiting movie I've seen in a long time or Sid and Bronco were actually married.
additional hostiles in play
May. 17th, 2026 07:32 pmProps to this recent phase of fun books that are making me stop doomscrolling and instead read like 200+ pages a day.
Platform Decay by Martha Wells. ( not really spoilers but if you're someone who doesn't even read the blurb which is sometimes me )
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Latest album I'm enjoying. This Is...Icona Pop. Discovered by the I Love It single but the whole thing slaps IMO.
Platform Decay by Martha Wells. ( not really spoilers but if you're someone who doesn't even read the blurb which is sometimes me )
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Latest album I'm enjoying. This Is...Icona Pop. Discovered by the I Love It single but the whole thing slaps IMO.
mongo is appalled
May. 16th, 2026 06:30 pmA Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman. 1,100 pages?? Sure, I will read that in 3 days. I've been in place #1 on the holds for this book at the library since it was announced but they usually, understandably, take like a week or two to get and library bind new books and put them in circulation so I was checking digital availability on release day and was able to get a copy from Libby. So I downloaded that new app and my ongoing quest to understand the difference between Libby, Kindle, and Hoopla continues. Is Overdrive still a thing? Why so many eBook platforms? Anyway, book received and I enjoyed my time with Carl and Princess Donut and Prepotente and the rest of the squad!
the debt shall be paid
May. 11th, 2026 04:30 pmThe Moon is Down by John Steinbeck. This was apparently written as WWII era propaganda for nations that had been invaded by Germany and they translated and secretly printed copies. It's about a fictional town under occupation and how the people clandestinely fight back--escaping, slowing work, general everyday hostility, dynamiting railroad tracks, not giving up, etc. Honestly some of it feels relevant to today with regards to capitalism and the current rise of fascism.
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Mostly I've been catching up on some classic movies I never watched. Memento, The Hurt Locker, Lawrence of Arabia, My Own Private Idaho, Everything Everywhere All at Once. EEAAO was fun and did make me cry over the fucking rocks and the mother/daughter relationship and the 'I would have liked just doing laundry and taxes with you' scene.
Also watched Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die which I enjoyed as a weird timeloop movie. Immediately clocked Dino Fetscher in his bit part but did not realize for the entire movie that Sam Rockwell was the main character. Then I looked up what else Dino Fetscher is in lately and unfortunately I cannot find Welsh detective show Under Salt Marsh anywhere because I would watch that. Will just have to watch him and Ben Daniels in season 2 of Foundation again.
Fandomwise, I'm still trapped in my obsession with Scott and Kip from the hockey show and I made a fic rec list for fun and community service since this is not the ship 99% of the fandom is obsessed with but there is great fic for people to read!
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Mostly I've been catching up on some classic movies I never watched. Memento, The Hurt Locker, Lawrence of Arabia, My Own Private Idaho, Everything Everywhere All at Once. EEAAO was fun and did make me cry over the fucking rocks and the mother/daughter relationship and the 'I would have liked just doing laundry and taxes with you' scene.
Also watched Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die which I enjoyed as a weird timeloop movie. Immediately clocked Dino Fetscher in his bit part but did not realize for the entire movie that Sam Rockwell was the main character. Then I looked up what else Dino Fetscher is in lately and unfortunately I cannot find Welsh detective show Under Salt Marsh anywhere because I would watch that. Will just have to watch him and Ben Daniels in season 2 of Foundation again.
Fandomwise, I'm still trapped in my obsession with Scott and Kip from the hockey show and I made a fic rec list for fun and community service since this is not the ship 99% of the fandom is obsessed with but there is great fic for people to read!
all that money
May. 8th, 2026 08:22 pmThis is the perfect Gotham vid to me. I think I stopped watching the show after season 1 because I really only cared about the scraps of Bruce and Alfred they were giving me while the villains got 95% of the screen time. This is like giving me everything I wanted condensed into 3 minutes.
no myth is safely broken
May. 6th, 2026 11:22 pmNightwood by Djuna Barnes. Hmm, okay, I feel like this was 80% incomprehensible and I was actively resenting my decision to finish reading it but I was maybe into the last couple chapters? There was at least some interesting poetical concepts and phrasing.
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In TV, I finished watching Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (season 2) which continues to be a ridiculous, clunky show about chasing monsters and having family trauma and I love it.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
flareonfury harpieicons has been making icons so I finally have an icon of my faves, the 50s era squad. I did actually watch the Kong: Skull Island movie (which I think was weak despite Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson being hot) before this season and it gave some context but wasn't ultimately necessary. Random thoughts ( spoilers )
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In TV, I finished watching Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (season 2) which continues to be a ridiculous, clunky show about chasing monsters and having family trauma and I love it.
flareonfury harpieicons has been making icons so I finally have an icon of my faves, the 50s era squad. I did actually watch the Kong: Skull Island movie (which I think was weak despite Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson being hot) before this season and it gave some context but wasn't ultimately necessary. Random thoughts ( spoilers )a man after midnight
Apr. 30th, 2026 04:31 pmDoing some vid recs as part of the vid_bingo challenge for 3weeks4dreamwidth.
This is a niche genre but I love Star Wars scenes set to incongruous music that nevertheless works in a really fun way! Like, yes, Duel of the Fates is iconic but what if ABBA? :)
And this is what I feel Luke Skywalker and his Chanel boots deserve!
vid_bingo challenge for 3weeks4dreamwidth.This is a niche genre but I love Star Wars scenes set to incongruous music that nevertheless works in a really fun way! Like, yes, Duel of the Fates is iconic but what if ABBA? :)
And this is what I feel Luke Skywalker and his Chanel boots deserve!
very beautiful very powerful
Apr. 25th, 2026 03:34 pmBorrowing this game from goodbyebird as part of 3weeks4dreamwidth!
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My default/favorite icon remains this John Sheppard one byshadadukal. I love his expression and the way he isn't centered and the blur/stripe on the left. Pretty sure the screencap is from The Defiant One? I used to know for sure. Maybe it's time for another rewatch of season 1... This is also my default AO3 and Discord icon and it would probably be my tumblr one if the sizing was the same there. Instead I have an XMFC Erik Lehnsherr one that I'm very fond of and flipped back to after having it be a Tim Drake one for a good bit. I love icons in general but I always come back to a couple special ones which is typical of me. Don't ask me how long I've had the same background on my phone.
goodbyebird as part of 3weeks4dreamwidth!Reply to this post saying 'icon', and I will tell you my favorite icon of yours. Then post this to your own journal using your own favorite icon if you're one of those inhuman things that are actually capable of choosing betweenYOUR PRECIOUS BABIES!userpics.
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My default/favorite icon remains this John Sheppard one by
shadadukal. I love his expression and the way he isn't centered and the blur/stripe on the left. Pretty sure the screencap is from The Defiant One? I used to know for sure. Maybe it's time for another rewatch of season 1... This is also my default AO3 and Discord icon and it would probably be my tumblr one if the sizing was the same there. Instead I have an XMFC Erik Lehnsherr one that I'm very fond of and flipped back to after having it be a Tim Drake one for a good bit. I love icons in general but I always come back to a couple special ones which is typical of me. Don't ask me how long I've had the same background on my phone.walk a mile just to move an inch now
Apr. 17th, 2026 11:20 pmI think I was posting on tumblr when I had my music platforms crash out several months ago. To recap, I had to take an upgrade and iTunes was like 'hey, you can no longer access these songs you literally bought from us, so sorry' and then for streaming I was using Amazon Music which has been going through steady enshittification (inability to skip songs, constant shuffle mode so you can't even select the song you want, ads, etc). So I dropped Amazon and I have gone back to my roots with CDs (supplemented by Hoopla, shout out to the public library system). Huge personal win for me a couple weeks ago when I found the exact Third Eye Blind CD that I had the case for but lost the actual disc at a book sale for 50 cents! Also got a classic 3 Doors Down CD with iconic Kryptonite and it reminded me how partial I am to Duck and Run too.
Anyway, I've been listening to some good albums and would love some new recs! These are ones I'd consider high energy that I've been listening to for motivation at the gym.
~EVERYONE'S A STAR! - 5 Seconds of Summer
~Chapter 1: Singles Collection - Peach PRC
~Give Me The Future - Bastille
~Love, Drugs & Misery - Eva Under Fire
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In TV this week, I watched The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (season 1). As is typical of me, I saw some trailers for this and was like nah, but then I saw a gifset on tumblr and I was like okay, now I'm interested. It's a fun, low stakes mockumentary-type sitcom with a good ensemble and I enjoyed it a lot!
Anyway, I've been listening to some good albums and would love some new recs! These are ones I'd consider high energy that I've been listening to for motivation at the gym.
~EVERYONE'S A STAR! - 5 Seconds of Summer
~Chapter 1: Singles Collection - Peach PRC
~Give Me The Future - Bastille
~Love, Drugs & Misery - Eva Under Fire
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In TV this week, I watched The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (season 1). As is typical of me, I saw some trailers for this and was like nah, but then I saw a gifset on tumblr and I was like okay, now I'm interested. It's a fun, low stakes mockumentary-type sitcom with a good ensemble and I enjoyed it a lot!
i am sold twice over
Apr. 13th, 2026 04:35 pmAs Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann. Totally enthralled by this. It was ~600 pages and I read it in less than 4 days kind of enthralled. Extremely well written and gut-wrenching historical fiction set in 1600s England. Tortured, obsessive, unreliable narrator POV character Jacob has an okay life until he burns it to the fucking ground and then he does it all over again, like holy fuck. Described as 'erotic', which is very true, but manages to do it without being explicit. I am wrecked by ( spoilers ) I will be thinking about this one. (So many trigger warnings. Be fully prepared if you consider reading this book.)
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Watched another short series Agatha Christie adaptation Why Didn't They Ask Evans? This one definitely did not telegraph the twists like Seven Dials but almost to the opposite point where I'm like wait, did all the pieces fit together?
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Watched another short series Agatha Christie adaptation Why Didn't They Ask Evans? This one definitely did not telegraph the twists like Seven Dials but almost to the opposite point where I'm like wait, did all the pieces fit together?
i'm claiming the right to be unhappy
Apr. 9th, 2026 08:20 pmBrave New World by Aldous Huxley. Damn, okay. Disturbingly recognizable dystopia.
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In TV, I finished Shrinking (season 3). Continues to be a solid, funny show. This would have been a good series ending but it sounds like they're already renewed for season 4 so will see where that goes. Fuck Parkinson's.
Also watched Seven Dials which I guess is considered a series despite being just 3 episodes. I think it was fine although none of the twists were surprising. Maybe I've read so much Agatha Christie that the general patterns are recognizable.
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In TV, I finished Shrinking (season 3). Continues to be a solid, funny show. This would have been a good series ending but it sounds like they're already renewed for season 4 so will see where that goes. Fuck Parkinson's.
Also watched Seven Dials which I guess is considered a series despite being just 3 episodes. I think it was fine although none of the twists were surprising. Maybe I've read so much Agatha Christie that the general patterns are recognizable.
the rule was to choose not to know
Mar. 26th, 2026 02:06 pmIce by Anna Kavan. Apocalypse via gigantic moving walls of ice while an insane dude chases a girl around the world. This was trippy. None of the characters are named. There are abrupt and seemingly impossible POV shifts. It's very psychological horror to follow this obsessed misogynist and his thought processes. Gives similar psychological/climate horror vibes as J. G. Ballard's The Drowned World and the writing hits.
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In TV, I finished Starfleet Academy (season 1) and apparently they have already cancelled it, boo. Was it a little clunky, sure, but all the characters were really fun! I LOVE my Klingon med student Jay-Den and sunshine War College student Kyle and admiral's daughter Genesis and they all deserve more screen time. This show let me see a Vulcan use the phrase 'eat glass' and Paramount has the audacity to cancel it??
In good news though, I went to see Project Hail Mary and it was a great, hopeful space movie. Might go see it again <3 Also need to find if anyone has made any Rocky icons. He's my new best friend.
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In TV, I finished Starfleet Academy (season 1) and apparently they have already cancelled it, boo. Was it a little clunky, sure, but all the characters were really fun! I LOVE my Klingon med student Jay-Den and sunshine War College student Kyle and admiral's daughter Genesis and they all deserve more screen time. This show let me see a Vulcan use the phrase 'eat glass' and Paramount has the audacity to cancel it??
In good news though, I went to see Project Hail Mary and it was a great, hopeful space movie. Might go see it again <3 Also need to find if anyone has made any Rocky icons. He's my new best friend.
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. Space explorers are tortured with hallucinations by a semi-sentient alien ocean. This was pretty fucked up and I enjoyed it. Watched the George Clooney film after reading the book and I think the film tried to match the vibe but somehow it was too idk sleek(?) to be appropriately unsettling to me.
[DNF] Dubliners by James Joyce. Series of kind of vaguely dark, disconcerting slice of life short stories set in Dublin. Not enjoying it so I'm DNFing it halfway through.
[DNF] House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. I'm letting myself DNF this one too unfortunately. This is my second read attempt and I got farther this time but despite magical realism being interesting to me, I just don't care for it. It reminds me of One Hundred Years of Solitude which I was forcing myself through a bit toward the end.
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In TV, I finished Bridgerton (season 4). The first half felt kind of wooden to me but I liked the second half a lot better. Except that they hid a scene at the end of the credits which is annoying to me! (I was trying to remember which other shows I've watched did this and one of them was X-Men '97.) Why do this? Anyway, Francesca has become one of my favorites and I'm excited for the expected continuation of her storyline.
[DNF] Dubliners by James Joyce. Series of kind of vaguely dark, disconcerting slice of life short stories set in Dublin. Not enjoying it so I'm DNFing it halfway through.
[DNF] House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. I'm letting myself DNF this one too unfortunately. This is my second read attempt and I got farther this time but despite magical realism being interesting to me, I just don't care for it. It reminds me of One Hundred Years of Solitude which I was forcing myself through a bit toward the end.
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In TV, I finished Bridgerton (season 4). The first half felt kind of wooden to me but I liked the second half a lot better. Except that they hid a scene at the end of the credits which is annoying to me! (I was trying to remember which other shows I've watched did this and one of them was X-Men '97.) Why do this? Anyway, Francesca has become one of my favorites and I'm excited for the expected continuation of her storyline.
Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers. I did find Peter more enjoyable in this mystery as many people mentioned. Also liked the introduction of Harriet Vane and Miss Climpson. Feel like I will sporadically continue this series when I don't have other books in my reading queue.
Silverview by John Le Carre. Love a spy novel and Le Carre is always good for it. Apparently this was his final novel. RIP. This book reminded me of the movie Black Bag that came out last year (and I loved) since there are several spy couples that are varying levels of dysfunctional.
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger. Family dynamics and existential angst. Kind of obsessed with the dialogue and turn of phrase in this.
Watching the winter Olympics! Yay figure skating and snowboarding and hockey and all kinds of cool sports!
Silverview by John Le Carre. Love a spy novel and Le Carre is always good for it. Apparently this was his final novel. RIP. This book reminded me of the movie Black Bag that came out last year (and I loved) since there are several spy couples that are varying levels of dysfunctional.
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger. Family dynamics and existential angst. Kind of obsessed with the dialogue and turn of phrase in this.
Watching the winter Olympics! Yay figure skating and snowboarding and hockey and all kinds of cool sports!
it ends where it began
Jan. 17th, 2026 09:14 pmThe Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers. Skipped to book 4 for my second try at Lord Peter Wimsey. Again I'm going to say solid but I'm not sold on loving Lord Peter. I am going to try Strong Poison per like a dozen people's recommendation. I did really like ( several things about this! )
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow. LOVED THIS <3 The prose was so good and there was so much yearning and devotion and tragedy and it had time travel/time loop and academia and fighting fascism and personally I love second person so the first/second person POV was very enjoyable and it had swap POV of the (mostly) same events and secret code and dragons!? I could go on. I feel like this was written with me in mind.
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow. LOVED THIS <3 The prose was so good and there was so much yearning and devotion and tragedy and it had time travel/time loop and academia and fighting fascism and personally I love second person so the first/second person POV was very enjoyable and it had swap POV of the (mostly) same events and secret code and dragons!? I could go on. I feel like this was written with me in mind.
2025 books round up
Dec. 30th, 2025 02:07 pmO Pioneers! by Willa Cather. Slice of life in the settlement and farming of Nebraska. This has lovely writing and I really liked it except for the souring I felt at the end. ( spoilers )
This is probably the last book I'll finish in 2025 so, to count up. Total books read in 2025: 48! Or 49 I suppose if I count a book I read for work. So close to 50. This was a really good reading year for me although it corresponded to a not great writing year. Particular favorites were everything by Charlotte Bronte, John Steinbeck, and Octavia Butler, The Blue Castle, and the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
Time for me to start my annual Lord of the Rings re-watch. Hope everyone has a good new year's!
This is probably the last book I'll finish in 2025 so, to count up. Total books read in 2025: 48! Or 49 I suppose if I count a book I read for work. So close to 50. This was a really good reading year for me although it corresponded to a not great writing year. Particular favorites were everything by Charlotte Bronte, John Steinbeck, and Octavia Butler, The Blue Castle, and the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
Time for me to start my annual Lord of the Rings re-watch. Hope everyone has a good new year's!
