it was all going terribly well

[smilebackwards]

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy. What it says on the tin. Bleak, pointed contemplation of death after a life that was perhaps not as well-lived as originally thought. I love the combination of bluntness and reflection in Russian stuff. Need to add some more novels to my TBR list.

Flowers for Algernon by by Daniel Keyes. Heartbreaker of a novel about intellectual disability and personhood.

While reading these pretty heavy books, I was watching ridiculous but enjoyable television:

Cobra Kai (season 6): Another final season! I do think they stuck the landing because the last set of episodes that just got released were very fun although during the earlier parts of the season I was kind of like wow, this should have ended in season 5. It is a dumb show about teenagers and old men having karate wars but I love Johnny Lawrence and some of the comedy is gold. Watch a gateway vid: St. Elmo's Fire by lilly_the_kid.

And, speaking of vids, I got a new vid_bingo card and we'll see if I manage a premiere for vidukon_cardiff. April 6th deadline seems very close to me for any of my current ideas.

BAMF	blorbo	female vocals
friendship	VIDDER'S CHOICE	happiness
humor	constructed reality	multifandom

Comments

[goddess47]

A relatively bleak novel but worth checking out if you liked the Tolstoy, "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" by Heather Morris. I read some of "A Day in the Life of Ivan Desinovich" by Solzhenitsyn and found them interestingly similar... but the Tattooist book has a good ending.

[colls]

Yay Vids! <333