Oh, hello there! Hope everyone continues to be pandemic fine, at the very least?! I am now fully vaccinated and the two weeks have passed. I’ve been “celebrating” by having a few long-delayed routine medical appointments… And I got my hair cut! It was past my shoulder blades – now it skims my shoulders.
- New releases: Tor.com (YA SFF, horror/genre benders, SF, fantasy), Smart Bitches (romance), Gizmodo (SFF), AAR (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches. And more. And more. And more.
- Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
- “Dragon journals and bookmarks for book wyrms to add to their hoards“.
- “Consider: A fantasy series where the court wizard is treated and portrayed just like an IT guy“.
- “Marriage Proposals 102, featuring Mr Darcy“.
- “If going anywhere with small children was a magical fantasy novel“.
- “Why do I have to wait SO LONG for library ebooks?”
- If there were daemons in Discworld.
- “Being vaccinated does NOT mean (bookish edition)“.
- Shopping in an actual bookstore now.
- “The bookshop cat and the pandemic“.
- “There is no after“.
- “I’m feeling symptoms of ‘cave syndrome.’ Aren’t you?“
- A brief history of the school backpack.
- Some fancy bees.
- On house cats and meowing.
- The ugliest orchid.
- Some ugly birds.
- What football stadiums look like from above.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson vs the Steam-umm twitter account.
- Parkway Theater drone video.
- LEGO Space Shuttle Discovery.
- Giant LEGO R2-D2.
- Fandom embroidery projects.
- Knit yourself a crown.
- THIS. And THIS.
- Blueberry cookies.
- “How to cope with the garden gnome shortage“…
- Saturn Devouring His Son… made from balloons… CANNOT BE UNSEEN.
- Tiny novelty hands.
- Platypus dragon.
- March 2020. After the Pandemic. Hover cursor/long-press for captions.
- “Vaccine side effect, or have you just been alive for 40 years?“
- When 10% of California’s condor population decides to live on your deck.
- Menard’s, strangely surreal at times.
- The strange intersection of knitting and earbuds.
Reading Update
Not everything, but some of what I’ve been reading…
Across the Green Fields (Wayward Children #6) by Seanan McGuire. Not related to the school at all, but still good. I just wish these had a bit more closure.
The Secret Chapter and 
The Dark Archive (The Invisible Library 6-7) by Genevieve Cogman. Pretty solid in 6 and then WTF at the ending of 7.
The Last Smile in Sunder City and 
Dead Man in a Ditch (The Fetch Phillips Archives 1-2) by Luke Elliot Arnold. Good but tragic – these are mysteries set in a world which has lost its magic, which really messed up creatures that relied on magic to live, such as vampires, unicorns, etc.
Harry has very short, sleek fur. Polly’s fur is a bit longer. They both love the windows!
The look of resignation on Mayhem’s face (plus the side-eye she’s giving Harry), compared to the FOCUS on Harry’s face…
Welcome back!
Heh. Mayhem’s side eye is the best.
Glad to see you again. From all that hair on the floor, you must have looked like Rapunzel.
I love Mayhem’s expression. All the cats are lovely!
Yay 😀
I liked the wizard thing, he should so be the IT guy
Yup yup, the bookshop cat is perfect.
Thanks for the library ebook link. That reminds me that I need to (a) signal boost again, (b) be careful about checking out ebooks, and (c) donate to my local library.
I love the housecat meowing article! That’s so cool. And your kitties look happy in the sun! 😀
I… am not sure what to think of those blueberry cookies. Something tells me I must try making them. They’re just so distinctive!
Lastly, thank you for highlighting why In An Absent Dream is probably my favorite of the Wayward Children books. None of the series have terribly concrete endings, but since IAAD is a flashback novel, I already knew what the ending to that story was going to be. And so it didn’t come with the same sense of vague “what happens next” that I’m usually left with. (Though don’t get me wrong, I still love the series.)
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