What I’ve Read
The Aphorisms of Kherishdar by M.C.A. Hogarth -These two are both short story collections in a calm and ordered alien world, with a societal structure that is managed by some careful philosophy and art and social structures. It’s got some slightly kinky undertones, and I’m re-reading because I got paperback copies of the books as a gift from a friend. It’s delightful and probably not for everyone and I read one ofthese a day while I started showing early signs of covid.

The Admonishments of Kherishdar by M.C.A. Hogarth

Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia – This re-read for book club was great and I think the book holds up. I am looking forward to the discussion.

What I’m Reading

The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction - Nick Groom - 39%

The Traitor Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson - 19% - abandoned, audiobook recalled by library

Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection - Julia Kristeva -static

True Colors - Karen Traviss - 28% - a little progress

Too Like The Lightning - Ada Palmer - Static

What I'll Read Next

The Calculating Stars - Xing Book Club
Babel - Looks like it will on the Hugos list eventually, I'm trying to get out ahead of things

Owned and need to read: California Bones, Raven Song by IA Ashcroft, Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert, Even Though I Know the End by CL Polk, At The Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard, Tamryn Eradani's Enchanting Encounters Books 2 and 3, Like Real People Do by EL Massey, Tom Stoppard, invention of love. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty, "You Just Need to Lose Weight" and Other Myths about Fatness by Aubrey Gordon, Alisha Rai Partners in Crime, the Right Swipe, Aphorisms of Kerishdar

Owned and Read/Reading: Frey Marske's A Restless Truth, Susanna Clarke's Pirenesi, True Colors by Karen Traviss
What I’ll Read Next

Life: Well, three years was a pretty good run. I have Covid. My spouse came back from an international family trip, aka, the exact way they got Covid in October. But they weren’t coughing or ill when theygot back and the rapid rest was negative, so we didn’t put them quarantine… until the day AFTER they got back, when theyhad a cough and a fever. The first positive test the next day. So, here we are.

We both got paxlovid and took time off work and we are recovering well – I cannot imagine how awful this would be if there were no effective means of treatment. I am trying to rest as well as I can, because I think that’s linked to better long term results, so, we’ll see if I can read some things.