What I’ve Read
Babel – by RF Kuang -  Xing Book Club – Oh, man, this book was devastating. I truly could not tell how this was going to end, and in some sense it may have actually split that difference by having several characters have very different outcomes from the same journey. I loved Robin; his hope and his hopelessness both felt deeply explored, and I am really looking forward to the bookgroup to talk about it.

Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men -Ben Dewey, Evan Dorkin – Some excerpts from this comic book had crossed my Tumblr dash and I think it is lovely – Tonally a bit more adventure focused than I was expecting, but lovely art and really good characters, too!

What I’m Reading:
The King in Yellow 25% -static – The next story up for me would be In the Court of the Dragon
The Count of Monte Cristo – 23 % Getting into the swing of the revenge plot!
Kristeva Powers of Horror -back in the swing of things! Chapter 2 for the end of the month.

The Witch King - Martha Wells - p232 – Why did it take me this long to realize there’s some Supernatural DNA in this? I really enjoyed this the past few days.

What I’ll Read Next
Book Club – This is how you lose the time war

Library books:
The last unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The way home : two novellas from the world of The last unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.

Unnatural magic by C.M. Waggoner.
For the wolf by Hannah Whitten.
Horror: a very short introduction by Darryl Jones.

The spear cuts through water bySimon Jimenez.
Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum.

The artist's reality : philosophies of art by Mark Rothko ; edited and with an introduction by Christopher Rothko.
Into the Riverland by Nghi Vo
Fun home : a family tragicomic by Alison Bechdel.

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

or, why I’m disappointed with Jared Leto

So the thing about Joker that makes him a hard character to write and portray is not that he’s edgy or violent or somehow more insane than other villains - those are traits that are actually pretty common for villains? Like, willingness to engage in violence is pretty standard, wearing weird clothes for effect is done for most villains, and ‘insanity’ in comic book movies comes in so many flavors and shade that it kind of has no meaning.

( what makes joker hard is he has to be fucking funny )( what makes joker hard is he has to be fucking funny )
And have some more thoughts about comedy from here - click on thru for the video from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, it's totally worth it.

Some more thought on how comedy set up and rules of funny work from Nerdgerhl's tumblr:

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