![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Best Book of 2019
Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 09:43 amBest book of the year was probably the Wayfairers Series by Becky Chambers.
Just as good was The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (series) by Meg Ellison
and Circe by Madeline Miller.
Best Graphic Novel was Rusty Brown by Chris Ware.
Just as good was The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (series) by Meg Ellison
and Circe by Madeline Miller.
Best Graphic Novel was Rusty Brown by Chris Ware.
The Books of November
Saturday, November 30th, 2019 12:40 pmWe had FIVE snow days.
----------
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak: All the important female characters die. That's why you only get 3 stars.
Anonymous by Uzodinma Uweala
The Collector by Sergio Toppi: Very beautiful
Will Williams by Namwail Serpell
The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee: I knew the ending right away but I still cried!
Atlas Obscura by Joshua Foer: I didn't think it would be different from the website but it is a different experience.
UnGirls by Lauren Beukes: She's such a good horror writer, this is my second of hers and recognized her style right away.
Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner
The Beckoning Fair One by by Dan Chaon: That didn't make any sense.
Loam by Scott Heim: AAAHHH SCARY GOOD HORROR
Rusty Brown by Chris Ware. It's a Chris Ware book. Nothing more, nothing less. Always is Best Book of The Year or close.
Sector 7 by David Wesiner. SO BEAUTIFUL.
Falls the Shadow by Skip Horack: Ooof, no one liked this one.
The Hillside by Jane Smiley. Her work has just never clicked with me.
There's No Place Like Home by Edan Lepucki: Probably the best of the Warmer Collection. Great characters.
The Lonesome Body Builder by Yukiko Motoya, Asa Yoneda The Concussion Recovery Guide by Frances Citrone: She's not a doctor. There are some nice hints in here but she's just trying to get you to buy her vitamins, that you need to take because the diet she suggests will leave you with a hearty case of Gout.
----------
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak: All the important female characters die. That's why you only get 3 stars.
Anonymous by Uzodinma Uweala
The Collector by Sergio Toppi: Very beautiful
Will Williams by Namwail Serpell
The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee: I knew the ending right away but I still cried!
Atlas Obscura by Joshua Foer: I didn't think it would be different from the website but it is a different experience.
UnGirls by Lauren Beukes: She's such a good horror writer, this is my second of hers and recognized her style right away.
Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner
The Beckoning Fair One by by Dan Chaon: That didn't make any sense.
Loam by Scott Heim: AAAHHH SCARY GOOD HORROR
Rusty Brown by Chris Ware. It's a Chris Ware book. Nothing more, nothing less. Always is Best Book of The Year or close.
Sector 7 by David Wesiner. SO BEAUTIFUL.
Falls the Shadow by Skip Horack: Ooof, no one liked this one.
The Hillside by Jane Smiley. Her work has just never clicked with me.
There's No Place Like Home by Edan Lepucki: Probably the best of the Warmer Collection. Great characters.
The Lonesome Body Builder by Yukiko Motoya, Asa Yoneda The Concussion Recovery Guide by Frances Citrone: She's not a doctor. There are some nice hints in here but she's just trying to get you to buy her vitamins, that you need to take because the diet she suggests will leave you with a hearty case of Gout.
WASH YOUR GLASSES WITH WARM WATER AND DISH SOAP. YOUR WHOLE GLASSES, ALL THE PARTS, NOT JUST THE LENSES, YOU FILTHY HUMAN.
EVERY DAY!!!
EVERY
DAY
Nose pads should not be green (or broken, or missing). *vomit* If they are starting to turn green, get them changed at the optical. IT'S FREE.
WHEN they are really green and you are taking them to the optical: YOU DAMN WELL BETTER BRING LINDT CHOCOLATES WE ARE NOT PAID ENOUGH TO TOUCH YOUR FACE CHEESE.
EVERY DAY!!!
EVERY
DAY
Nose pads should not be green (or broken, or missing). *vomit* If they are starting to turn green, get them changed at the optical. IT'S FREE.
WHEN they are really green and you are taking them to the optical: YOU DAMN WELL BETTER BRING LINDT CHOCOLATES WE ARE NOT PAID ENOUGH TO TOUCH YOUR FACE CHEESE.
The books of September and October
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 08:47 pmIt's been a month since I was given Amazon Kindle Unlimited AND I was in some many airplanes and trains and two typhoons and 2 snow days.
I know the library and Hoopla are free, but they have terrible methods of browsing and hoopty robots for making suggestions. Like if you tell me I need to read a book, the library is the best place to get it, but if I need to figure out my next book to read than Kindle it is. Hoopla has good things but there's a lot of junk to wade through (but it is also good for comics).
---------
The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China: fantastic.
We Are Loving Bisexuals And They Are Living Bicycles by Chuck Tingle. My first tingler! This really messed up the book recommendation algorithm.
The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay. This one hit hard as a therapist. I may have to try Head Full of Ghosts again.
There There by Tommy Orange. Everything is awful. Well written and beautiful but so so sad.
Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I Knew Before Going To Japan skip.
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung. It was okay.
A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations by Pico Iyer
Window Horses by Ann Marie Fleming. All the characters are worth your emotional investment.
Summer Frost by Blake Crouch. My favorite of the Forward series.
How to Instant Pot: Mastering All the Functions of the One Pot That Will Change the Way You Cook Oh my god, how to clean your Instant Pot. Really clean it.
Splendid Life by Scott C. He shows the process he goes through for his drawings,. I used some of his steps in my Inktobers and they look so much better!
O Josephine! by Jason
Ark by Veronica Roth. It's cute.
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
Randomize by Andy Weir
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1), The Book of Etta (The Road to Nowhere #2), The Book of Flora (The Road to Nowhere, #3) I'll be buying this series for people for Christmas. Very upsetting. Very worth it. Characters that you carry with you.
Circe by Madeline Miller. SO GOOD. Especially if you adored D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths as a young person. Or Xena (has anyone watched those recently, did they hold up?).
A Mind Unraveled by Kurt Eichenwald. Unless you are really into epilepsy or the ADA, you can skip it.
The Remedy by Adam Haslett
Hannah-Beast by Jennifer McMahon. Perfect Halloween!
Miao Dao by Joyce Carol Oates. One of her better ones!
Emergency Skin by NK Jemisin
Oak Avenue by Brandi Reeds. Nice and spooky!
The Tangled Woods by Emily Robateau
The Sleep Tight Motel by Lisa Unger
Brain Safari: 5-Minute Experiments to Explore the Space Between Your Ears
I know the library and Hoopla are free, but they have terrible methods of browsing and hoopty robots for making suggestions. Like if you tell me I need to read a book, the library is the best place to get it, but if I need to figure out my next book to read than Kindle it is. Hoopla has good things but there's a lot of junk to wade through (but it is also good for comics).
---------
The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China: fantastic.
We Are Loving Bisexuals And They Are Living Bicycles by Chuck Tingle. My first tingler! This really messed up the book recommendation algorithm.
The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay. This one hit hard as a therapist. I may have to try Head Full of Ghosts again.
There There by Tommy Orange. Everything is awful. Well written and beautiful but so so sad.
Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I Knew Before Going To Japan skip.
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung. It was okay.
A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations by Pico Iyer
Window Horses by Ann Marie Fleming. All the characters are worth your emotional investment.
Summer Frost by Blake Crouch. My favorite of the Forward series.
How to Instant Pot: Mastering All the Functions of the One Pot That Will Change the Way You Cook Oh my god, how to clean your Instant Pot. Really clean it.
Splendid Life by Scott C. He shows the process he goes through for his drawings,. I used some of his steps in my Inktobers and they look so much better!
O Josephine! by Jason
Ark by Veronica Roth. It's cute.
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
Randomize by Andy Weir
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1), The Book of Etta (The Road to Nowhere #2), The Book of Flora (The Road to Nowhere, #3) I'll be buying this series for people for Christmas. Very upsetting. Very worth it. Characters that you carry with you.
Circe by Madeline Miller. SO GOOD. Especially if you adored D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths as a young person. Or Xena (has anyone watched those recently, did they hold up?).
A Mind Unraveled by Kurt Eichenwald. Unless you are really into epilepsy or the ADA, you can skip it.
The Remedy by Adam Haslett
Hannah-Beast by Jennifer McMahon. Perfect Halloween!
Miao Dao by Joyce Carol Oates. One of her better ones!
Emergency Skin by NK Jemisin
Oak Avenue by Brandi Reeds. Nice and spooky!
The Tangled Woods by Emily Robateau
The Sleep Tight Motel by Lisa Unger
Brain Safari: 5-Minute Experiments to Explore the Space Between Your Ears
I read some books in August
Monday, September 2nd, 2019 02:20 pmHow to Drive: This is mostly for Manual transmission and racing but agonizingly helpful.
A geek in Japan. Kinda dated, suggests going to the Ghibli Museum twice but fails to mention that you NEED reservations MONTHS ahead.
Simple steps to foot pain relief. My feet hurt, like burning, like all the bones in them have been smashed by the Spanish Inquisition. I've been doing the stretches in this book for about a week, and it IS helping. My left foot no longer hurts and my right foot feels like only 2 bones are broken.
May we be Forgiven by AM Holmes. I don't think I recommend this to myself or anyone else and can't really think of a redeeming quality about it.
Square Eyes by Anna Mills. I need to read it again.
Es no es Normal.
El Conchito fugitivo
Building Your Dream Home in Hawaii. Thanks to the checklist on page 1 we have determined that I am not going to build my dream home in Hawaii. For $3 at a used book sale you too can have your very last dream smashed against the rocks by the pounding waves.
A geek in Japan. Kinda dated, suggests going to the Ghibli Museum twice but fails to mention that you NEED reservations MONTHS ahead.
Simple steps to foot pain relief. My feet hurt, like burning, like all the bones in them have been smashed by the Spanish Inquisition. I've been doing the stretches in this book for about a week, and it IS helping. My left foot no longer hurts and my right foot feels like only 2 bones are broken.
May we be Forgiven by AM Holmes. I don't think I recommend this to myself or anyone else and can't really think of a redeeming quality about it.
Square Eyes by Anna Mills. I need to read it again.
Es no es Normal.
El Conchito fugitivo
Building Your Dream Home in Hawaii. Thanks to the checklist on page 1 we have determined that I am not going to build my dream home in Hawaii. For $3 at a used book sale you too can have your very last dream smashed against the rocks by the pounding waves.
We're going back to the garden
Monday, September 2nd, 2019 02:16 pmYou are in the garden and pick a cherry tomato.
Do you wash the tomato before you eat it?
Do you wash the tomato before you eat it?
The Books of June
Monday, July 1st, 2019 08:58 pmI re-read the Sandman series. I do that about once a year.
The Wicked and the Divine: Year 1.
Waves
Ghosts
Sheets
They Draw and Cook
Freshwater: Okay, I really loved the language and the concept, but this one was hard.
The Witchboy.
The Wicked and the Divine: Year 1.
Waves
Ghosts
Sheets
They Draw and Cook
Freshwater: Okay, I really loved the language and the concept, but this one was hard.
The Witchboy.
(no subject)
Monday, June 10th, 2019 10:18 pmHold your light,
Eleven.
Lead me through each gentle step by step
by inch by loaded memory.
I'll move to heal
As soon as pain allows so we can
Reunite and both move on together.
Hold your light,
Eleven. Lead me through each gentle step by step
By inch by loaded memory
'till one and one are one, eleven.
Eleven.
Lead me through each gentle step by step
by inch by loaded memory.
I'll move to heal
As soon as pain allows so we can
Reunite and both move on together.
Hold your light,
Eleven. Lead me through each gentle step by step
By inch by loaded memory
'till one and one are one, eleven.
I forgot April! The Notable Books of April!
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 10:01 pmCome as You Are.
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
Little Fires Everywhere
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
Super Sikh
------------------
I feel like I read more than that?
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
Little Fires Everywhere
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
Super Sikh
------------------
I feel like I read more than that?
Do you even LIKE Pork?
Sunday, March 31st, 2019 04:51 pmBy far too long ago, my favorite Denver restaurant, Harman's, closed due to rising rents.
Since then when asked what my favorite restaurant is I just start crying.
There are other good restaurants here, but none FAVORITE. There are none that make candied bacon peach ice cream with sprinkles and have lilikoi beer.
The Kitchen is close: but it's far, there's no parking, and expensive, and they are stuck up.
There has recently been an announcement....
THE FLYING PIG!
Bacon Company
Eat Drink Oink
Southern and Asian Bacon and Pork Concept
Local Breweries on Tap
COMING SOON TO OLD TOWN ARVADA!
WHICH MEANS I CAN PARK OR BIKE THERE!!!
I waddled over there yesterday. There's not a lot of sign that they'll be open soon... but I'm hoping.... and there's a patio.
Since then when asked what my favorite restaurant is I just start crying.
There are other good restaurants here, but none FAVORITE. There are none that make candied bacon peach ice cream with sprinkles and have lilikoi beer.
The Kitchen is close: but it's far, there's no parking, and expensive, and they are stuck up.
There has recently been an announcement....
THE FLYING PIG!
Bacon Company
Eat Drink Oink
Southern and Asian Bacon and Pork Concept
Local Breweries on Tap
COMING SOON TO OLD TOWN ARVADA!
WHICH MEANS I CAN PARK OR BIKE THERE!!!
I waddled over there yesterday. There's not a lot of sign that they'll be open soon... but I'm hoping.... and there's a patio.
I played some games in 2018
Sunday, December 30th, 2018 06:36 pmI probably didn't read that much since I was busy playing video games.
Pit People came out on March 6th and we've logged 165 hours playing it. As such, Pit People was my favorite game of the year.
Other games I loved:
Oxenfree
Far: Lone Sails
ABZU
Pit People came out on March 6th and we've logged 165 hours playing it. As such, Pit People was my favorite game of the year.
Other games I loved:
Oxenfree
Far: Lone Sails
ABZU
I read some amazing books in October
Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 09:01 pmThe Encyclopedia of the Human Brain volume 2.
Okay, let's say you love neurology. Really Really love neurology. This is the most amazing book ever for you. This is all I talked about all month.
Washington Black: One of the top books of the whole year.
Blood Communion by Anne Rice: MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE WORST BOOK OF THE WHOLE YEARS, many years.
Harley Quinn's Greatest Hits. Adorable.
Hygge & West Home: Design for a Cozy Life. What. I didn't know one could grow up in New Mexico, even if it was Las Cruces, and be this dispassionate. The land of enchantment and her neighbors reject you.
Convenience Store Woman. XOXOXOX!
Okay, let's say you love neurology. Really Really love neurology. This is the most amazing book ever for you. This is all I talked about all month.
Washington Black: One of the top books of the whole year.
Blood Communion by Anne Rice: MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE WORST BOOK OF THE WHOLE YEARS, many years.
Harley Quinn's Greatest Hits. Adorable.
Hygge & West Home: Design for a Cozy Life. What. I didn't know one could grow up in New Mexico, even if it was Las Cruces, and be this dispassionate. The land of enchantment and her neighbors reject you.
Convenience Store Woman. XOXOXOX!
It was August and I read some books
Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 08:10 pmThis month I decided to read about South America.
Eva Luna. I read this already?
Caraval was fine.
Real Friends super cute graphic novel.
Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules (Delilah Dirk #3) IS OUT NOW! GO GET IT! My copy arrived with Delilah waving at me :)
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas. There's no ending?
The Adult Stroke Patient: A Manual for Evaluation & Treatment of Perceptual & Cognitive Dysfunction.
I haven't read this level of woman on woman misogyny outside of Fox News like ever. I cannot believe she did not die from one of her patients stabbing her in the neck with one of the screw drivers that women don't know how to use.
Eva Luna. I read this already?
Caraval was fine.
Real Friends super cute graphic novel.
Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules (Delilah Dirk #3) IS OUT NOW! GO GET IT! My copy arrived with Delilah waving at me :)
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas. There's no ending?
The Adult Stroke Patient: A Manual for Evaluation & Treatment of Perceptual & Cognitive Dysfunction.
I haven't read this level of woman on woman misogyny outside of Fox News like ever. I cannot believe she did not die from one of her patients stabbing her in the neck with one of the screw drivers that women don't know how to use.
Happy Steam Summer Sale!
Suggestions please!
This year so far I am getting:
Rime
The Witcher trilogy
Far: Lone Sails
What remains of Edith Finch
Ori and the blind forest
Subnautica
Brothers
Tiny and Big
Chuchel
The Cave
If you want suggestions:
Pit People
Battleblock Theater
Abzu
INSIDE
Oxenfree
Please, Don't Touch Anything
Pony Island (not about ponies, or islands)
A Story About My Uncle
Year Walk
Samorost (get all their games)
The Room (all of them)
Thomas was Alone
Suggestions please!
This year so far I am getting:
Rime
The Witcher trilogy
Far: Lone Sails
What remains of Edith Finch
Ori and the blind forest
Subnautica
Brothers
Tiny and Big
Chuchel
The Cave
If you want suggestions:
Pit People
Battleblock Theater
Abzu
INSIDE
Oxenfree
Please, Don't Touch Anything
Pony Island (not about ponies, or islands)
A Story About My Uncle
Year Walk
Samorost (get all their games)
The Room (all of them)
Thomas was Alone
