Today's reading
Apr. 2nd, 2020 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianSentimental Reasons by Frostfire
Sam/Rick never occurred to me when watching Casablanca, but I liked this a lot.
Love Stories from the Jungle by Patrick Samphire
Response while reading: disappointment in the lack of specific place or identity
Response after reading: wow, fuck you
(It's a massive downer and feels weirdly condescending.) The language is lovely, but I hated it.
Bounced off two other free stories by the same author.
A Threadbare Carpet by Kate Heartfield
It's a little spare, I seem to want more immersive stories these days, but I liked the magic and the women characters.
Old Souls by Fonda Lee
I liked this a lot better than the Green Bone books; still pretty violent, but more relatable characters. It has a really remarkable search-and-replace error for Kegan/Mark, though, wow. I emailed the site about it, because of course I did.
The Beast and the Hummingbirds by Madison McSweeney
A good creepy little fairy tale.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Elvish Lembas by adspexi
:)
Other news:
Substituted a video chat for our monthly brunch with my half-sister. I wish we could have talked about anything but the news, but with everyone housebound, it was hard to find other topics. We had some good laughs, though.
I started making boiled chocolate cookies before checking that we had enough oats, and I was really down about it, but Emily happened to have a whole canister of Spare Oat. What a good girlfriend.
Sam/Rick never occurred to me when watching Casablanca, but I liked this a lot.
Love Stories from the Jungle by Patrick Samphire
Response while reading: disappointment in the lack of specific place or identity
Response after reading: wow, fuck you
(It's a massive downer and feels weirdly condescending.) The language is lovely, but I hated it.
Bounced off two other free stories by the same author.
A Threadbare Carpet by Kate Heartfield
It's a little spare, I seem to want more immersive stories these days, but I liked the magic and the women characters.
Old Souls by Fonda Lee
I liked this a lot better than the Green Bone books; still pretty violent, but more relatable characters. It has a really remarkable search-and-replace error for Kegan/Mark, though, wow. I emailed the site about it, because of course I did.
The Beast and the Hummingbirds by Madison McSweeney
A good creepy little fairy tale.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Elvish Lembas by adspexi
:)
Other news:
Substituted a video chat for our monthly brunch with my half-sister. I wish we could have talked about anything but the news, but with everyone housebound, it was hard to find other topics. We had some good laughs, though.
I started making boiled chocolate cookies before checking that we had enough oats, and I was really down about it, but Emily happened to have a whole canister of Spare Oat. What a good girlfriend.
