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Jun. 20th, 2023 08:28 pm1. Finished Marvelous Mrs. Maisel which is allegedly loosely based on Joan Rivers early career. If you squint you can kind of see a resemblance?
( spoilery review )
2. Burn it Down by Maureen Ryan - takes no prisoners.
If I didn't already know Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, and Jared Leto were assholes - I do now.
( Read more... )
3. Ugh, reading slump continues. I am giving up on The Witch King. I am finding it difficult to follow. My attention keeps wandering. I think I may have too much of a brain fog on the subways and trains to read this. (I read mainly on my commute, and lately, I tend to be kind of tired?)
I did sleep better last night. Went to be around 9:30-10. Woke up twice in the night. So not too bad.
Maybe got 6-7 hours.
Anyhow...I can't read something with War scenes, I get bored. War scenes in books tend to bore me on a good day. Sleep deprived? Having hot flashes? Sweating? Forget about it. Also not that interested in demons inhabiting humans. The fantasy world - is not well described, and the dialogue isn't grabbing me - so I'm kind of getting a little lost?
I'm not saying its a bad book. I really don't know. Just that it is not holding my attention.
Also, somehow, I accidentally wasted a credit on an audible book that I did not want. I don't know how it happened. Just that it did. Either that or the Universe decided I should listen to The Last Action Heroes? Somehow I doubt that. I got paranoid for a bit at work - thinking maybe someone hacked into my account to get me to use a credit on The Last Action Heroes - but that seems patently absurd. So most likely a tricky finger? I don't know. It's not that easy to expend a credit.
Anyhow, I'm hunting a new book to read. I may end up reading either one by Cat Sebastian, or there's one that I started on the train about a former film maker, who lost the ability to walk, committed suicide, is now in a mental health facility - who gets offered a job to help find missing supernatural creatures in Hollywood. I didn't know I owned it. It's weird.
It may be a Kindle Unlimited. It did win fantasy awards. I'll see if I can locate the title...ah, it's called Borderline, Arcadia Project #1 by Mishell Baker.
Here's the snyopsis...
( Read more... )
It's at least different. The Cat Sebastian Book that I toyed with is The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes.
synopsis:
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I'm envious of Ellen Kurshner - who is living the life I can only dream of. But can't obtain. (Granted I'm not bisexual or a lesbian - sometimes I wish I was but I'm not. Men can be difficult.) Envy is always about wanting something you can't figure out how to get. The Artist Way would tell me to work on my novels, and maybe plan a trip somewhere.
Kurshner is also adorable.
4. News..
* My poor relatives are sweltering in Texas according to mother and the weather. It's 120 Degrees in Southern Texas.
* Orcas
Post: Oh no, the Orcas are ramming the Boats
Meanwhile...the novelists on book twitter are plotting how to kill yacht owners with Orcas. Apparently JKR has a 19M dollar yacht and this has given them ideas.
* Also, they lost the submersible containing nine rich people. (It costs $250,000 to take the submersible to see the Titantic wreckage. Apparently some people are willing to pay a lot of money for a Darwin Award.) They can't find it. And are worried - because there's not a lot of oxygen in there. It's international - because nine rich idiots from around the world decided to do this.
Man to his son: How'd you like to visit the Titantic Wreckage in a submersible tank for your birthday?
Son: Oh that sounds really cool!
Me: I don't know this sounds like a horror movie begging to be made. It kind of writes itself.
People on Twitter were upset that people were poking fun of this. (I'm sorry, but am I meant to feel sorry for nine rich nitwits who decided to spend $250K to get the own personal Darwin Award? I'm not that nice.)
5. Oh, here's a drawing I did of a female Captain America in a homemade Captain America costume. I liked it. So I'm sharing it.
( spoilery review )
2. Burn it Down by Maureen Ryan - takes no prisoners.
If I didn't already know Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, and Jared Leto were assholes - I do now.
( Read more... )
3. Ugh, reading slump continues. I am giving up on The Witch King. I am finding it difficult to follow. My attention keeps wandering. I think I may have too much of a brain fog on the subways and trains to read this. (I read mainly on my commute, and lately, I tend to be kind of tired?)
I did sleep better last night. Went to be around 9:30-10. Woke up twice in the night. So not too bad.
Maybe got 6-7 hours.
Anyhow...I can't read something with War scenes, I get bored. War scenes in books tend to bore me on a good day. Sleep deprived? Having hot flashes? Sweating? Forget about it. Also not that interested in demons inhabiting humans. The fantasy world - is not well described, and the dialogue isn't grabbing me - so I'm kind of getting a little lost?
I'm not saying its a bad book. I really don't know. Just that it is not holding my attention.
Also, somehow, I accidentally wasted a credit on an audible book that I did not want. I don't know how it happened. Just that it did. Either that or the Universe decided I should listen to The Last Action Heroes? Somehow I doubt that. I got paranoid for a bit at work - thinking maybe someone hacked into my account to get me to use a credit on The Last Action Heroes - but that seems patently absurd. So most likely a tricky finger? I don't know. It's not that easy to expend a credit.
Anyhow, I'm hunting a new book to read. I may end up reading either one by Cat Sebastian, or there's one that I started on the train about a former film maker, who lost the ability to walk, committed suicide, is now in a mental health facility - who gets offered a job to help find missing supernatural creatures in Hollywood. I didn't know I owned it. It's weird.
It may be a Kindle Unlimited. It did win fantasy awards. I'll see if I can locate the title...ah, it's called Borderline, Arcadia Project #1 by Mishell Baker.
Here's the snyopsis...
( Read more... )
It's at least different. The Cat Sebastian Book that I toyed with is The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes.
synopsis:
( Read more... )
I'm envious of Ellen Kurshner - who is living the life I can only dream of. But can't obtain. (Granted I'm not bisexual or a lesbian - sometimes I wish I was but I'm not. Men can be difficult.) Envy is always about wanting something you can't figure out how to get. The Artist Way would tell me to work on my novels, and maybe plan a trip somewhere.
Kurshner is also adorable.
4. News..
* My poor relatives are sweltering in Texas according to mother and the weather. It's 120 Degrees in Southern Texas.
* Orcas
Post: Oh no, the Orcas are ramming the Boats
Meanwhile...the novelists on book twitter are plotting how to kill yacht owners with Orcas. Apparently JKR has a 19M dollar yacht and this has given them ideas.
* Also, they lost the submersible containing nine rich people. (It costs $250,000 to take the submersible to see the Titantic wreckage. Apparently some people are willing to pay a lot of money for a Darwin Award.) They can't find it. And are worried - because there's not a lot of oxygen in there. It's international - because nine rich idiots from around the world decided to do this.
Man to his son: How'd you like to visit the Titantic Wreckage in a submersible tank for your birthday?
Son: Oh that sounds really cool!
Me: I don't know this sounds like a horror movie begging to be made. It kind of writes itself.
People on Twitter were upset that people were poking fun of this. (I'm sorry, but am I meant to feel sorry for nine rich nitwits who decided to spend $250K to get the own personal Darwin Award? I'm not that nice.)
5. Oh, here's a drawing I did of a female Captain America in a homemade Captain America costume. I liked it. So I'm sharing it.