The Goblins Return

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Found this gem on Facebook. Fresh humor on yellow pages that barely hold. I enjoyed it very much. Not sure if it can endure another read without starting to fall apart. But the book was cool, well written, short, and brought me good memories.

I finished the monumental Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo yesterday and my original plan was to blog about it today but then I read the above book to fix the my tastebuds. The Goblins deserve a post, and the Six of Crows can be left to less critical book bloggers.

Flowers

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I’m pleasantly surprised that things can blossom despite the dry summer.

North of Sofia Tech Park, no irrigation anywhere close.

This is in the park, irrigation everywhere.

Hundreds of stage trucks

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I didn’t have a good angle to capture the vast number of stage trucks parked near Arena Sofia, but they were at least 50. So many that they made me want to visit Armin van Buuren’s show this week. What did they bring with the trucks? So curious.

I may settle with reading a book with a similarly named character. Savine dan Glokta is waiting for me.

Exiles by Jane Harper – Book Review

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Jane Harper’s trilogy about Aaron Falk concludes with Exiles – the opposite of an epic thriller.

3 people died over the last years in a small but flourishing Australian town. It’s all written off as accidents but a body is missing and Aaron Falk will start digging. Most of the book it’s not even clear he’s investigating. He doesn’t do much other than enjoy the hospitality of his friends, and whenever he notices something, the writer doesn’t tell us what. However, he’ll find clues and solve all of the cases. It’s all hidden in front of our eyes.

The big issue? This town is way too good. Can Aaron go back to the big city as a federal agent after seeing how all these people live?

I give it 4*/5 and despite the sub-optimal score, I enjoyed it and would read a continuation if one is ever written.

The shelf naturally formed with other low-stress books like Travis Baldree’s Legends and Lattes, two Brandon Sandersons and 3 gamebooks. I have some reading ahead of me.

It’s cool to care

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I walked today alone with my thoughts. I was upset about something and was thinking about ways to resolve the problem. After 30-ish minutes of walking, I saw this reassuring sign. It says “It’s cool to care”.

It is indeed cool to care, but it is not cool to act under the influence of a strong emotion. When a person is in the red, the most productive thing they can do is usually to cool down and get out of the red.

I’m sure the poster wasn’t there to reassure people who care but nevertheless, it helped me get out of the red and move to the orange.

Here’s this generated with an AI duck who doesn’t care.

In case you’ve missed it, the image block now has AI. This duck is the first time I have used it.