This thing exists in my neighbourhood, covered with concrete and asphalt, and besieged by cars. It’s a shy White Lilly, according to my Picture This app. ❤️
Lilly
May in Books
I read 11 books last month, 9 recognized by Goodreads and 2 – not. Goodreads has clear issues with the Librarians not catching up with new books.
The tied first for the last month was between Thraxas at War by Martin Scott and All Systems Red by Martha Wells. Thraxas was a mature story with a good balance. The Murderbot #1 was fresh and new.
Honorable mention for Rebecca Yarros and Fourth Wing – it’s engaging and has dragons.
The worst book from last month was Rocannon’s World by Ursula Le Guin. She inspired me greatly in building my own system of values, for example about active listening. However, Rocannon focuses on describing a fantasy world with multiple coexisting aliens and spaceships. It wasn’t as cool as Stephanie Plum, page-turning like the Fourth Wing, or just great all-around like Thraxas and Murderbot.
I also completed 2 game books, one so absurd that it deserves a separate post.
Tea Time
I spent years of my life in a place called the City of Lindens. I love it when it smells like tea.
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen?
Daily writing prompt
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen?
10pm is reading time. The computer has to go off. Saturday and Sunday are days with afternoon naps. The inner cat awakes in me and I sleep. This almost makes the week feel 9 days long.
Longer-time unplugs are much harder to organize and vacationing usually fills the day with activities that don’t involve work rather than unplugging.
Book Fair Part Two
I visited the boor fair for a second time but the odds were not in my favour. Started raining after the first minutes and didn’t manage to find anything substantial. Got home with a tiny new book, about 50 pages of absurd comedy that took me half an hour to complete. Details about it in a few days.
What impressed me the most was the new edition of the Stormlight Archive. Pretty and shiny. Artline Studios go above and beyond lately.
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