Day off, been attending to various mundane chores, was planning stroll to cinema late afternoon after I was done, but not in the mood, so couple of jars and a read in a nice, quiet pub it is.
Very heavy tote bag full of books donated to the charity shop en route, so now I've done my Good Deed for today, I can now be evil 
I've finished: Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory
A wonderful zombie novel for people that don't like the killing fest that is most zombie media.
Written in sections, each part explores new ideas about zombies, exploring their nature and treating them like an extreme type of marginalized people.
Each turn the story takes supplies an interesting new twist that takes you on a new path away from the cookie cutter version of the Zombie Apocalypse story.
I never expected to encounter a 5-Star Zombie novel.
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Ready for a confession? I've WATCHED Anne of Green Gables but never READ Anne of Green Gables. What kind of heathen am I?
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Me, reading One Piece chapter 307 with a big grin: hehehe soon I'll be caught up!
Restarted reading Blade of the Immortal. It has amazong style and some good storytelling to boot. Last time I got lost because of the many characters, but maybe if I read it in one go, I can get through it? Got 4 Master Edition volumes, so that will keep me busy.
After that I should ginally get to agolden Kamuy...
Every paragraph is like this.
I have a couple of these Picador Modern Classics. These use a smaller format with a stiff cardboard cover. The book fits nicely in my smaller hand. Here the image shows The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard. Contrast that with the much larger trade paperback In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova.
It's been a long long time since the size of a novel felt right. I realize I've been labouring under these trade paperback bricks. So heavy. So burdensome.
A few lines from Mort by Terry Pratchett, the last being my offering for #SundaySentence:
"In short, Mort was one of those people who are more dangerous than a bag full of rattlesnakes. He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe.
Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one. The Creator had a lot of remarkably good ideas when he put the world together, but making it understandable hadn't been one of them."
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Finally continued reading Fist of the North Star. Now at volume 6 of the Master Edition.
Historically speaking this manga is so important and while it is entertaining, it also has so many flaws. Character progression is very limited and characters overall are very flat. The setting could be so much more interesting if it were explored more but so far that has not been the case.
Also, where are the women? You have large bands of evil ugly bastards roaming this world, bur where are the mothers? And future mothers?
ah, yes, the contrarian universalist poet, who preached a omnistic instrumentality, a near daoist refusal to distinguish self from other or body from soul, that famed natural pantheist…
yes, of course, that poet was actually secretly professing an evangelist’s eschatological dualism.
right.
(but calling him gay is assigning anachronistic terminology. okay.) #amReading
Somehow this seems particularly apropros right now.
To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection is hosting an Austen read-along all year long. They are currently in the midst of “Mansfield Park!” For the full schedule, go to https://austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along.
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This morning’s breakfast and a book (banana pancakes and This Ravenous Fate). What are you reading this weekend?
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Summer time and the reading is easy. #books #booklovers #amreading
Got a very tattered German version of The Gunslinger by Stephen King from the local #library. This will be the first read after a long break in our #bookclub. I’m excited to read my first King novel. #amreading #booksky
When a superstar falls in love with a super villain, Hollywood lights up.
- EVEN VILLAINS GO TO THE MOVIES
Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd is one of those books that makes me wish I kept better notes. I added it to my TBR ~15 years ago. Did a friend recommend it? Was it featured in a magazine? Did I discover it on the shelf in the bookstore where I was working (RIP to Borders # 33 in Deerfield, Illinois, USA) or the library? I have no idea. 
It's a good mystery/thriller. Could be a bit more compressed, but I'm liking it. #FridayReads #AmReading #Books #Bookstodon #Mystery @bookstodon
