I love being bi. I love being in a bisexual relationship; one of my favorite activities is discussing shared celebrity crushes with my partner. I love queer parodies of pop songs. I love the bi flag. I love when I can tell that a book is queer from the first few paragraphs. I love my queer friends.
Finished my #StationEleven rewatch, which firmly solidified its place in my top three shows of all time.
Cuddles with my cat.
Even though I really didn't want to, I managed to drag myself out of my depression pit to walk in the lovely spring weather while listening to my gay little pop music. It did, in fact, help.
Life isn't always easy, but I'm lucky that it's not usually that hard to think of three good things.
We must have at least three points of physical contact at all times. Every time I move, he forcefully presses his chin back into my hand as if correcting my poor form 😂
Today I wrote 1,800 words, more than I've written in weeks. There's something about an achievable deadline, a word limit, and a loose prompt that gets my brain achurning and my fingers atyping.
Maybe I should break my novel projects up into mini themed challenges with deadlines, to try to hack my brain?
The weather was warm enough that I could take a walk on my break.
Spontaneous dinner at a new restaurant in town.
Stopped at a board game cafe and rented a game I've been meaning to try for a while. If I'm honest, I'll probably just end up buying it, but I'm looking forward to a few playthroughs this weekend!
One of our favorite casual #BoardGames is Castles of Mad King Ludwig. You play as the builders of a castle whose king has eccentric and ever-changing priorities.
The asymmetrical mixture of public and secret win conditions makes for a different dynamic each game. Players also take turns setting the prices for rooms, which adds a fun element of social deduction.
Usually the castles end up looking completely wonky, but I think today's were only mildly illogical 😂
I enjoyed this! It features a loveable rogue who's quite different from the usual Pratchett protagonist, top tier satire of corporate greed and bureaucracy, plus a compelling romance. And my beloved golems make an appearance! I enjoyed the depiction of radical activism that doesn't rely on laws or government entities, a nice departure for the setting. Marked down for a pretty fatphobic joke, unfortunately.
Only a true genius could dedicate an entire book to addressing the plot holes of her own setting. Le Guin confronted these contradictions, saw the pain and oppression at the root of them, and used them to craft a beautiful narrative of reconciliation.
I'm dealing with several losses, so the book's focus on the naturalness and necessity of true death, without resurrection or afterlife, has been very cathartic.
Okay, I've decided that 2024 is finally going to be the year I get on #StoryGraph. My Goodreads library import is currently in process and my 2024 goal of 52 books is set 👀
I read a lot of literary fiction, sci fi and speculative fiction more generally, nonfiction, historical fiction, and classics.
I love the look of some of the Storygraph features like mood tagging and buddy reads. Drop your username or DM me if you'd like to be friends!
@hawksquill I’m bleepnik everywhere and welcome new StoryGraph friends! Last year I imported my GR activity and started using it regularly; this year, I’d like to be more active and join their reading challenges and such. https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bleepnik
Books read: 60
Pages read: 23,910
Shortest book: Once & Future Volume 4
Longest book: Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Library books: 35
Ebooks: 31
Audiobooks: 1
Comics/graphic novels: 2
Oldest book: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Newest book: Take What You Need