Reading Wednesday 12/12
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livRecently acquired: Did I mention that cjwatson found me the most extraordinary book for an anniversary present: a graphic novel version of The castle by Franz Kafka, translated by David Zane Mairowitz, illustrated by JaromÃr 99. I've flicked through it a bit and the illustrations are the most gorgeous monochrome, almost wood-cut style, and very appropriate for Kafka.
Currently reading: The masked city by Genevieve Cogman. It's the sequel to The invisible library which I enjoyed very much. I started it while I was ill as it's quite light, and I'm enjoying it, though I'm not hugely drawn into the story yet.
Up next: Probably What Katy did next by Susan Coolidge, in preparation for spending Christmas in Nice like she did.
And since I never manage Follow Friday, let me recommend a few people who regularly write thinky stuff likely to be interesting to people who don't know them personally.
I assume everybody is already reading siderea? But in case any new people don't know of her, you should definitely check out her journal. She's a genius of the DW medium specifically, which is related to being very good at general blogging or essay writing, but it's more than just that. Also incredible levels of insight into how humans behave in relationships and groups. Lots of super-interesting stuff lately about public health and the practice of medicine.
melannen is really riding the wave of the DW revival. She's good on meta-fandom and blogging about blogging, but also random interesting stuff like fisking bad psych papers and discussing the implications of Le Guin's fictional group marriage system.
silveradept is fantastic at exploring interesting ideas in a lot of detail and depth. They're doing writing advice for December Days, but I also strongly recommend their linkspams, and essays on other topics. I am getting a lot out of this post about Advent, for example.
cjwatson found me the most extraordinary book for an anniversary present: a graphic novel version of The castle by Franz Kafka, translated by David Zane Mairowitz, illustrated by JaromÃr 99. I've flicked through it a bit and the illustrations are the most gorgeous monochrome, almost wood-cut style, and very appropriate for Kafka. Currently reading: The masked city by Genevieve Cogman. It's the sequel to The invisible library which I enjoyed very much. I started it while I was ill as it's quite light, and I'm enjoying it, though I'm not hugely drawn into the story yet.
Up next: Probably What Katy did next by Susan Coolidge, in preparation for spending Christmas in Nice like she did.
And since I never manage Follow Friday, let me recommend a few people who regularly write thinky stuff likely to be interesting to people who don't know them personally.
siderea? But in case any new people don't know of her, you should definitely check out her journal. She's a genius of the DW medium specifically, which is related to being very good at general blogging or essay writing, but it's more than just that. Also incredible levels of insight into how humans behave in relationships and groups. Lots of super-interesting stuff lately about public health and the practice of medicine. melannen is really riding the wave of the DW revival. She's good on meta-fandom and blogging about blogging, but also random interesting stuff like fisking bad psych papers and discussing the implications of Le Guin's fictional group marriage system.silveradept is fantastic at exploring interesting ideas in a lot of detail and depth. They're doing writing advice for December Days, but I also strongly recommend their linkspams, and essays on other topics. I am getting a lot out of this post about Advent, for example.
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