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Over the weekend I read Planet of Exile by Ursula K Le Guin and now I've just started Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey.

Cool! I've never read Salman Rushdie. Yet.

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld was really good.

Now I'm trying to pick a new read.

Lords of Uncreation was really, really good.

Next: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld.

Hade 100 000 delningar på det här inlägget men med fel bild. Hjälp gärna till att dela det med rätt bild.

Damn you autocorrect. I grew up with the paintings, nothing else...

A painting. In the background firtrees. Through the painting there is a stream, next to a stream a man is doing something with old-timey equipment, powered by a waterwheel. The angle of the waterwheel is really odd, and doesn't follow the stream at all.

A painting. In the background is a lake in front of a couple of mountains. In front of the lake are some trees and two very odd moose, one male and one female. Their back legs are In weird positions, they kind of look like they need to pee. The female's face almost look more like a wolf than a moose.

A couple of wonky paintings that I grej up with.

Coolt!

Spelade också Gloomhaven igår. Jag spelar Cragheart och vi gjorde vår första lvl 2 dunge. Det var inte helt lätt 😀

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"The blood was only ever a means to an end," the vampire confessed in the interview.

"To what end?" the reporter asked.

"Blood carries vigor, life force, vital energy. That's what we feed on."

"So how do you get it, if not through blood?"

"These days, we make doom scrolling apps to drain it."

Vi vädjar till regeringen att tänka om Det är orimligt att införa ny lagstiftning som i realiteten innebär besparingar i skolan. Mohamsson blundar för problemet, skriver företrädare för SKR i en slutreplik om lärares arbetstid.

Lärare har vädjat till SKR att bry sig om deras arbetsbelastning i många år. SKR har skitit fullständigt i detta. Det här är en extremt provocerande text från den organisation som bär störst ansvar för att lärare blivit ett farligt jobb för den psykiska hälsan.

skr.se/pressrum/akt...

Good to know. Many artificial sweeteners have laxative effects & I'm oversensitive to those. No soda for me when I visit the UK.

Arrow's Flight was great.

Next up: Lords of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was entertaining.

Next up: Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey.

My first read in 2026 was Reading Lessons by Carol Atherton. Enjoyable and interesting.

Now I'm reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows.

PS. Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green. Readable and informative about an extremely important topic!

The Final Architecture by Adrian Tchaikovsky, really enjoyed the first two books, I have to finish the series.

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner, a spinster moves to the countryside and becomes a witch.

Now to go pick my next read... 😀

Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey, enjoyed more than expected based on friends' description.

Finished The Centenal Cycle by Malka Older, so interesting!

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar, beautiful!

The Woods at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke, beautiful!

I read 74 books in 2025: pretty good for me. Here are some highlights:

Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Emily Marshwic: a favourite character from 2025.

The Saint of Steel-books by T Kingfisher, a delightful series!

Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay, one of my favourite authors.

I really enjoyed Arrows of the Queen.

I don't know what I want to read next. I'll have a look through my shelves and try to find something fun.

A Single Thread was pretty good.

Next read: Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey.

Where the Axe Is Buried was really good, very interesting.

Next up: A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier.

The Werewolf of Whitechapel was entertaining.

Next up: Where the Axe Is Buried by Ray Nayler.

Giving students thoughtful, personalized feedback and instruction is not a problem that originates from the difficulty for an instructor to generate feedback, it is a problem that originates from institutions pivoting to student:instructor ratios where that dynamic is not logistically feasible.

Eyes of the Void was so good!!!

Now for something different: The Werewolf of Whitechapel by Suzannah Rowntree.

Lektionerna började i slutet av vecka 34. Då hade jag ca 40 blyertspennor. Sedan har elever "lånat pennor".

Nu har jag 9. Ja, och en handfull som kommit tillbaka brutna i småbitar. Dags att sluta låna ut pennor...

Eleven har rätt, det är jättesvårt att rekrytera spansklärare.

Besked: vi ska öppna en grupp till i nybörjarTYSKA så kan de som vill byta. Men, de har ju läst spanska i FEM år!?! Hur stor är chansen att det sitter 6-8 elever där som har lust att byta språk OCH missa extra meritpoäng!?!

Hälsningar en sjukt irriterad lärare.

Från en lärare som vill vara anonym: Jag talade om för ledningen att 40 elever i en grupp i spanska 4 är för många INNAN eleverna kom tillbaka.

Jag har fortfarande 40 elever!?! Och är placerad i en sal som med hjälp av skohorn och smörjolja rymmer 34 bänkar.