Joel Stainer

Really great short story of his.

I added too much ginger to my chai mixture this week. Was a little burny!

I don't retail that error from the book when I read it.

I dont have any specific plans. I'd like to spin up a youtube channel on the post-apocalyptic sub-genre but honestly doubt I have time. Joining a local SF/Mystery book club that starts next week and that will be a new experience. Plug my way through my award winner lists on StoryGraph.

May have to read House of Leaves then.

Just finished reading Piranesi Went in with pretty low expectations but absolutely loved it. For a book where people complain about the pacing, I could barely put it down. What other books are written in this style? Would love to hear.

I read at a faster pace with physical books. I think I understand the content better as well, though I can't be certain.

I also enjoyed this one. A pretty straightforward forward message and easy enough to read.

Hmm so thats two people who said to stick with it. Maybe I should give it another 50 pages.

Made it 76 pages through The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi and it's a DNF. No plot and no idea why I should care about the characters. An interesting setting can only carry so much water. Hoping his other books are a bit better.

Thanksgiving pumpkin decorating contest. Always a fun time!

A jab at Avi and a very cool breakdown of the challenges involved in performing real science on these objects. Love it!

Yikes. I took this hard.

I can't comment on the blog post directly, but this was a wonderful and timely read for me today. Thank you for it.

The front cover of The Undefeated by Keith Laumer. Features a robotic looking craft of someone kind, parked inside a spaceship.

Well, this book was a ride. As cheesy as they come, with writing that me laughing out loud. The most corny "manly" men as protagonists, and stereotypical hordes of aliens wanting to wipe out humanity. Four formulaic stories. They were fun but I think that's enough Laumer for me.

My favourite from September was City by Clifford Simak.

Oh boy. Working my way through some Keith Laumer stories and he lays the cheesy lines on thick. Before this I had only read Dinosaur Beach, which was entertaining but a similar type of writing. He uses some hilariously bad phrases at times. Almost reminds me of an SF version of The Big Sleep.

Wild Shore is on my shortlist of his as well though I do need to bang out the Mars trilogy on my way through the list of award winners.

Not sure I have completed 14 games in their entirety in my lifetime (would have to think on it). This has been a productive year for you in that regards!

It rolled right into that sweet spot for fans. I knew it would be that way going into it and still quite enjoyed it. Good review.

The front cover to The Gate To Women's Country by Sheri S Tepper. A brown cover with a carved image on the front.

Two battered hardcover books with no dust jackets. Deluge and Dawn by S Fowler Wright.

Stretching the bounds of my suitcase for the way home but hit up a used bookstore here in Ottawa and snagged a few more for my post-apocalyptic collection. This Deluge/Dawn set of two by S Fowler Wright was not on my list so a new find for me! The Tepper book I had been hunting for in the wild.

I am really considering one at this point. An excellent suggestion.

Down to my last book and still have three days of vacation left, including a train ride and a flight. May have to purchase an additional one somewhere along the way! Oh the horror!

By the time the pay off rolled around at the end I was pretty much disinterested. Maybe some of this was a translation issue but I doubt all of it was.

The Orchid Cage by Herbert Franke was a struggle for me to get through. I didn't care for the protagonists, the slow unfolding of the storyline was plodding and convoluted, and the portrayal of the singular woman was particularly egregious in this story.

I used to own that game on Gameboy and could never figure it out. Wonder if I would have more success these days.

I went to a previous release by Premee and it was enjoyable. Thankfully we had enough chairs! I try and buy all of my new books from @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social and then pick up used ones from a couple other places in town. Now, to finish the trilogy...

I ran across this nivella by a local author at an art show and was pleasantly surprised. A solid first offering (as far as I know at least) and I would be interested in reading another book by her.

The front cover of 'The Head'by Robyn Braun. It features a severed doll-like infant head laying on a black surface and staring back at the viewer.

When a severed, but living, infant head appears on her dresser one morning, Dr. Trish Russo needs to figure out how to cope with the situation. This is 'The Head' by Robyn Braun. A bizarre, but intriguing, look at how trauma impacts someone, as well as how those around them treat them differently.

Spent a couple hours with the Perdido Street Station audiobook and decided that I need to read it to do it justice. Having a hard time understanding anything at all in this format.