vital functions

[kaberett]

Reading. The Silence Factory, Bridget Collins: I think my vague suspicion that I might enjoy a third book by this author more after More Of A Break was, I am inclined to believe, on balance likely correct; I had much less patience for the diary-as-framing-device having just come off the back of having exerted all my suspension of disbelief for the previous one. I think also this one was less structurally-thematically impressive (and not just because I wasn't paying attention? probably?) but fundamentally I did not care anything like as much about any of the individual characters. So. Maybe I will have a reread of The Binding and see how I feel about it in proximity to The Betrayals? (This is not an anti-rec!)

your blue-eyed boys. Comfort reread, in progress. Rolling around in delightedly. Having FEELINGS about themes and mirrors and the way that Part 1 starts out with the limits of Steve's perspective, and how neatly Part 2 opens with Bucky's inversion of the problem. Yes. Delighted. Love it to bits. Not quite crying every other sentence but I continue amused that I definitely cry vastly more on rereads than I did on first read, because good grief the gutpunch of the opening sentences is More when *gestures incoherently*

Furiously Happy, Jenny Lawson: library only has audiobook. I suspiciously put myself in the hold queue for the audiobook following recessional's enthusiastic recommendations of same. I have now listened to a little over an hour and a bit of it, while doing some gardening. I am extremely suspicious about how well it seems to be working -- like, I'm not sure I'm retaining anything, and I'm very sure I'm missing a bunch of stuff I wouldn't in writing, but hey. Not a bad companion for Dealing With Ivy.

Listening. More Hidden Almanac, including First Appearance of Pastor Drom; slightly grumpy with myself for dozing through a chunk of it (to a greater extent than I realised; I did get snippets, but missed more than was apparent at the time) and am steeling myself to relisten.

Cooking. More from East: aubergine katsu curry with pickled radish (meh on my part, but A liked it), roasted carrots and cabbage with gochujang (meh on A's part, but I liked it enough to nibble at it between meals even though I'm unlikely to make it again), asparagus and mangetout with chilli peanut crumb (not actually worth spending in-season asparagus on outside the Cook Everything In This Book project, but pleasing given that context).

Eating. WILD ASPARAGUS is I think the most exciting thing I have eaten this week.

I have been Disappointed by Wagamama. Much less disappointingly, I have been plied with blueberries and yoghurt. Finished the hazel-bay-rye-and-rhubarb cake; have made some progress on the birthday cake I got sent home with.

Exploring. I am currently Away From Home. There are postbox toppers. One of them is Many Round Hedgehogs; another is Sea Creatures including Mollusc. I am sort of curious about who else I might spot in the area.

Making & mending.

Growing. ... I did not get cucumbers started. I did get some more squash into the ground (well, raised beds), and planted out a bunch of tomatoes, and at least two kinds of pea are now flowering, and I will be mildly resentful if I get home and discover all the strawberries have been eaten.

Did I mention that my established rocket remains established? I was a little concerned that I'd buried it under too much manure, and then it showed up in the next bed over.

Observing. BABY WOODPECKER.

Comments

[zasu]

I loved Furiously Happy. I used to follow Jenny Lawson on some blog - maybe on Livejournal? I admire her resilience