Welcome to #CheckIn for Sunday, October 5
Hey there, Cass here!
I think everyone is feeling a little overwhelmed with news; I’ve been checking out the library. I’ve finally figured out cozy mysteries/sci-fi are the same subversive stories I grew up enjoying. Younger, often female, protagonists who find they can solve problems in a mysteries/space opera setting. There’s usually a bit of romance thrown in. I was very happy to find C.J. Archer, a prolific author based in Melbourne, through the library. She has several series and the first book in a few of her series are free so you can see if you enjoy the theme. I’ve been stocking up for our holiday since our library does require an internet connection to open books.
Found any new media (or old media) to escape into?
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Karl Auerbach
in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •A couple of decades ago I started going back and re-reading all of the books I hated in high school. There must be some really great editors out there because on the more recent reading the books got much better.
Right now I am re-reading Sinclair Lewis "Arrowsmith" and also Thorton Wilder's "Skin of Our Teeth".
I am thinking of attempting a second read of the massive "Dream of the Red Chamber" (or Red Mansions, or "Story of the Stone") - it is an incredible book - oft' considered the greatest novel of the last 1000 years, an assertion with which I do not disagree - but it is 2500 pages with over 400 characters. It makes a Russian novel seem tame.
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •@Cass Have you heard of the Phryne Fisher murder mysteries? These books are written by another Melbourne author, Kerry Greenwood. They have also been turned into a television series.
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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Series 1 trailer
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • •From the books I obtained over the years I have started re-sorting some into piles now. Fortunately there's an English speaking bookstore nearby that sells pre-owned books. I may hand them a pile of the "read once, won't a second time" in mint condition if the business model concludes.
@Karl Auerbach as you may know, very selective knowledge of, say, the raunchy bits of the Red Chamber get you far in life, for the level of indirectness and the art of innuendo too. I have yet to read a single page really, but references to it may inspire many a conversation.
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • •Oh btw its silent sunday hashtag day. This is from a walk in just above zero walk along the Baltic sea, days after a massive storm had passed.
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •Third upvote for Murderbot!
More comfort food reading: Becky Chambers Monk and Robot books and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.
Then T. Kingfisher's Clockwork Boys/The Wonder Engine and Delilah S. Dawson's Pell Series (Kill the Farm Boy, No Country for Old Gnomes, and The Princess Beard).
And finally, Legends and Lattes.
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •When the moon hits your eye kicked off my latest library escape @Jay Bryant, he called it the last in a loose trilogy, all of which i enjoyed. I feel like cozy is code for no soft porn.
@Muse those look like the Miss Fisher series could be based on them.
Read Murderbot when they first came out, I was surprised to enjoy it when Well's other writing is not my cup of tea.
Elementary was good, I've been watching Supernatural convention videos and am thinking of a Stargate rewatch.
I'm starting to understand my MIL just watches movies from the 50s/60s.
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •Not doing much reading lately as the energy required for daily living tasks has increased by at least double since I had my stroke. I am actually in the process of sorting through physical books to give away as I eventually need to move to somewhere more accessible.
When I do read it's mostly nonfiction although I have enjoyed a couple of Scalzi's books lately and have discovered the old Poul Anderson alternative history and fantasy books from the '60s, which won all sorts of awards back in the day. Next up is The Broken Sword, a retelling of Norse myth.
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •I frequently find books and magazines tucked away.
Many hours frittered away looking through old Analog Science fiction mags, or scifi short story collections.
Back in the 90's and early 2000's we were both sucked into the QPBC ( quality paper back club ), a Book of the Month offshoot. There are still books from back then that are unread, at least by me. So I have lots to choose from, if I choose to indulge.
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •one of the running "jokes" (story lines) in "Joy of Life" (Chinese TV series) is that the main character is thought to be the author of "Dream of the Red Chamber" but really he is just writing it down from his "memory" of his previous life.
Many characters ask him for the latest "episode"
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •For really boring reading I have two recommendations:
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •That's why I didn't know about it. I've been boycotting Apple since the 1980s.
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in reply to CheckIn Posting • • •Mirror Visions: Chirona: A Word Opera (1st Draft)
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