I am big sad today because although I have my surgery in 5 days, I will be likely having to completely miss a halloween trip I planned with my friends this week. No books still, just lots of rest and water and Zofran. My cats and knitting have kept me company though.

Life has been busy, which means that I’ve mostly switched into maintenance mode and just read a lot of fanfiction (easily digestable, right there on my phone, familiar characters and tropes - perfect for turning my brain off for a bit). I can’t quite decide what “real” book to start next - considering When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain.

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I’m almost done with Without You There Is No Us and will start Our Wives Under the Sea next. WYTINU is interesting. The author kind of hints at parallels between Christianity and the N. Korean regime, since the school she is working for is funded by Christian evangelicals so her coworkers are missionaries, though ofc they aren’t allowed to promote their religion to the students or even practice it openly. I have read a couple of autobiographies by N. Korean defectors and it’s interesting to now see a westerner’s impressions from the inside. Her family was split during the war and eventually came to America so she has a unique perspective.

I’ve been having a hard time reading and this is technically not a book, but I’ve been reading a speculative evolution project called Serina: A Natural History of the World of Birds

It’s fascinating and has great illustrations, I recommend it