Still reading The Tyrant Baru Cormoran. This stuff is dense and rich, and takes time to digest. Also, only so much of certain types of body horror I can take in one go. So while I usually read a book in one or two days, this one's taking me a lot longer, started on the 20th and I'm about 4/5 done. Needless to say, I think it's a great book.
I've been meaning to do this for a while, and tonight I finally supported @mwl for his new book: Run Your Own Mail Server: A Book for Independence & Privacy
Every book I've read by mwl has gifted me with smiles, laughter, knowledge, awareness, and a desire to experiment.
Can't wait to dive into this new work!
Emma, by Jane Austen.
You are but one and twenty, a gentleman’s daughter, but fixed on never marrying so that you may care for your hypochondriac father; this, however, does not dissuade you from the disastrous matchmaking you attempt for others, which goes wildly awry, embroiling yourself even, though you are always sensible to the distinction of rank.
4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈. @bookstodon#bookstodon#reading#books#marriage#class
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While a crowd favorite, from all of her books, this is the one I like the least. I find the idea of Emma toying with a young woman's future out of boredom and entitlement quite unappealing. I know, I know, it all ends well, but still, I can't get over that part.
As a reader: early Hârn sourcebooks (the current ones from Columbia are tedious, but Crossby's classics are warmly immersive), the Fighting Fantasy world material (Allansia/Titan/Blacksand), Magnamund, Thieves' Guild/Haven, most of the GURPS historical sourcebooks, anything from Chaosium from roughly 1983-1993.
As a gamer: Autoduel America, Alpha Complex, the London of GURPS Goblins, and whatever homebrew fantasy world a good GM is excited about.