Iris
@anathema.bsky.social
Book reader, video game enthusiast etc.
This is ominous... hoping it will be nothing.
September 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is ominous... hoping it will be nothing.
7. Hummingbird Salamander (Jeff VanderMeer). I really should have read this with more focus, rather than being interrupted several times - it all rather dissolves in my mind now and that is unfair to it.
August 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
7. Hummingbird Salamander (Jeff VanderMeer). I really should have read this with more focus, rather than being interrupted several times - it all rather dissolves in my mind now and that is unfair to it.
6. The Knight of the Swords (Michael Moorcock). Comfort reread. One of the fastest-paced books I've ever read; as soon as it has done enough with what's in one part of the book it moves on to the next part without delay (reminds me now of the Mabinogion (and similar) in some ways).
August 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
6. The Knight of the Swords (Michael Moorcock). Comfort reread. One of the fastest-paced books I've ever read; as soon as it has done enough with what's in one part of the book it moves on to the next part without delay (reminds me now of the Mabinogion (and similar) in some ways).
5. The Mercy of Gods (James S. A. Corey). Felt very setup-y, but I liked the well enough to want to read more of it.
August 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
5. The Mercy of Gods (James S. A. Corey). Felt very setup-y, but I liked the well enough to want to read more of it.
I think it is! It's like scratching an itch when you find a high concentration of something. Sometimes I have just sat for a minute watching the planet turn.
July 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I think it is! It's like scratching an itch when you find a high concentration of something. Sometimes I have just sat for a minute watching the planet turn.
Planet scanning is sort of relaxing though.
July 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Planet scanning is sort of relaxing though.
This is always the solution!
May 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is always the solution!
I hadn't thought of that, that sounds annoying indeed!
May 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I hadn't thought of that, that sounds annoying indeed!
4. Vintage Murder (Ngaio Marsh). Murder in a touring theatre company in New Zealand. A lot of working out timing and alibis etc, fairly well done, also really nice descriptions of the theatre people and the New Zealand landscape. I rather liked it.
April 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
4. Vintage Murder (Ngaio Marsh). Murder in a touring theatre company in New Zealand. A lot of working out timing and alibis etc, fairly well done, also really nice descriptions of the theatre people and the New Zealand landscape. I rather liked it.
3. The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy). Reread, occasioned by a recent rewatch of Los Angeles Plays Itself. Fits with the theme of mythologization of Los Angeles history, sort of. It's also full of awful people, but I knew that (although it feels like they lose touch with reality towards the end).
March 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
3. The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy). Reread, occasioned by a recent rewatch of Los Angeles Plays Itself. Fits with the theme of mythologization of Los Angeles history, sort of. It's also full of awful people, but I knew that (although it feels like they lose touch with reality towards the end).
2. Herr Nymans Detektivbragd [Mister Nyman's Detective Triumph] (David Nessle). Very lighthearted mystery set in 1908 Stockholm (and the arctic). The mystery is there, but less important than the very well-done depiction of place and comic dialogue. A very pleasant read.
March 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
2. Herr Nymans Detektivbragd [Mister Nyman's Detective Triumph] (David Nessle). Very lighthearted mystery set in 1908 Stockholm (and the arctic). The mystery is there, but less important than the very well-done depiction of place and comic dialogue. A very pleasant read.
("and his knife had a magical attribute: ever since he came here no handle would ever stay on it, and because of that he became sick and weary during his lifetime, and of that he died"; "Cai was clever. He could be as tall as the tallest tree in the forest when it pleased him.")
March 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
("and his knife had a magical attribute: ever since he came here no handle would ever stay on it, and because of that he became sick and weary during his lifetime, and of that he died"; "Cai was clever. He could be as tall as the tallest tree in the forest when it pleased him.")