First attempt at orange chicken. I think I overdid it with the ginger, but not too bad!

#dinner #food

I responded to one of my favorite authors monthly newsletter and they replied back.

You can never take that away from me.

I couldn't make it this year 😥

I'm hoping some of that SIKTC merch will end up being available online!

The Desert Sear by Peter V. Brett Peter Brett's The Desert Spear continues the post-apocalyptic adventure he began in his highly ac...

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Book 13/50

Some retellings of stories from the first book but from different points of view. Lots of trigger warnings needed, and the author isn't great about writing women, but I still like the story.

#booksky #storygraph

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett For hundreds of years, demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human population. It ...

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Book 12/50 (reread)

With Demon King out on April 7th, I decided to reread everything leading up to the final boss.

"There's a wide world out there, for those willing to brave the dark"

#booksky #storygraph #petervbrett #thepaintedman

Mockingbird by Walter Tevis "Set in a far future in which robots run a world with a small and declining human population" (Sa...

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Book 11/50

When humans leave it to robots to take care of humans, it ends exactly how you would expect.
Very thought provoking story of what happens when people stop thinking for themselves.

Only the mockingbird sings at the edge of the woods

#booksky

I am the palm and this is only wind

Breath of Oblivion by Maurice Broaddus The second book in a trilogy where the futuristic technology of Black Panther meets the scale of ...

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Book 10/50

This is a solid series. I will read the 3rd at some point.
It's difficult to describe all that's happening, because there's so much, but I'm thinking it will all tie together in the end.

#booksky #storygraph

Sophie is helping me with homework

I'm actually too shy to ask.
Sorry

I can't even with this place

Graphic shows my reading wrap up stats from February 2026

This is a neat feature of @thestorygraph.com

Ok

Super happy with this one

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves...

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Book 9/50

I thought it was cute. Similar to Blood Over Bright Haven in some ways.
The way the school gets students is odd, and no teachers is weird.
Feels like the author picked the setting by throwing a dart at a board, but I kinda enjoyed it

#booksky

Some self care today

Taking myself out to breakfast, then coffee while I read a book

Still have chores, but squeezing in time for other things

In our house we use garlic bread for the grilled cheese because why the hell not

Neuromancer by William Gibson Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction ...

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Book 8/50

Definitely a product of its time. The story was good, but it seemed like the amount of slang I had to figure out was pretty high.
Ended in an anticlimactic way. Glad I read it, but not something I'll read again.

#booksky #storygraph

Nobody Praying For Me

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The Medici Manuscript by C.J. Archer One book can change your life.Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of...

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Book 7/50

I'm enjoying the Glass Library series. CJ Archer writes fun stories with likeable characters. (Willie is my favorite).
The mystery is just a small part of the overall book, but I like it.

#booksky #cjarcher #glasslibrary #storygraph

Got an additional library card for a catalog out of my area!

More books!

Oh yeah

Markets gonna be full of people buying cards and flowers today

I hate it

I liked "Earth As It Is On Television" by Emily Jane. It seemed to start off a little tense but quickly turned to light hearted and fun, imo

Pendulum Swing

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I'm having some feelings today

#shawnjames #pendulumswing

The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by the...

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Book 6/50

I did not care for this book. It felt twice as long as it really needed to be, and doesn't seem to lead into the 3rd book.
The narrator sounded like ai. Turns out it's an actual person?
Not reading the 3rd.

#booksky #storygraph #threebodyproblem

There's violence.

And a chicken

Bookshop.org Teams with Draft2Digital The online bookselling platform has partnered with the self-publishing company to allow self-published authors to sell e-books on its site.

For so long Amazon has had a monopoly on selling self-published books. Good to see that @bookshop.org is ready to compete in the space! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience the Hugo Aw...

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Book 5/50

This was interesting. It made me think about the reasons we try to advance as a species and I think it's almost always defensive. It ended on a well written cliffhanger and I'll read the next one for sure.

#booksky #threebodyproblem #storygraph

I decided to give myself the treat of a donut, which I didn't normally do.

The donut was extremely sub par

I'm mad about it

I'm actually crying 😭

This is either really funny or I'm really tired

Probably both

Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus Maurice Broaddus's Sweep of Stars is the first in a trilogy that explores the struggles of an emp...

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Book 4/50

It took a bit for it to get going for me but when it did, whoa man did it.
I hate cliffhangers, but this was written very well.

I wish I could have listened to the audio book, because I know I'm mispronouncing names in my head.