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One of those unusual books that is significantly better as an audiobook

Now I know why there were giants in the trailer

Not only are there endless characters, but 2 chapters in he's changed all their names to the Roman versions

There are sooo many characters to keep track of

I increased my Spotify subscription to include extra audiobook hours (a free trial) to finish this mediocre book, then it got removed from Spotify. Now they've put it back on for me to listen until the 16th so I'm not left on a cliffhanger. I suspect it was there the whole time in my saved audiobooks, but I was just searching Spotify instead of checking my library and could only find copies in other languages.

Just read the most lovely essay about growing up as the daughter of a midwife in a regional town

Annabel Crabb included a fantastic essay on mouse plagues, with the insight and excellent turns of phrase I've come to expect from her

Ideal paid parental leave:
- 7-12 months at full pay
- full super contributions for this time
- 'use it or lose it' leave available at full pay for secondary carers so fathers actually take it and get to spend time with their children + become proficient carers

"husbands create an extra seven hours of housework a week for women"

God men have it good

Pretty weird so far