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“ ‘He has the face of an angel, and the tongue of some foul…dockworker.’
“Dora found it amusing that the countess apparently considered dockworkers to be an appropriate foil for angels. She was briefly distracted by the notion that hell might be full of legions and legions of dockworkers rather than devils.”
Lol!

Starting to feel even more sorry that Harry Wilson is still involved in all this. And we’re still in the midst of the human division with another part added

Listening to another character intro of a girl “escaping” from having to do embroidery while I stitch on my latest embroidery project…again. Bc this is supposed to be the prime demonstration of independence of thinking and action I guess?🤨🙄

🥹This makes me think of the Minneapolis resistance song to ICE, “it’s not too late to change your mind” telling them they can stop doing this job and rejoin the people instead of being used to abuse them/us

Home is where the heart is

Wahey for the cats! And the aetherialist!

Rolling my eyes at Captain “Ransom“ who fulfills every f’ing stereotype down to her name

I knew it but I didn’t want to
And I don’t think I’ve ever been so little affected by a major character death as that, but I think Scalzi had already started shuffling him off stage, which was the point really

Abumwe for the drama, wahey!
And Wilson for the glee and giggles

“I do have a sense of adventure…. It’s overawed by my sense of self-preservation” - Hafte Sorvalh

I still have trouble with Ella as a character
She had to be someone living so competently but also shallowly, but… there still feels like something is off with who she is and her connection with Aziz

“Love is the water of life. And a lover is a soul of fire!
“The universe turns differently when fire loves water.”

Sigh
Rumi under Sufi trial to “destroy all attachments in order to win over your self” - this desc reminds me of JC speaking to some who claimed they wanted to follow him but he said you have to leave behind everything including family
And it’s bothering me honestly
Though this is also different + recalls the man leaving R’s sermon bc R hasn’t experienced hardship tho he spoke as if he had authority

Ha! Fun beginning

Argh! Captive audience to entranced. Leave it to Butcher lol
And the wackiness of aetherialists caps it
Magical

Yup…still hate steampunk 🤦‍♀️🙄

Oi vey
The 🙄 of the immediate diss in the descs of anyone who *dares* to ask questions abt the main characters - they’re automatically low quality ppl not up to the measure, worthy of being threatened + if they don’t like some1 or feel uncomfortable w/them, they’re obviously jealous🙄- the next thing is calling ppl betas
And this is the kind of thing that got me before - the level of nuance lacking

Howling song

End of part III: Wind

End of oat I: The Life of the Mind
Wow
Quite a story
Impressive and almost too easy?

Brief but good discussion on pack organization and the diff from the bs of the alpha beta omega hierarchy which ppl considered natural but which, much like human prison hierarchy, is due in big part to forced confinement and closeness

And a chapter on women and wolves - not entirely convincing nor biologically sound in discussion but beautiful

Lololol
When 1 part of your brain is making fun of another part of your brain for talking to itself
Hehe I know that one

This is reminding me of LMB saying when she writes she asks herself “what’s the worst thing I can do to my character?” And then the story is them working their way out of it. I have to say, this seems like one of the worse worst things

“then I realized that it was entirely possible that last comment came out in my ‘condescending nerd’ voice, so I quickly added to it…”
Ouch Scalzi 🤦‍♀️😂

Hehehe. He’s already got me giggling - go Harry Wilson!
I hd started this as audiobook way back when but then stopped bc there had apparently been some changes at some point + I was worried I had the wrong edition
I’ve had this paperback copy sitting on my shelves for a few years now, so here’s to finally picking it up for real. Weird to be reading w/eyes again as, after bk1 I’ve read+reread these in audio

“/Hell is in the here + now. So is heaven. Quit worrying about hell or dreaming about heaven, as they are both present inside this very moment. Every time we fall in love, we ascend to heaven. Every time we hate, envy, or fight someone, we tumble straight into the fires of hell./ This is what Rule Number Twenty-five is about” (182).
How many have said similar - the only reality is now. Everything else as a dream