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Lol, missions being delivered by tote bag from a local bookshop ^__^

OMG, they just mentioned the Soviet Union 😂

My library has the 1988 version so that's the one I'll read. LOL, even in this they say there's a lot yet to learn.

My head is still spinning a bit from the U complications. But what a fun ride it was!

Ran out of time with my first check-out fortunately didn't take long after getting in line again. Now I'm rolling through the latter half of the alphabet. I can't believe I didn't know the origins of r but at least now I understand why they're called rhotic and non-rhotic accents.

I had no idea little ol' L had so much to it!

Finally tracked down a copy that includes this short story, yay!

This is going down so easy! My head still swirls at the Great Vowel shift though I just might have gotten new info out if that too (in the E chapter).

Not exactly useless, but not exactly sticking, either. Soo many factlets 😵‍💫

Even reading on my Kindle this is way more engaging than that other language book I'm reading!

Barely made it out awake!

I've been trying to finish this book. But... yikes it's boring and I'm struggling.

One of my coworkers mentioned wanting to try Anne Stuart because they saw a TikTok about her being unhinged. Lol, I definitely do not have that recollection of her writing but rather than trying some of her newer stuff I'm going to re-read one of the few I liked of hers from years ago. Let the fun begin!

Can't promise that I'm going to make it through, but I'm starting since it feels like we're going through end of Reconstruction & Redemption 2.0 - 21st century style right now.

Holy emotional hangover, Batman! I'm not sure reading that all in one sitting was the best idea I've ever had.

Not sure I remember all the mysteries encountered in the book, but it feels like maybe all of them were resolved. Maybe.

I'm not sure I needed even more mystery strands added to the plethora that were already there.

Reading on Hoopla so I don't actually know what page I'm on. Also, while I do adore how easily I can "flip" back to pronunciations, I'm not feeling much movement in the book.

Speaking of focus, I'm lacking it here for reading in May so I'm falling back on my Hoopla access to Chronicle books (thanks, SF Public!) to boost my reading.

Whew! That last one was almost exhausting.

This is a lot thicker than I was expecting. Fingers crossed that it'll be easy for me to get into.

Good news! All my book club peeps of Sac State origins are retired so the Sac State Library copy of the next book club read is alllll miiiine! (LOL, only one book club peep ever really used the library to any degree so I don't know why I was worried. Hahahahaha!)

<3 <3 <3

Totally spotting where the author really could have used an editor with basic Sacramento knowledge...

"Perhaps most egregious to the sanctimony of a library, they made a ruckus." [p. 270]

Well, as long as keep egregious myths about libraries alive...

Is it the somewhat florid but definitely dramatic language that makes this gothic?

More essays from a classic McSweeney's contributor!

Well well well.

Amazingly, this is actually starting to pick up!