Chris Earls > Recent Status Updates

It’s nice that not everything is going perfectly to plan. While I enjoy competence, too many stories have their heroes be too strong and in no danger. Each page worries me more and more here.

I wish I had read this when I was age appropriate.

I mean, you didn’t find this by accident. If you were looking for it, it’s exactly what you wanted.

Too old to stay up and finish, I must languish through another day as employment’s supine claws keep me from finishing…the book.

This is my second favorite book I’ve ever read.

All the tropes are troping but I’ve guffawed a half dozen times and want to name my punk band “a giraffe painting of questionable quality” so it’s doing its job.

It’s both endorsed by Ruby Dixon and also taking shots at Ruby Dixon? What a world, and obviously it’s perfect.

Love it.

DNF at 43%. Is not bad or anything (well, the book. The audiobook was excruciating), but I just don’t care. I kind of want to know what happened but it’s not worth the slog.

No nonsense, but still a little silly and a little get off my lawn. Exploits very well the casual racism that's not so casual when you're under its thumb. Halfway through and hope it keeps its head for the rest.