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"I can still read," I tell myself, while failing to pick up a single book all year. "I know how to read still," I continue to insist, while I struggle to parse my own words in past reviews. "Everything is perfectly okay," I lie, because I really don't want to admit that I'm so burned out I've lost all ability to focus and find joy in something that has meant the world to me for most of my life.

Wish I could say I've been reading behind the scenes, but I haven't. Contemplating restarting Raven Strategem since it feels daunting to pick up at the end when it's been so long.

Apparently, I'm in the top 25% of readers this year. Gotta admit, I giggled when I got the email saying that... seeing how I haven't read a single thing in months and am still desperately trying to find the mental energy to finish the book I'm currently reading.

The "I wanna do nothing that requires thought" has kicked in full force. Must be winter. Also, GR pushing Paramount+ ads feels kind of like advertising Cheesecake Factory on posters at a gym.

I will give one tenth of my soul for the time and energy to read this weekend.

I actually found a small window of time to read again. REJOICE!

That escalated quickly!

That was kind of a depressing ending for that particular arc. Bittersweet, but sadder than the term implies.

I'm in desperate need for more free time and more brain power. This one's slow going in part due to irl influences and in part due to the pacing.

As if I didn't think the folks in charge were despicable enough already. 🙊

I'm honestly not completely sure of the timeline here, but I'm along for the ride.

That was SO GOOD! Review to come eventually, when I am awake enough to figure out a way to articulate my thoughts.

Holy shit. How did I not see that coming? I feel like I probably should have. And yet I did not. 🙀

😱😰🥺

Oh shit 😧

Jedao might actually be my fave character in this, but Cheris has won me over too. Shame I suspect things are about to get very ugly for one or both of them... 🙀

One hundred and ninety-one pages in, and I see the first typo. It's depressing that I consider this an amazing feat of good editing, compared to a lot of books I've read in recent years. (It's not even a major typo, just a sentence being reworded on the fly and the old wording not removed: 'It didn't take long for him long to respond.')

🙃 Everything's gonna be just fine~
(I'm enjoying this quite a lot.)

Oh, but I love Jedao every bit as much as I thought I would.

I suck at math. I wouldn't know which terms are from real life and which ones are pure fantasy. But I'm enjoying this regardless and so damn curious what is up with Jedao's past. 🤔

I didn't see this kind of situation coming, but I'm here for it.

Look, I don't know if it's because I hyped myself up to read this, or just because it's that engaging but I'm hooked already.

I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but the writing style makes me also not mind that I don't know yet. Yoon Ha Lee remains the one author to ever make me give a crap about things like the nuances of battles in war and political intrigue among military personnel.

That was a wild ride! Now I'm dead tired because I stayed up late to finish the book, but it was worth it.

Gareth continues to make me want to shake him. 🤦‍♀️