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raptureofthemoonReading
Finished
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John Bacon. Overall, a beautifully penned memorial to the crew and a bit of a love letter to Great Lakes Shipping, I think. I saw some comments on Good Reads where people were expecting Bacon to cover more about the theories about what caused the wreck itself, but I think they missed the opening strains of the book: it was meant to be about the men and their families. Bacon did cover the various theories but he didn't deep dive.
Ongoing
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - I'm liking it overall. I think I'm about halfway through. I'm getting a bit of AHS: Coven vibes, but not sure if it's going to go the way I think it is.
I'm pondering what book to pick up next. I've been trying to keep a couple ongoing to improve my reading endurance... On Goodreads, I have a list for 2026 and I'm torn between starting Alan Duff's Once Were Warriors (which I've stopped and started after a few pages a couple of times now), Clive Barker's Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story, Ami McKay's The Witches of New York or one of the young adult books (of which there are a handful) for a quicker read.
Watching
DS9 and other rewatches are paused, just because Matt and I got into other ventures. Skating season for him started back up last Monday, so two nights a week he's out late. And I've gone back to more reading/writing.
Mostly, I've just been watching YouTube, bouncing between gamers, Minecrafters and socio-political commentary, as fits my mood.
I guess I've been watching a bit of Bob Ross too. I leave playlists of him on YouTube playing on the TV upstairs for Mithril (and Silver too, but that's mostly when we're gone because she's downstairs with me most of the day through the week). Their emotional comfort artist.
Listening
Nothing new on the listening front.
Playing
I think this is where I've been sinking my time lately. For my birthday, I bought myself Creature Kitchen, a game where you start off feeding forest critters and gradually move into feeding the cryptids and other creatures that live in the area.
Finished
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John Bacon. Overall, a beautifully penned memorial to the crew and a bit of a love letter to Great Lakes Shipping, I think. I saw some comments on Good Reads where people were expecting Bacon to cover more about the theories about what caused the wreck itself, but I think they missed the opening strains of the book: it was meant to be about the men and their families. Bacon did cover the various theories but he didn't deep dive.
Ongoing
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - I'm liking it overall. I think I'm about halfway through. I'm getting a bit of AHS: Coven vibes, but not sure if it's going to go the way I think it is.
I'm pondering what book to pick up next. I've been trying to keep a couple ongoing to improve my reading endurance... On Goodreads, I have a list for 2026 and I'm torn between starting Alan Duff's Once Were Warriors (which I've stopped and started after a few pages a couple of times now), Clive Barker's Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story, Ami McKay's The Witches of New York or one of the young adult books (of which there are a handful) for a quicker read.
I'm glad to be back in a place where I'm excited about books and reading.
Watching
DS9 and other rewatches are paused, just because Matt and I got into other ventures. Skating season for him started back up last Monday, so two nights a week he's out late. And I've gone back to more reading/writing.
Mostly, I've just been watching YouTube, bouncing between gamers, Minecrafters and socio-political commentary, as fits my mood.
I guess I've been watching a bit of Bob Ross too. I leave playlists of him on YouTube playing on the TV upstairs for Mithril (and Silver too, but that's mostly when we're gone because she's downstairs with me most of the day through the week). Their emotional comfort artist.
Listening
Nothing new on the listening front.
Playing
I think this is where I've been sinking my time lately. For my birthday, I bought myself Creature Kitchen, a game where you start off feeding forest critters and gradually move into feeding the cryptids and other creatures that live in the area.
I also played a demo for While We Wait Here, another horror/creepy work-ish sim. I might go ahead and buy it. Reviews are generally positive and I'm always on the lookout for work sims with a horror element.
And, as is my pattern, I've been in and out of Minecraft (doing more building on the server) and Cyberpunk 2077 (mostly just exploring the city and ruminating on ideas for fic).
