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halfshellvenus) wrote2026-02-26 05:33 pm
halfshellvenus) wrote2026-02-26 05:33 pm
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I now own this...
In fact, I own two of them! I purchased a random LEGO Harry Potter minifigure from ebay, and it also wound up being this: Professor Sprout with mandrake. How cute is that?
It is, of course, all about the mandrake. Because I love absurdity. AND I just discovered that there is also a Sirius Black minifigure with ball and chain! Ahahahahaha!
After our random winter day last week (53o), we're now having more springlike weather. A little TOO springlike—Saturday's high is supposed to be 76o, which is awfully warm for the end of February. It makes me worry that the summer temps will come early, like in March or April. Please, no!
I finished Station Eternity recently, which was a fun read. It's a combination of comedy, mystery, and sci-fi. The main character is a young woman with an uncanny gift for solving murder mysteries, who notices that a LOT of those murders involve people who are somehow connected to her. She pleads with a sentient space station to grant her refuge, so she can get away from humanity and stop triggering more murders. There are only two other humans on the space station with her... until the station decides to invite a human contingent for a visit. More murder ensues!
I also finished T. Kingfisher's Hemlock and Silver, which is kind of a desert-based light fantasy with loose ties to the Snow White fairy tale. The main character is a poison expert, which is unusual. An enjoyable read over all. Someday, I'll get around to reading The Raven and the Reindeer, which I forgot I bought on Kindle at some point. This is good, as our county library still refuses to buy the digital version of it.
This weekend: I'll be building the coffee table, gathering some more items for Goodwill, and I might finish my pseudo-LEGO mini-brick Starry Night set! \o/
It is, of course, all about the mandrake. Because I love absurdity. AND I just discovered that there is also a Sirius Black minifigure with ball and chain! Ahahahahaha!
After our random winter day last week (53o), we're now having more springlike weather. A little TOO springlike—Saturday's high is supposed to be 76o, which is awfully warm for the end of February. It makes me worry that the summer temps will come early, like in March or April. Please, no!
I finished Station Eternity recently, which was a fun read. It's a combination of comedy, mystery, and sci-fi. The main character is a young woman with an uncanny gift for solving murder mysteries, who notices that a LOT of those murders involve people who are somehow connected to her. She pleads with a sentient space station to grant her refuge, so she can get away from humanity and stop triggering more murders. There are only two other humans on the space station with her... until the station decides to invite a human contingent for a visit. More murder ensues!
I also finished T. Kingfisher's Hemlock and Silver, which is kind of a desert-based light fantasy with loose ties to the Snow White fairy tale. The main character is a poison expert, which is unusual. An enjoyable read over all. Someday, I'll get around to reading The Raven and the Reindeer, which I forgot I bought on Kindle at some point. This is good, as our county library still refuses to buy the digital version of it.
This weekend: I'll be building the coffee table, gathering some more items for Goodwill, and I might finish my pseudo-LEGO mini-brick Starry Night set! \o/
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Apparently I have not yet read Hemlock and Silver. I do enjoy Kingfisher, I try to acquire her books whenever I can catch them on sale.
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I like Kingfisher's books a LOT, and the last two I've read have both been desert-based. One was a book she'd wanted to write for about 20 years! If you haven't read "A Wizard's Guide To Defensive Magic" or "A Minor Mage," I recommend both, even though they're children's books. And Thornhedge and Nettle and Bone were other favorites. :D
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LOVED Wizard's Guide To Defensive Baking! I would kinda like a follow-up to it, but that might kind of spoil the uniqueness of it. I recently read Nine Goblins, which was a very interesting short story/novella. I did enjoy Minor Mage, very nice little book. And I was mistaken on Station Eternity: there's three books on that series now.
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She's written a couple of horror books as well, which were good: "The Hollow Places" and "The Twisted Ones." "A House with Good Bones" was a meh-fest, though. :(