Recent reading

The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison (2022)
This is murder mystery/detective fiction, which is usually not my genre, but I often enjoy it more when there is a fantastical or science fictional element. It deals with a lot of grim stuff, but strangely enough the book as a whole doesn't feel grim to me? I suppose that is because the book cares about its characters, and also the main character has people who care about him. Anyway, I enjoyed it and will read the next one. I like the world building and the main character, and beyond that it just has some indefinably page-turney quality. I do wish that the character and relationship development would move a little faster, but I am intrigued by the ending and curious to see where Thara goes next.

All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (1974, audiobook)
I am feeling a bit stressed out by work and other tasks I have taken upon myself, so it was time to listen to some soothing vet stories. A+, did its soothing job admirably.

I also reread a favorite fanfic, Up Close and Personal by Sheila_Snow. The fandom is Jurassic Park, and it is platonic kidfic Alan Grant/Original Velociraptor Character. No, really! Baby velociraptors and struggling to communicate across species lines, how can you resist! And I suppose there is some human m/m in there too, but I don't really care about that.