Recent reading
Sep. 20th, 2023 07:57 pmToday I am going back and forth to Stockholm in one day, which is quite tiring, in order to have a meeting with a minion of the Swedish minister for rural affairs, together with representatives from some other organizations. I guess it went okay? He did give us a whole hour after only promising half an hour, so he did listen to what we had to say, even if I don’t think it will change the government’s abysmal forest politics.
Writing-wise, I am still working on my werewolf fic, and struggling with a plot element which needs the skills of a mystery writer. I very much do not have those skills. /o\
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (2022)
Wow, this was pretty powerful, and I loved the art style. I am used to thinking about the environmental harm of fossil fuel extraction, but not as much about the harm those kinds of working conditions make for the workers, especially the women. OMG, what relentless sexism and harassment. But it has compassion for the male workers, too.
Hornblower and the Crisis by C S Forester (1967)
This is the last, unfinished one (I am reading them out of order, directed by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sanguinity’s recs and my whims), and I quite enjoyed it. What an opening--prime example of Hornblower taking things out on Bush. And then it’s exciting naval adventures all the way, which I was in the mood for. The Irish revolutionary in one of the short stories quite stole the scene; would read a book about him. Hee, and the one with Bonaparte was hilarious.
Writing-wise, I am still working on my werewolf fic, and struggling with a plot element which needs the skills of a mystery writer. I very much do not have those skills. /o\
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (2022)
Wow, this was pretty powerful, and I loved the art style. I am used to thinking about the environmental harm of fossil fuel extraction, but not as much about the harm those kinds of working conditions make for the workers, especially the women. OMG, what relentless sexism and harassment. But it has compassion for the male workers, too.
Hornblower and the Crisis by C S Forester (1967)
This is the last, unfinished one (I am reading them out of order, directed by
sanguinity’s recs and my whims), and I quite enjoyed it. What an opening--prime example of Hornblower taking things out on Bush. And then it’s exciting naval adventures all the way, which I was in the mood for. The Irish revolutionary in one of the short stories quite stole the scene; would read a book about him. Hee, and the one with Bonaparte was hilarious.
