Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:41:51.000Z
I'M BACK FROM THE ABYSS
latest #17
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:42:08.000Z
lmao I actually said on here "I won't talk about Cromwell again until 2015" well guess what time it is.
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:42:18.000Z
The Mirror and the Light isn't out yet, though.
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:42:54.000Z
anyway, thoughts on recent things read:
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Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:43:10.000Z
[The Drunken Botanist] by Amy Stewart
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:43:23.000Z
read this one if you love plants, biology, weird tidbits of knowledge, gardening, or alcohol.
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:43:50.000Z
don't read it like a novel- it's kind of an encyclopedia of various plants used in the making of alcoholic spirits, and you can skip around.
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:44:18.000Z
there are many interesting tidbits of scientific and cultural information in there (as well as gardening and bartending tips that not everyone can use)
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:46:30.000Z
I definitely learned many things from apple genetics to how Chinese liquor almost set the Nixon white house on fire
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:46:55.000Z
[Jagganath] by Karin Tidbeck
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:47:24.000Z
lovely little short story collection of tales of weirdness and magical realism, self-translated by a Swedish author
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:47:51.000Z
the self-translation in this case may be a little too cautious, but it's still enjoyable
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:49:34.000Z
there's a tidiness to it, unlike [At the Mouth of the River of Bees] which it is oft compared to (and where you can practically feel the despondency and sensitivity in every line)
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:51:04.000Z
this one is often much more fable-like, with a tendency to delight in lack of solutions but not necessarily suggest a profundity behind them
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:51:45.000Z
it depends on your own preference which style you'd like more, this collection is also quite short so you can breeze through it in a day
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:52:44.000Z
currently reading: stuff by H.P. Lovecraft because why not
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:53:22.000Z
it's interesting to see how a lot of traditions in "weird fiction" and horror started
Belle Ombre
2015-05-26T20:54:12.000Z
the writing and attitudes are a bit dated but he did have a vast imagination and some novel ideas for the time
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