Rhys Ford is an award-winning author with several long-running LGBT+ mystery, thriller, paranormal, and urban fantasy series, including Murder and Mayhem, a 2016 LAMBDA finalist. She is published by Dreamspinner Press and DSP Publications.
I did not do it lightly. I fought for this book. I went to nearly 80% in. I battled for the characters, searching for something to hold onto.
And I sadly could not do it.
I mourn the book I wanted it to be.
But I also know not every book is for everyone. And that’s okay. I didn’t return it for a refund. I’m not going to leave a bad review. It’s just not a book for my palate.
And that’s really okay. I still want the author to be successful. That’s key. I want them to write. Write all the books. Feed the people who love their worlds and characters. There are many many books out there and while not all of them are for me, quite a few are.
This has been an earworm for a few days… and I guess it’s my brain just rolling over itself.
Moving is happening. Today the Firebird is supposed to be picked up. Movers came two days early so that was a scramble to get stuff done. I am in serious need of sleep and probably food that is tasty.
I’m not melacholy about moving. Mostly I think because I’m tired and I’ve spent the past few years just in so much pain and sick that I need a reboot. We’ll see how it goes. I’m looking forward to long drives and thunderstorms.
The cats probably aren’t but there will be sunbeams and probably new birds to scream at.
Geraldine paved the way for me to celebrate the glory that is a drag queen’s talent and expression. And I am very grateful for everyone who’s embraced that art form.
I am just going to do a share what’s in my brain post which I guess could be counted as a sort of newsletter that people send out so if you are subscribed to my blog you will get an email informing you of the random things I have in my head as well as my frustration with my cat as they cause chaos of my life.
What I also want to do is kind of share some of the things that I have run across the Internet and what I find fascinating this week.
As many of you know I kind of elm always on a continuous treasure hunt for stupid trivia I will have no use for it in my life but pirates — historical not modern-day — always been a fascinating subject for me. I think it’s interesting that you cannot really separate the mythos from reality where pirates are consumed but it is always fascinating to see how their societal strata operated both in the New World and Asia.
Now that I have gotten the cat out of my coffee… I can talk about my love for the storytelling in this video game called Lies of P. I don’t necessarily want to play the videogame because often times they frustrate me and rely a lot on combat which I could learn but let’s face it, not only am I lazy but if I’m to spend that much time playing the game I would rather write that said I do like to sometimes watch someone do a game walk-through and Lies of P is actually based on the original telling of Pinocchio. I love the game developers take on this and the graphics are incredible as well as the multilayered story that they’ve built into this game. It actually reminds me of a very well-crafted White Wolf storytelling adventure run by a very good DM. There are several different streams of walk-through and I find myself comparing different gamers’ personalities as they comment on their experiences as they play the game. I actually found somebody I really enjoyed listening to as she played not only because she’s enjoying herself but also she stops and reads everything which is very critical to somebody who has no intention of playing the game but wants to know what’s going on.
I actually recommend at least going to look at it because it is fascinating storytelling.
I think those are the only two things that I’m going to really get into on this post because I do have a few other things but I want to talk more about them. Let me know in the comments what oddities you enjoy doing that other people look at you and say what the hell are you thinking? To be fair I get that a lot.
One of my favorite things in the world to do is actually dig through random facts and crazy stories. I have no idea why it is a thing but there is something satisfying to me about odd notes in history or science and I fall down quite a few rabbit holes in my daily life. I don’t know where this curiosity comes from but it feeds my soul so I thought I would share a few of the things that I have stumbled across in the past couple of days just to share some of the nonsense.
Ten Twisted and Sinister Fates of Presidents’ Remains. why does this interest me? I have absolutely no idea but it does. I guess it’s because even in that there is no permanence. it’s kind of crazy the things that to the dead. I could go into the sacredness of someone’s remains but that special connotation is only true to the beholder and not to the average other person. Still, I feel that we should honor the sacred bond someone has with the remains of their dead. But it is crazy what some people do.
Three Ingredient Coconut Donuts I always find these recipes and think how I should try that but I know that I never will. Mostly because if it involves baking, I never have self rising flour. But these seem so easy to do and I almost wonder if you use raspberry yogurt instead of coconut yogurt they would taste like raspberry zingers which I really like. so I might actually try to making these.
Spicy Nonna and Stuffed Artichokes I love artichokes. Like adore and love and mmmmm artichokes. I wish I could find the small artichokes people use to cook whole but all we have around here are the large ones. Still, one day I shall have a supply of small artichokes and I shall be in heaven. I really want to try this recipe. It looks so very tasty. One day!
And lastly…. Checkers and Pogo This show was a staple in so many of Hawai’i’s kids. I was a participant from the audience once and it was a highlight. I’m sure both men were probably sick of it all but it paid the bills and well, they were loved and adored. It’s been forever since I’ve thought about it but here is a retrospective of the show. There’s three parts and well, it definitely is very much a local thing.
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