Welcome to Litsy!

Hilarious, heart-warming, inspiring, heart-breaking, chilling - all the things one might expect from the adventures of a group of people involved in the interplanetary diplomatic equivalent of shit detail. As this series shows, Scalzi does the banter well, is willing to sprinkle in some bad-ass-ery, doesn't shy from the awful cost of conflict, and always leaves room for hope. 1/2

Tuffy's story is worth repeating. 😆

I hate when that happens. 😂

Ding! 🫣

Check out the book I got for 50 cents the other day. Can we say score? I have the 1st book in the series already waiting. This isn't the second but I just couldn't resist the price. I've read another book by him, Redshirts, that I really enjoyed. Found in a library re-sale shop. Yeah for thrifted books!

Q - what is one of your favorite bookish gifts?
A - my sister surprised me with a signed, personalized copy of one of my favorite author's newest books. 😍

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+11 points (Thursday total = 100 points)

This book was originally published as thirteen episodes released weekly and designed to entertain even if readers bought them out of order. I can see how someone who approaches it as a novel might be disappointed, but I read it as interconnected short stories and I had a great time. Scalzi always makes me snicker, and when he goes for the kill he‘s downright chilling.

Be aware that there‘s a direct sequel. Little is resolved in this volume.

I call this one “sausages atop Cajun-spiced greens, with book.”

I‘m still not quite done with THE HUMAN DIVISION since I took some time away to walk Casey, watch GET OUT (which I started yesterday and turned off when I realized horror movies + dodgy mental health days = BAD IDEA), and formally abandon a 90s comic event with a weird internal structure. I did finish the core stories, though, and I‘ll read the extras tonight.

Same ol‘ breakfast with THE HUMAN DIVISION. I‘m at the last episode and it‘s a long one, so this is now my primary read. Gonna finish it today.

It‘s going to 35 today and I intend to do everything outside if I can possibly swing it. Breakfast with my daily short story was eminently swingable.

Wednesday night outdoor reading stack. I already counted something else as my daily short story, but I‘m gonna read another episode from THE HUMAN DIVISION anyways because I‘m having fun with it and I‘m between novels. I‘m also excited to be back into my SKIP BEAT! reread after a loooooong time away so I could catch up on library comics.

I usually read my daily short story first thing in the morning, but I ran out of time so I‘m tackling it at lunch. Yes, I‘ve got a heavy hand with the furikake. It‘s too delicious to skimp on.

It was also a BIT hard to eat since I tore a chunk out of my index finger yesterday in a freak poop bag holder accident and have limited use of it, but I eventually figured out how to use chopsticks without searing pain.

I started my next short fiction collection on my #audiowalk. The first episode/story in THE HUMAN DIVISION is about twice as long as all the others, so I‘m glad I had it as an Audible freebie from way back when. It was fun, but Scalzi‘s love of dialogue tags is SUPER NOTICEABLE on audio.

Prior to the signing someone went and got John a giant cup of Coke Zero. He was bummed that all they had was Diet Coke so then he was very happy.

Me: Why are my mentions blowing up???

Me: Oh.

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