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Chill | Elizabeth Bear
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Aboard the damaged ship Jacob's Ladder, which has become a war zone, Perceval, the new captain, must face her dark past, while her relatives Tristen and Benedick search for a traitor in a vessel that is renewing itself in strange and dangerous ways. Original.
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xicanti
Chill | Elizabeth Bear
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With her second Jacob‘s Ladder novel, Bear shifts her attention to the generation ship‘s older characters while the youngsters regroup. It took me a little while to sink into, partly because of the shift and partly because I remember liking it much less than DUST the first time through, but I soon found myself hard into it. CHILL is another weird story about a weird family that rules over a weird world. There‘s tons to unpack. I loved it.

xicanti A content warning: the ship‘s inhabitants have no sibling incest taboo, so proceed with caution if that‘s an issue for you. I‘m also not sure how a Christian might view some of the ship‘s social structures rooted in Christianity. 5y
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Chill | Elizabeth Bear
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Socks are hard to photograph and my ankles always look weirdly thick when I try, but here you go. My first crocus sock is done. #audioknitting

JoScho Wow! Very impressed 💕 5y
cherinium Nice job! 5y
cobwebmoth Gorgeous job! 5y
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Catsandbooks So pretty!! 😍 5y
readordierachel So intricate! They're lovely. 5y
xicanti @JoScho @cherinium @cobwebmoth @Catsandbooks @readordierachel thanks, everyone! Tomorrow, I start the other one. 5y
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Poop; the lime curd oozed. I‘ll have to make sure people look at this side, where the ooze looks deliberate, instead of the other side, where the ooze looks decidedly less appetizing. #audiobaking

ETA: the cake was delicious and everyone loved it.

DrexEdit Still looks mouth - watering good to me! 😋 5y
xicanti @DrexEdit I hope it‘ll taste it, too! 5y
JulietReads Ohh, what's that? 🍽 5y
xicanti @JulietBooks it‘s a zucchini cake with lime curd filling and cream cheese icing! 5y
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I started my CHILL reread during a round of #audiobaking. I‘ve now got apple crisp for tonight and lime curd to fill a zucchini cake I‘m serving on Wednesday.

tpixie Both look awesomely delicious! Great job. I‘ve never seen recipe calling for curd in a zucchini cake! Yum 😋 5y
xicanti @tpixie it‘s a Nigella Lawson recipe! There‘s lime curd between the cake layers and cream cheese icing on top. Very tasty. 5y
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xicanti @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I can‘t wait to eat the curd. The bit I sampled to make sure it was okay was soooo good. 5y
tpixie @xicanti that sounds soooo wonderful! 5y
xicanti @tpixie it‘s pretty close. I use full lime juice in the curd instead of a lemon & lime mix, and my icing usually comes out thicker than that. 5y
tpixie @xicanti thanks! 5y
xicanti @tpixie good luck! It‘s a great cake. 5y
tpixie It looks like it!!!!! 5y
xicanti @tpixie 👍👍👍 5y
tpixie @xicanti ♥️🥳♥️ 5y
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