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  1. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    Yesterday, 10:22 AM

    Read a new-ish YA standalone fantasy called Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier -- secondary world but largely sourced from Pacific Island lore. Sea dragons, living tattoos, seafaring along island chains, stuff like that. Anyway, I thought this was really good -- cool world building, cool magic, really good character writing for YA, and it draws the stakes well while still being age appropriate. It's only about 350 pages, so nothing super deep, but it does some good stuff really efficiently. Anyone who can read the Narnia books could read this imo -- though I'd note the two protagonists are young adults around 18, not kids. It might not be a rec for everyone here, unless it specifically appeals to you, but it would be a good gift for tweens and above.

    Now onto Valor by John Gwynne. This one has a Dramatis Personae, so I already think I'm gonna like it more than Malice.

  2. In Topic: Ye Big TV Thread

    24 April 2024 - 06:48 AM

    Not familiar, but that does look good. Cool setting for a whodunnit.


    Baby Reindeer -- finished this tonight. At least in the US, it's on Netflix. This series hits a lot of notes -- tense, funny, scary, pathetic, sad, vulnerable -- and does them all really well. And at least in my opinion, got better with each episode, up to and including the finale. A lot more nuanced and varied than its thriller-ish tagline lets on.

  3. In Topic: Ye Big Movie thread

    23 April 2024 - 07:15 AM

    Late Night With the Devil -- pretty good. Has a few cheats with its 'all footage' conceit, had some obvious budget constraints, and could have gone harder in the finale, but overall still pretty solid. A lot of care went into it for sure.

  4. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    19 April 2024 - 05:50 PM

    Finished Malice by John Gwynne. Found it enjoyable and certainly readable, without it ever transcending its influences, if that makes sense. Like what Sword of Shannara is to Tolkien, this book is to RJ & GRRM, in a PG-13 spot right in between them. I liked it, but I'm hoping the next books get better in the same way the Shannara books did after the first one.

  5. In Topic: Ye Big Movie thread

    15 April 2024 - 01:49 AM

    Watched The Holdovers, and I liked it a lot. I didn't know that much about it, only some of the accolades and awards, and that Paul Giamatti plays a curmudgeon teacher at a private boarding school. I thought it was going to be a lot meaner than it is. Alexander Payne made Election, which I love but is one of the more cynical high school movies ever made. This one's like the inverse of that: instead of a few put-together-on-the-surface people making each other steadily worse, it's a few flawed/damaged people making each other better. There's a real strong 'found family' element to it, which I can imagine appealing to a board of SFF readers. I wouldn't say it's mind-blowing, there's a very deliberate throwback feeling to it, but it's very engaging and even heartwarming. I'd give it a good 4 stars out of 5.

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    Tsundoku 

    22 Apr 2024 - 23:22
    Not too bad thanks. A couple of days off, could be worse.
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    Tsundoku 

    22 Apr 2024 - 09:58
    heyo Wuzza, what's the latest?
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    Tsundoku 

    15 Dec 2023 - 23:49
    That time of the year again, happy birthday mate. Hope it's a good one.
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    Tsundoku 

    16 Dec 2022 - 12:39
    Stop living in the past, man ...
    ;)
    Hope it was a good one.
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    Tsundoku 

    15 Dec 2022 - 14:07
    Happy birthday Tusken Raider dude
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Jan 2022 - 01:17
    Hah, western north south west. Nice. Hadn't thought of it that way.
    Sometimes us from regional New South Wales refer to NSW as Newcastle Sydney Wollongong - the main metro areas that get all the attention from govt and the media, the rest of the state being "here be dragons" as far as they are concerned. :P
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    Tsundoku 

    21 Dec 2021 - 14:10
    If it's all the same to you, I'd like 2022 to be very low on surprises ...
    Except the lottery-winning kind. I'd like at least a big pleasant surprise there.
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    Tsundoku 

    15 Dec 2021 - 20:20
    Well my call about a much better 2021 was a bit off :(
    Still, hope you had a good one, happy birthday.
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    Tsundoku 

    07 Feb 2021 - 09:01
    Yes mate, so far so good thanks. Don't want to say more as I'd rather not tempt fate.
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    Tsundoku 

    16 Dec 2020 - 02:27
    Happy birthday again old worrywart. Hope you're doing well and you and yours are all Covid-free or at least Covid-minimally-affected. Here's to a MUCH BETTER 2021. Take care.
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    Tsundoku 

    30 Aug 2020 - 08:13
    Hope all's well.
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    Tsundoku 

    14 Apr 2020 - 07:20
    Great to hear you are ok! We are all fine, luckily we are mostly shut-ins anyway so the boy just spends more time doing Lego, Xbox and Ethan gamer TV on youtube. I've been getting through Netflix series and reading, same with the Mrs. Thanks for asking and if I don't see you round here for a while that would suck but I understand if you want time away. Take care mate.
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    Tsundoku 

    05 Apr 2020 - 01:01
    You coming back any time soon? You're in Cali aren't you? How's that going during the coronapocalypse? Hope you and yours are ok.
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    Brujah 

    17 Dec 2019 - 02:12
    Happy Birthday
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    Tsundoku 

    16 Dec 2019 - 06:44
    another birthday down, hope it was a good one
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