Reviving this account for bookish talk

I haven't posted on dreamwidth in forever and I think maybe I still don't really 'get' it. But I spent some time in the original fiction corner of the internet and have realised I don't want my reading linked to my writing in that space - too easy to make enemies, I fear.

So I tried to set up some 'bookish' social media and found it pretty much endlessly... weird. The vibes are so off. I feel like the vibes are off everywhere online these days, but bookstagram? Absolutely rancid vibes, everything feels so so very insincere almost all of the time.

So... thought I'd try longform again. Can't hurt, right?

I read predominantly fiction, and from there mostly SFF. I'm mostly reading queer work. I don't know what talking about this is going to look like, but I'd like it to look like something, so dreamwidth it is, I guess!

Reading wrap-up: 30/03/26 to 05/04/26

Monday
0 pages
Wasn't really feeling reading today even though I had time and energy.

Tuesday
0 pages
This was a busy day at work, because my job is a specific kind of bullshit. No reading today.

Wednesday
0 pages
Recovering from what can only be described as a work bullshit hangover. No reading!

Thursday
0 pages
I mostly played Wildfrost in my spare time today, so no reading.

Friday
0 pages
Same as above. You may be seeing a pattern here lmao.

Saturday
66 pages of World Running Down by Al Hess
Wasn't impressed by the opening but the second POV (an AI forcibly placed in an android body) was a lot more interesting.

Sunday
106 pages of World Running Down by Al Hess
This one successfully grabbed me again with some interesting politics and then kind of lost me again. I was reading in public (at my local silent book club) so maybe I was distracted and missing stuff?

Summary
172 pages
1 book
2 day streak