The Weekend
Jun. 2nd, 2025 03:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arcadiamoonThe weekends seem to be flying by. I didn't realize, but it's already June, so happy Pride month to all my fellow queer siblings out there.
I spent most of my weekend the way I usually do: trying really hard not to think about work, and catching up with my reading. I finished On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, which I've discovered is not for me at all. Beautiful prose, but I did not like the meanderings better suited to Vuong's poetry rather than a prose book. I'm sure plenty of people adore this book, but, again, it's really not for me.
Currently, I've started reading James Ellroy's The Big Nowhere. I'm a huge fan of his work, so I'm hoping it'll be a good one, but I trust him to work that Demon Dog magic he's got.
I've also gone on a little reading haul to cheer myself up, since this weekend was mostly a depressing cryfest for a myriad of reasons I'm not going to get into. Here's what I got:
The Hot Wet Queer Summer jam has officially started yesterday, too. I haven't written a single thing down, so I need to get right on it, because three months are, in retrospect, not a very long time to bang out a novella. I probably shouldn't have elected to do a novella, but it's too late to back out now. Onwards and upwards, I guess!
I spent most of my weekend the way I usually do: trying really hard not to think about work, and catching up with my reading. I finished On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, which I've discovered is not for me at all. Beautiful prose, but I did not like the meanderings better suited to Vuong's poetry rather than a prose book. I'm sure plenty of people adore this book, but, again, it's really not for me.
Currently, I've started reading James Ellroy's The Big Nowhere. I'm a huge fan of his work, so I'm hoping it'll be a good one, but I trust him to work that Demon Dog magic he's got.
I've also gone on a little reading haul to cheer myself up, since this weekend was mostly a depressing cryfest for a myriad of reasons I'm not going to get into. Here's what I got:
- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John le Carré - I loved Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Cold War history is a special interest of mine, so it was a no brainer I try to read the entire Karla trilogy.
- The Enchanters by James Ellroy - Another Ellroy book. I'm kind of bummed he's never going to finish the second LA Quartet, but people do say the Otash novels are a spiritual continuation of them. Skipping Widespread Panic for now.
- The Fictional Man by Al Ewing - The premise reminded me of The Department of Truth, so of course I had to get my hands on it.
The Hot Wet Queer Summer jam has officially started yesterday, too. I haven't written a single thing down, so I need to get right on it, because three months are, in retrospect, not a very long time to bang out a novella. I probably shouldn't have elected to do a novella, but it's too late to back out now. Onwards and upwards, I guess!
