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state of the telophase: cooking, books, etc.
Headachy, argh. Would not be at work today if I wasn't on a search committee meeting today.
What I did this weekend: Cooked. A lot. The Cliburn piano competition prelims are taking place in the building next to the library and they are taking over my parking lot. Given Texas spring heat, I'd rather not walk all the way out to where I'm supposed to be parking for lunch and then trust that I'll be able to find parking when I get back. My lot wasn't yet taken over this morning, although the commuter lot next to it was, so I parked there anyway. It may be reserved for the competition days only. (If you're interested in a world-class piano competition, they're livecasting all of it, June 2-18.)
Anyway, I cooked because parking, so I can bring my lunch every day. Also I got hyperfocused on it and could. not. stop. all day Sunday. Yay for the personal trainer--I was only mildly achy on Monday instead of physically wrecked like I would have been had I done this a year ago.
I also read and enjoyed The Wizard's Butler. Contemp cozy paranormal in which Roger Mulligan, veteran and ex-EMT, takes a job as a butler to an old man who, he is told, thinks he's a wizard. Mulligan's job is, he is also told, to look after this supposedly senile old man until the man's niece and her husband can get him put into a care facility and, presumably, inherit his billions. Things do not go according to plan, of course.
For some reason I didn't remember where I ran across the recommendation for this book--it was in KU so I just sent it to my Kindle and left it there for a few weeks until I rediscovered it--and was under the impression it was an M/M PNR, but when there was zero hint of a romance anywhere in it by 25% of the way through, went and read the description again and realized it was closer to urban fantasy. Either way, I quite enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the 3-star review on Amazon from someone who is unclear what a cozy book is, who was astonished that he really liked this book in which NOTHING HAPPENS, and thus gave it 5 stars for story, and 1 star for what he thought was no plot, and averaged it to a 3. To be fair, the author usually writes SF space adventure nostalgic for Golden Age SF, so...
What I did this weekend: Cooked. A lot. The Cliburn piano competition prelims are taking place in the building next to the library and they are taking over my parking lot. Given Texas spring heat, I'd rather not walk all the way out to where I'm supposed to be parking for lunch and then trust that I'll be able to find parking when I get back. My lot wasn't yet taken over this morning, although the commuter lot next to it was, so I parked there anyway. It may be reserved for the competition days only. (If you're interested in a world-class piano competition, they're livecasting all of it, June 2-18.)
Anyway, I cooked because parking, so I can bring my lunch every day. Also I got hyperfocused on it and could. not. stop. all day Sunday. Yay for the personal trainer--I was only mildly achy on Monday instead of physically wrecked like I would have been had I done this a year ago.
I also read and enjoyed The Wizard's Butler. Contemp cozy paranormal in which Roger Mulligan, veteran and ex-EMT, takes a job as a butler to an old man who, he is told, thinks he's a wizard. Mulligan's job is, he is also told, to look after this supposedly senile old man until the man's niece and her husband can get him put into a care facility and, presumably, inherit his billions. Things do not go according to plan, of course.
For some reason I didn't remember where I ran across the recommendation for this book--it was in KU so I just sent it to my Kindle and left it there for a few weeks until I rediscovered it--and was under the impression it was an M/M PNR, but when there was zero hint of a romance anywhere in it by 25% of the way through, went and read the description again and realized it was closer to urban fantasy. Either way, I quite enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the 3-star review on Amazon from someone who is unclear what a cozy book is, who was astonished that he really liked this book in which NOTHING HAPPENS, and thus gave it 5 stars for story, and 1 star for what he thought was no plot, and averaged it to a 3. To be fair, the author usually writes SF space adventure nostalgic for Golden Age SF, so...
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I am amused by the "not getting what a cozy is"
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I just love how the guy really liked the book, but was so confused that nothing happened! Except that a lot happened, but it wasn't an action novel with one driving throughline so if you're not familiar with (or don't like) cozy books, you find yourself at a loss. But you know ALL ABOUT THAT. XD
edit: GENRE MISMATCH! That's the phrase I was trying to get at and failed to remember. XD
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And yeah, genre mismatch is a good phrase here.
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I'm not sure how much "something happening" someone should expect from Nathan Lowell. One of his early space operas had a dramatic high point of the protagonist scraping up enough money to buy a tailored coat. I'm pretty sure the median body count of his books is zero.
So I'm going to have to give this one a try.