Kiesa @kiesa@wandering.shop

I have escaped from Ada’s Technical Books in Seattle. Wow. That is a place I’m going to spend too much money at. It’s not just tech #books, they also have #sciencefiction and science related kids books. Very dangerous.

I’m returning the last of my library books today and almost all my book boxes are packed but there’s so many good looking books coming out that I want to read. Assuming all goes according to plan I’ll be in Seattle on Saturday but it’s a long time to wait for my next physical book. (I can still checkout ebooks but it’s not the same.)

However, it was also a very uncomfortable read. It reminded me of the rationalizations I used back when I had an eating disorder. Such as believing I didn’t have an eating disorder because I refused to vomit.

I was very lucky but it was still a terrifying read in many ways.

Yesterday I was scrolling through the #hugoawards nominations to find my next book. My library had _The Art of Starving_, by Sam J. Miller, available and I checked out the ebook (easier than downloading the voting packet plus it increases circ numbers :) ).

It grabbed me immediately. “Congratulations! You have acquired one human body. This was a poor decision, but it is probably too late for you to do anything about it.”

#books #fantasy

I’ve been packing this month which is somehow more consuming than having a paying job. (Though I do get to sleep in an extra hour which is wonderful.) However, I was able to squeeze in time for _Revenant Gun_, by Yoon Ha Lee, and really enjoyed it. I particularly liked getting a chance to learn about the servitors a bit more.

#books #sciencefiction #spaceopera

I finished the novella "And Then There Were (N-One)", by Sarah Pinsker, and am now wondering why I put off reading it for so long. Exactly my kind of story. #sciencefiction #mystery #multiverse

I have now officially read all the novellas for the #hugoawards and am ready to vote!

I’m a puddle but I think I’ll have the time to sleep and recover.

8:30 am on my last day at work and already a new problem has popped up. I was really hoping to leave them with everything under control.

Didn’t toot fast enough. Now I have another system problem!?????

I just finished reading a wonderful article about being a mother while an academic librarian: http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/academic-librarian-mother/

I’m a public librarian and have had different experiences in some areas. However, there were also a lot of similarities. I particularly appreciated the frank discussions of pumping and depression.

Our city forces IE into IE 7 compatibility mode and it drives me insane. (They do it because we rely on software that only works with IE 7 so I understand the reasoning but I still think it’s insane.)

My former au pair just texted me asking for books on understanding our (US) government. She remembered reading a book at Christmas I had checked out for my son about it. I was able to find the book and sent her the title.

However, I think she wants to understand the implications of the current political news which is tricky even for those of us that have lived here our whole lives.

(Also, I find text reference interviews to be hard.)

I just finished Gail Carriger’s latest novella, How to Marry a Werewolf. It’s a lovely story and was the perfect relaxing read for me right before bed.

This spring has been brutal and has done terrible things to my reading routine. However, I did manage to read Artificial Conditions (which was excellent!) and I just finished The Cloud Roads, both by Martha Wells.

City just took the website down without telling anyone. It appears this was to implement https which is good as it should have been done years ago. Except they didn’t notify the library this was planned so all of a sudden we have http forms embedded in an https website and Firefox is not happy. It’s just one little letter change and everything is happy again but we really, really should have been told.

Confessional debugging works again!

We got my son an iPod for his birthday and I set up an email account for him. He just emailed me talking about a really bad day. I’m excited he felt comfortable emailing me but I’m not entirely sure if I should jump into problem solving mode or just listen.

My husband suggested asking my son what he’d like to do, which does sound like good advice. I guess it’s time for a mother/son date night.

Someone just told my husband and me that we’re “fast and vicious readers” which is going to be my favorite word picture of the day.

I just finished reading Sarah Rees Brennan's _In Other Lands_ and it was fantastic! It's a #YA #portal #fantasy I picked up for the 2018 #HugoAwards nominations (in one of the "not a Hugo" categories).

I started reading it on the plane home and was giggling uncontrollably. Tor.com has a nice summary: https://www.tor.com/2017/08/17/book-reviews-in-other-lands-by-sarah-rees-brennan/

I think this is one of those days when I just try to survive and get the minimum required done.

Oh look. Yet another system that can't handle a hyphenated name.