I'm not usually great with Book Clubs, but Star Wars books tend to be quick reads and so many of them have great audio adaptations that I'm hoping I can participate in this one more often! If you're looking for more Star Wars discussion in your life, join up!

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Wow, I was on a ROLL there for awhile, posting almost every day of the work week, cross-posting to here and tumblr...and then somehow all my motivation went *poof* at the start of March.

Maybe it was because it was my birthday month. My body also decided to do some weird stuff. And work is kind of getting "real" again because we are moving towards reopening (though a lot of that drama should go away soon now that the county gave us vaccines for library staff woohoo!!!)

I've been spending a lot of my time on Discord with all the groups on there, I've four VERY active servers I belong to and we have little online game nights and what not, or just chatting. And then watching streams on YouTube and Twitch.

A few of the games I Kickstarted arrived this past week and one of them was FULL of minis and I want to paint them so I've spent a few evenings just happily priming little tiny ships. Hoping to finish a few this weekend and post the final product.

Anyway, I feel like I'm not doing the best job at keeping up with posts here, so my apologies. I might need to do a unfriending, more to remove personal guilt of feeling like I should be reading people's entries and I'm just not. It's not you, it's me kind of thing.

I'm hoping to find some kind of groove again, a pattern where I can get myself to work out, do a hobby, do a bit of blogging, gaming etc. each day of the week. Oh and reading LOL I need to read all these books I have piled by my desk!!!

Hope everyone is well! I have been reading entries here and there, sorry if I didn't comment, it just felt like I needed to catch up at this point.

TTFN - BEWARE THE GROOOVE!!!!!!!!!

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Still chipping away at Stamped from the Beginning which is a good read, but heavy, and I took a break to try some shorter stuff, just to finish something.

Lying by Sam Harris

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This book was short? It was less of a book and more like a ramble? Like, if you met someone at a bar and they were just like "What is lying?" and had clearly just taken a class in ethics (or binge watched 'The Good Place'). I didn't feel like I heard anything new in this book but it is a good jumping off point for discussion.



How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This was a very personal and honest story that Glidden shares with us. It centers around her coming to terms with thinking she knows it all and realizing that she doesn't. I think it is a problem a lot of us have when it comes to looking at issues in other countries and societies. She points this out at the end of the book - that it is much easier to look elsewhere and say how easy it would be to solve a problem than looking at our own country and what needs to be fixed.

This book made me realize how little I actually know about the story of Israel and Palestine. I feel the need to do some research, maybe not to try to solve the problem, which is clearly complex and layered, but to have a better grasp on what is at stake when people talk about steps forward.





The Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Lisa Brown says in the end notes of the book that she was always fascinated by Freak Shows and researched them a lot as a teen and adult. In this story, she balances a story of found family and a group of people who struggle to feel like they belong all the while showing the abuse and prejudices people forced into the profession had to endure.

A good read for tweens/teens who are interested in this strange part of history, who like stories about trying to fit in and find yourself in a world where everyone thinks they already know you.



Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The book was okay, if you like politics and listening to people talk about politics, but those politics are from a galaxy far far away, then this is the book for you!

It was interesting to hear about Padme and her handmaidens and their relationship to one and other. I really would have been happier with just a book all about Sabe though, which was what I thought we were getting when the whole slavery plot line came up.

The epilogue though. I want THAT book please.
I read this for Star Wars Book Club




What did you read this month?

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THERE IS A STARDEW VALLEY BOARD GAME NOW!



I decided to buy myself an early birthday present.

(fun fact: most of the games I backed on Kickstarter are about to show up too LOL I'm going to be BURIED in board games and have no friends to play with because stupid covid and ARGH)

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My new weekly tradition - looking back on the week and picking out 5 things that amused me



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February is off to a good start with a couple of strange graphic novels!

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My thoughts on the beautiful game AZUL

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I keep forgetting to share my posts from orangerful.com here. I was copy+pasting the code here for awhile but I have been queuing up posts a few days in advance so I forget to come back and post them each day. ANYWAY! I'm pretty happy with this post so please read!

My Stuff Monday + Memories: Community



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