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Jonathan Harmon

jarnathan@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 6 months ago

Latin teacher, TTRPG player, FOSS fan, dad.

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finished reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (An Avon Camelot book)

Beverly Cleary: The Mouse and the Motorcycle (2006, HarperTrophy)

A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of …

Really well-woven tale incorporating semi-fantastic elements with a homey realistic feel that warms all of Cleary's writing.

Sophus Helle: Gilgamesh (Paperback, 2022, Yale University Press)

Too many lacunae

I respect the editor's choice to preserve the lacunae, indicating places where the record is/was incomplete, but there were so many it distracted from the narrative.

started reading Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)

Steven Erikson: Gardens of the Moon (Paperback, 2008, Bantam)

The opening chapter in an epic fantasy masterpiece....Bled dry by interminable warfare, infighting and bloody …

This book is very military so far. I can handle quickly shifting viewpoints and not understanding exactly what's going on. But if the whole book is just soldiers in armies in war, I may look elsewhere.