Saturday, March 21, 2026

Genre & Criticism

Most days this past week, I have woken up with an achey, throbbing ear. This is not ideal for someone who has to listen to phone calls all day for work! So that’s fun.

I am currently reading Play of Shadows by Sebastien de Castell, and in Assassin’s Creed II I got to the Bonfire of the Vanities. Hopefully, I’ll get to writing those Sea of Monsters annotations, though having recently re-read The Patriot Witch, that book would also be a good one for annotations?


Had the strangest urge to write poetry Friday morning…

Saturday, March 14, 2026

"They Used to Be Friends!"

My stomach has been weird these past few days, but I think it’s mostly settled. It’s been worse before, though, so thank goodness for that.

It is PI DAY! Eat some pie. Saint Patrick’s Day is coming up, if you go to parties for that? It’s, unsurprisingly, not as big a deal in this Puerto Rican household.


Right now I’m re-reading The Sea of Monsters and taking notes for annotations. After that is a de Castell book? I think? It might be Patriot Witch. I’m a little behind on my reading.

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Norse Myth Stories: Where are the Elves?

I am out of town this week! So we have a shorter Note than usual. 

As for reading/gaming update: I am starting a new urban fantasy series, October Daye–which is quite fun so far! It’s interesting to see another urban fantasy author cover the fae stuff, and also weird to see someone with a fantasy series revolving around fae courts long before the romantasy takeover of the concept.


[I mean, obviously, there were a bunch of these, it’s just now that they really took off in public awareness with that, and it’s weird.]


Still playing Assassin’s Creed II!