September Reading List

 

• Stones by Nnedi Okorafor - beautiful short story Link
• The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison - much like the first book in the series, really wonderful and a look at the best and worst of people and someone who has devoted their life to sad work and trying their best. Library e-book
• The Oleander Sword - second in the series and honestly, everyone is sad and nothing is okay. This book was a slog, it took me twice as long to read as normal. There will be a third at some point in the next year or two. This book had a lot of plot stuff but literally everyone is miserable the whole time. Hopefully the third is less miserable. Library e-book
• Handwoven Magazine Sept/Oct 2023 - Library magazine
• Penric's Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold - a delightful romp of a demon possession, I checked a bunch of the next out of the physical library - Library e-book
• The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa - really good, pirates and magic and the devil and finding yourself. More YA style writing but really good. Library e-book
• Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli - High Fae fantasy with a really compelling writing style and unreliable narrator. I devoured this book. Library e-book

DNF 

• Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany - sci-fi, interesting premise, way way way too crass about sex for my tastes
• A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett - really lovely writing style but too much sex for my tastes

Workout Commitment

I finally committed to paying someone to help me do workouts. I'm a bit tired of going into the field season (and shearing season) not quite ready, so I 
went ahead and found a workout consultant. I found him via Neolithic Sheep's recommendation and we just hopped off the introduction call. He seems to understand the physical demands that I may run into with work and the flexibility needed. I'm hoping this works because I find most workouts pretty boring that I've been doing by myself and hopefully with a structured plan, I'll stick to it.

It's going to be a bit expensive for me ($150 per month) but it should be well worth it if I can stick to it. Since my long term goal is full time sheep shearing (I'm pretty sure), I need to get strong enough to handle the sheep better.

I dunno, maybe I'll hate it but it's worth a try and in general, isn't a huge investment.