Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 1hGood luck!! I was once interviewed for a job by a guy I had previously employed, it was actually fun! The conversation went all kinds of unusual ways. 020
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 7hI find audio books take much more concentration than reading physical ones! Too easy to miss things 110
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Currently reading The Incandescent by Emily Tesh. So good to be enjoying a good book after a couple of recent disappointments. 0191
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just started The Incandescent by Emily Tesh, pretty sure one of you was reading that last week? 010
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026All of them? Particularly like Addie LaRue and the Villains series. Haven't read the last of those yet, looking forward to it! 120
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Nice example!! I've been using my tags mostly as a way to note which in the series they are so it's easier to sort in series order: 010
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I use LibraryThing & the search seems excellent, have only come across one really obscure book it couldn't handle. I usually add by scanning the bar code, pretty sure Storygraph has this too? Have added a Storygraph app to see if I like it, feels odd without all the history though. 100
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The first of 2 slightly disappointing books this week - I love much of Kuang's work, &this one about a young woman's time at an intensive Chinese course in Taiwan seemed right up my alley. It is wonderfully written & a few good anecdotes about learning, but was really hoping for more...fun maybe? 📚💙 070
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Evening Womble! I'm reading The Art of Legend by Wesley Chu, also somehow started Taipei Story by RF Kuang. 061
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Art of Legend by Wesley Chu. Also picked up Taipei Story from the library & it's calling to me! 030
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh wow, I wish my university library had looked like that, I wouldn't ever leave! 110
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Looks like a good month. I finished The Glass Hotel yesterday, got hooked & read way longer into the night than I should have! Need to find Sea of Tranquility soon. 010
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My favourites this month were the first 2 of Wesley Chu's War Arts Saga, lots of action & excellent characters. Loved the grumpy old female martial artist who is the main character. 110
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty sure my library has these, just keep getting pushed back as there are so many books I want to read! I will get there eventually. I mostly read from libraries, I have bought a few lately though. 110
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Exactly! Hobb has several characters who end up being couples in the Realm of the Elderlings, but it never feels in-your-face, it's just part of normal life. Or as normal as Realm of the Elderlings gets. 110
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Have you read this one yet? Have been meaning to get to the Soldier Son trilogy, loved all the Realm of the Elderlings books! 100
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And yes that is a LOT of reading. Had almost finished a couple at the start of the month & also had a few sick or injured days, which is a pain of course but reading always helps recovery. 030
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sept reads - what an excellent reading month!! 3 fantasy sagas, 3 sci-fi, 2 romantasy, 1 apocalyptic, 2 NF. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐favourites the 2 War Arts books by Wesley Chu, and Alien Clay, and The Mountain in the Sea was up there as well. The 2 NFs were fascinating. Only one not for me was The Everlasting. 📚🐉🪐💙 170
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm VERY slowly working out why I like what I like. I do read some books which are considered Romantasy, but they have to be written in such a way that they would still be good books without it. And not too much eye gazing & yearning, it gets old fast. 100
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I felt the same way about Water Moon - seem to have way less interest in cute & light stories lately. 101
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yep, best thing about having an EV! Mine doesn't sparkle like that when I plug it in though, clearly I need an upgrade. ✨️ 130
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Actually no - I decided it wasn't for me & gave up on it. I see you had a false start too, so maybe I should try again one day? 100
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Thanks for that - decided to change for now. May come back to it one day but I'm sure it will colour my reading experience now. 110
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Revised October TBR challenge. Difficult finding books on TBR to suit, but for a Spooky tale, I have The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and for a countryside setting, it's We are all Ghosts in the Forest. (bonus - ghosts fits spooky as well?). Particularly looking forward to the second 📚🐉🪐💙 040
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Have ended up with a dilemma here - thanks for pointing it out, had slipped my mind. Which is awful, but as others have said, it's horribly common. I definitely won't be buying from them or posting about them again, but I do have books I already own (in one case, author is dead). Read or discard?? 220
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hello Womble, hope your health improves quickly. I'm reading Beyond Sundered Seas, 3rd in the Empire of Ruin saga by David Green. 051
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026OK I did wonder, given what I've heard about it otherwise, but I'm going to go with it for this challenge! 010
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Looking forward to your opinion on that one. I read it earlier in the year. 110
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Will be interested to see how my reading has changed this year, used to be fantasy by a long way, suspect SF is picking up quickly. 010
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Excellent project! Loved organising mine a couple of years back - starting from putting the kitset together actually. Has enough space to add a few knick knacks which get taken out as I get more books. Fun. There are some books I want to get rid of too, another project... 100
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just finished Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Loved it. 140
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Oh you definitely need to read Alien Clay!! And yes, I have a daunting task working out which Tchaikovsky to read next. Fun problem to have! 020
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I started Children of Time once & it didn't grab me then - might have to give it another try I think! 011
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So difficult to describe without spoilers, but includes a very alien planet with amazing, interesting & horrifying flora & fauna, an oppressive regime, revolution, subversion, incredible science, strong characters. 350
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The first book I've read by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and it was amazing! Will definitely be reading more of his. Loved the gradual shift from the MC arriving as a prisoner on the planet to being part of the investigation to discovering how it all fits together & what happens next. 📚🪐💙 2160
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Have had Ken Liu's The Grace of Kings on my TBR for ages, really should get to that one! 110
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It's great! Reading the second one now, took me longer to get into than the first but really hitting it's stride now! 010
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Oh no! Luckily I'm reading the ebook then, hate not being able to finish a good series. 020
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Good evening Womble, I'm currently reading The Art of Destiny by Wesley Chu, second book in the War Arts Saga, going well. 151
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Well this is cool, just discovered someone I know through work (which yeah, I never talk about here) is an author, and he's now sent me a copy of his book! So that's up next on the TBR. 📚💙 060
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Good to hear you made something! I don't have Kindle unlimited, so don't get the free version. Don't buy much from Amazon at all actually but have checked library & they don't have it. Interesting process writing a book, I wrote a teen book once, didn't get published but enjoyed the process. 100
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Had no idea you had written a book! Sounds like just the kind of thing I read actually & it's cheap on Amazon, so you have a sale! Do you actually get any $ for this? 110
Cathy L @cathlin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Thanks, have added The Glass Hotel to the TBR. Have added lots this week actually, getting good recs! 100
