It’s Friday! Reading 8/16

[charlatti]

What have you been reading this week?

QOTW: How does talk about politics go in your workplace? Avoid it, prohibited, open discussion, talk only with a select few…?

[travella]

I finished How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin, 2.5*. I really enjoyed the first part of the book, but disliked the last part and the ending. I am currently reading The Night Agent by Matthew Quirk.

QOTW: I dislike all talk of politics, especially in the workplace. Everyone is so polarized and their opinions usually so rigid (I'm right, you're wrong no matter what) that I find it very off putting.

[Vespasia]

I'm about a 1/4 of the way into Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine. The beginning was a bit confusing and some of the stuff is pretty implausible but it's starting to get interesting. I wanted something quick and fun that didn't require much brainpower and this should be a good fit.

QOTW: It's not discussed at length at my work but, based on every comment ever made, we all appear to be on the same page. That's true both for the group I work with at my institution and the leadership for my national role. I've yet to encounter anyone in my specific field who is vocally conservative or Trumpy but I am sure they must exist.

[charlatti]

I’m reading Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman. Her thrillers are definitely page-turners.

QOTW: Most people avoid it — it will come up occasionally but only in very small groups who know each other well enough to know they’re on the same side.

[dearprudence]

Finished Wedding in Cornwall and The Wedding People. Wedding in Cornwall was fine. I really enjoyed The Wedding People.

Started reading For the Love of Friends about a woman who's in 5 weddings and decides to anonymously blog about the experience. It's cute.

Started listening to To Have and to Heist, which I'm not enjoying. It's about a woman whose best friend is framed for a theft and she plans a heist to get the stolen item back. The dialogue is... not good and the whole thing feels weird and forced.


QOTW: How does talk about politics go in your workplace? Avoid it, prohibited, open discussion, talk only with a select few…? so a lot of my job involves legislation/regulations and lobbying so politics is certainly a part of everyday life here. I feel lucky that the culture of my workplace aligns with my political values. Although to be fair, I don't know if I could work here if it didn't.

[wawa]

This is two weeks catch up -

Im wrapping up the entire Percy Jackson series. I borrowed them from the library for Shorti and she wanted to read them together. So sure! Theyre cute, not perfect...but cute.


For the same reason i also read Seraphina, Shadow Scale and Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman, which are much better and would def recommend for anyone looking for YA for a kid or yourself. Some oblique sexual references, but no scenes. Very unique autistic coded dragon premise.

In grownup books, i read most recent murderbot. Loved as always, but it took me a min to get back into it. Not sure if that was me or the book, but i suspect it was the book.

And finally What Moves the Dead and What Feasts At Night by T. Kingfisher were creepy and excellent.


QOTW -
Im im a pretty liberal niche of my industry and what we do is inherently political because we're gov consultants. So...yeah, we nonchalantly talk politics pretty often and are largely like minded.