nrgburst | Reading

What I Just Finished Reading: Since last Wednesday I have read/finished reading: System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells, The Body in the Garden (A Lily Adler Mystery) by Katharine Schellman, and Martinis and Mayhem (A Murder, She Wrote Mystery) by Donald Bain.

What I am Currently Reading: Water Like a Stone (A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery) by Deborah Crombie.

What I Plan to Read Next: Still a variety of library books out and even more on request, so a library book.

Book 43 of 2025: System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries) (Martha Wells)

This book was so good! ( spoilers )

So good! I still have one book left because I was forewarned that this one immediately followed Network Effect. I’m obviously giving this one five hearts.

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Book 44 of 2025: The Body in the Garden (A Lily Adler Mystery) (Katharine Schellman)

I liked this book a lot. ( spoilers )

I enjoyed this book and have already requested the second in the series from the library. I'm giving this one five hearts.

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Book 45 of 2025: Martinis & Mayhem (A Murder, She Wrote Mystery) (Donald Bain)

I enjoyed this book (though you know I'll have something to say about it in a future M[F]M post). ( spoilers )

I'm happy to see that these books are getting better, even though there are still some inconsistencies (within the book and with the show). I'm giving it four hearts.

♥♥♥♥

spikedluv

My sister A wanted to go out to see mom at 11am; I’m relieving her around 3pm (timing at her request), so I had time to get some shopping and other chores done. I went downtown so I could go to Walmart.

Mom stuff: While at Walmart I picked up some items that mom had requested I get for her eventual convalescence at home; dropped by her house to get her mail; and stopped in at the bank to make sure they had a copy of her POA on file (since she has me signing checks to pay bills while she’s in the hospital). They did not. The process took way longer than I expected; it’s such a rigamarole now. (On the plus side, I got a call after just an hour and a half saying it had been approved, so I’m good to go.)

I passed Sunnycrest, so I stopped in to see if they had those beef sticks for Pip. They did! Just one package, but it’s something.

I did a load of laundry, hit Stewart’s on the way home, baked chicken for the dogs, did the usual amount of hand-washing dishes, and changed kitty litter. (Dear lord, that was a stinky job. My fault because I let it go longer than usual. Lesson learned. Hopefully.)

I started reading a new book and obviously got to visit mom.

Time is warping and I thought today was Wednesday so I took my Trulicity injection a day early. o_O

Temps started out at 59.0(F) and reached 74. At a guess. I hate not being home in the afternoon to check the temp.

Mom Update:

Mom was doing much better today! MUCH better. ( more )

rionaleonhart

I've been playing Deltarune! I've replayed chapters one and two, and I've also finished the new chapter three; I haven't played the fourth chapter yet.

For the benefit of anyone who's trying to avoid spoilers, this entry has two different cuts. The first cut contains my thoughts from revisiting the first two chapters (mainly disjointed speculation, including speculation on the Snowgrave route), with no spoilers for the new material, and the second cut contains my thoughts on chapter three.

( Thoughts on the first two chapters of Deltarune. )

And now on to chapter three!

( Thoughts on chapter three of Deltarune. )

One of the most striking things about Deltarune, like Undertale before it, is how dense this game is with fun little details. It takes every opportunity to slip in a secret or a joke. You're constantly rewarded for poking around, for trying new things, for taking a second look. It's an approach that makes the world such a pleasure to explore.

I'm looking forward to playing chapter four; please try not to give anything away in the comments!

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Name:

sweetsorcery
Age group: Adult
Country: New Zealand
Subscription/Access Policy: Free Spirits over 18 who don't post excessively about News and Politics

I'm going to put OTPs and Ships under their fandoms, as I have quite a few.

Main Fandoms: Biggles series - W E Johns (Biggles/Thomas Moorven, Algy Lacey/Ginger Hebblethwaite, Biggles/Erich von Stalhein, Bertie Lissie/Ian Ross, Algy/Ginger/Bertie); Famous Five - Enid Blyton (Julian Kirrin/Dick Kirrin)

Other Fandoms (I still sometimes write in these, or they're new to me and I might even just have WIPs so far):

LIT - Victorian/Edwardian Ghost Stories & Adventure Stories:
Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson (Alan Breck Stewart/David Balfour), The Attic - A M Burrage (Stanley Forbes/Derek Wilson), Lot No. 249 - Arthur Conan Doyle (William Monkhouse Lee/Abercrombie Smith), Thurnley Abbey - Perceval Landon (Alastair Colvin/Narrator), Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad - M R James (Professor Parkins/Colonel Wilson), Initiation and H.S.H. - Algernon Blackwood (Arthur/Malahide, H.S.H./Delane), Dracula and Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker... I keep adding to the list of inspiring vintage horror canons.
I also run a community for Vintage Horror with M/M potential:

kindreadspirits

TV:
Vienna Blood (TV) (Max Liebermann/Oskar Rheinhardt), Colditz (1972) (Kommandant Karl/John Preston), Hornblower (TV) (Hornblower/Pellew, Hobbs/Wellard), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV) (Napoleon/Illya, Napoleon, Satine), Agatha Christie's Poirot (Poirot/Hastings, Poirot/Shaitana), All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV) (Siegfried Farnon/Tristan Farnon)

FILMS:
Aces High (1976) (Sinclair/Croft), The Haunting (1963) (John Markway/Luke Sanderson), Lord of the Rings (Jackson Movies) (Boromir/Faramir, Celeborn/Haldir), Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence/Ali), The Trollenberg Terror (1958) (Alan Brooks/Philip Truscott), Thunder Rock (1942) (David Charleston/?), Morning Departure (1950) (Manson/Snipe), The Way to the Stars (1945) (David Archdale/Johnny Hollis)... I'm a huge fan of vintage British War Movies (also an ever growing list),

THEATRE:
Journey's End - R C Sherriff (and its numerous adaptions in different mediums)

Historical RPF:
18th and 19th Century RPF (Vivaldi/Farinelli, Keats/Shelley), Ancient Egypt RPF

Fannish Interests: Writing, Reading, Exchanges and Challenges, possibly going to try my hand at some more Vidding in future; I get hooked on most of my vintage fandoms through audiobooks and story readings

Favourite Feelgood Movies (mostly independent of fannish creations): Lost Horizon (1937), The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), The Colditz Story (1955), The Haunting (1963), The Innocents (1960), The Night My Number Came up (1955), Morning Departure (1950), Death on the Nile (2004), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Dean Spanley

Favourite TV Shows: Famous Five (70s series), Sherlock Holmes (Granada Series), Sapphire and Steel, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Vienna Blood, The Children of the Stones, most classic Star Trek

Authors: Algernon Blackwood, M R James, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, A M Burrage, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh Walpole, A J Alan, Bram Stoker, Jules Verne

Music: British Dance Bands from the 1920s - 1940s, Baroque Music (incl. Opera very selectively), Romantic Era Music, Pop from the 1950s - 1980s, Tango, Swing, World Music

Games: nope

Comics/Anime/Misc: not really, but I love Ghibli films

Other Info about Me: I have fibromyalgia and C-PTSD. I do mostly post about fandom and writing, but now and then, I vent about the fact that daily pain and fatigue impact my life badly; if you're someone who only wants perfectly healthy friends... that's not me.

dine

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Title: Nothing I wouldn’t do for you
Author: Pairatime
Fandom: Hit The Floor (tv)
Pairing/Characters: Jude/Zero
Rating/Category: R/Slash
Prompt: it was Jude who shot Jelena making it Zero’s turn to be Team Jude
Spoilers: The Summer special
Summary: Zero realized what Jude had done and stays by his side.
Notes/Warnings: This didn’t go how I had planned but then with Jelena involved should I be surprised.

Link:AO3

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4 Little Mermaid, 1 Pirates of the Carribean, and 1 Once Upon a Time

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Title: No Choice At All
Author:

kalira
Fandom: Moon Child
Ship/Characters: Kei & Sho
Rating/Category: T/Gen
Prompt: Moon Child (2003), Kei & or / Sho, choices
Spoilers: through the end of the movie
Summary: Choices made, choices taken - points that define and bound relationships, people . . . hearts.
Notes/Warnings: N/A
Wordcount: 1,515

Read on AO3

(I don't believe there's a tag for this fandom yet, but I've used the other applicable ones!)

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Welcome to round 69. Follow the link and SPIN THE WHEEL. There are 10 themes in total but you have to create up to 5 icons only.

The themes are: Close Crop, Time, Vintage, High contrast, Negative Space, Monochrome, Texture, Black & White, Faceless, Emotion.

To make it challenging choose the first five themes you end up getting. However, if you spin and end up with a theme you have difficulty with, then spin again. Have fun!
Below are some examples to inspire you.

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tinny

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Rules & Guidelines:

You can submit up to 5 icons. Please, post the URLs of your icons along with the icons.
Icons must not exceed 60 kb for DW and must be 100 px X 100 px.
Animaton is allowed.
Submit your icons as a separate post to the community.
Your subject should be as round 69: spin the wheel by username.
Tag your post with username and round number.
The deadline is 1st July, 2025.

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In the past, shows used to create “clip episodes” which were made up of segments of other episodes with a brief wraparound story. This was usually done to save money, extend writing time, or cover for the absence of a lead character.

Is this something you miss? Is there one you've particularly liked? Given currently shorter seasons, are these still being used in any shows you’ve seen?

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spikedluv

Round 7 of

comment_bingo is open for sign-ups!!

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rionaleonhart

I am legally required to write this Hundred Line/Horizon Zero Dawn crossover. Yugamu and Nil are both so horny for murder; it would be a travesty if they never met!

Title: Kindred Spirits
Fandom: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy/Horizon Zero Dawn
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Yugamu/Nil
Wordcount: 1,200
Summary: Yugamu and Nil meet and murderflirt. Look, someone had to write this.

( Kindred Spirits )

spikedluv

I had plans to get a lot of stuff (including stuff for mom) done in the afternoon after visiting mom, but my sister got out of work later than she thought and I stayed later because the surgeon had come in and so I got none of that stuff done.

I did do a load of laundry, the usual amount of hand-washing dishes, and scooped kitty litter. I read and watched an HGTV program.

I was hungry by the time I left the hospital as I hadn’t had lunch yet, and I didn’t want to wait until I got home to eat. So I went to a place called the Hawkeye Bar & Grill in the Otesaga Hotel and had some very good fish and chips. This was the view from my seat on the patio:

Temps started out at 57.4(F) and reached 81. (According to Pip. I’m not sure whether to believe him, but he actually had a number instead of yesterday when he just said ‘it got hot’.) The whole day was overcast/hazy, for which we should be thankful, I guess, if it really did reach 81.

Mom Update:

Mom was feeling better today, which was a relief. A lot of stuff happened, so I expect this to get long. ( it did get long )