What Are You Reading/Watching/Playing/Listening To? (Jan '24)

What's everybody been up to?

Reading: Burning Chrome by William Gibson

Playing: A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio

Listening: King of Drums by Buck 65

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  • Rachel Cavalier
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    @Bobby Steurer

    ooh I like William Gibson, the last book of his I read was Agency.


    Reading: English Food by Diane Purkiss (I am well into the section on fish)

    Watching: Sound of Metal - film about a drummer who loses his hearing

    Listening: Take Me Back to Eden by Sleep Token

  • @Rachel Cavalier This was the first I'd read of his and I enjoyed it. It was a little word-salady at times, but I liked the overall grunge and oddness.

    Hey, you're kind of a metalhead, right? That's what I've picked up, anyway, from some of your posts. I listened to a pretty blistering release the other day from The Zenith Passage. If you like really technical, at-times very proggy metal, I recommend.

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    @Bobby Steurer
    Sounds promising - I'll check them out!

  • @Bobby Steurer I am:

    Reading: Remarkable Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

    Listening: the usual, Broadway show tunes

    Playing: Instead of a game, I am rehabilitating our dog from a ccl surgery! and we are watching Northern Exposure on Prime. She likes the moose :)

  • @Bobby Steurer

    Reading: “How to Sell a Haunted House” by Grady Hendrix

    Listening: “Starter Villian” by John Scalzi

    Playing: “Phasmophobia” and “Dungeons and Dragons” also always “Civilization VI”

  • @Bobby Steurer

    Reading: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    Listening: Your Mamma's Kitchen with Michelle Norris

    Playing: Not an online game player, I have been working on my cross stitch projects

  • Christine Robertson
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    @Coco Parham I just started watching Northern Exposure a couple of weeks ago too! It's such a fun show. Hope your pup heals soon!!

  • Christine Robertson
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    @Bobby Steurer

    Reading: Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

    Playing: Wordscapes

    Watching: Grantchester, Midsommer Murders, Northern Exposure

    Listening: Glenn Miller Orchestra

  • @Christine Robertson Thanks! Everyday is better :)

  • @Bobby Steurer

    Reading: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

    Watching: The Gilded Age

    Playing: VR (Oculus/Meta Quest 2): Population: One / In Death Unchained / Walkabout Mini Golf / Elven Assassin / RealVRFishing

    Listening: 80s Party (SiriusXM) Mostly but some Country too!

  • Carrie Powell
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    @Coco Parham, the audio version of Remarkably Bright Creatures is also great; the voice of Marcellus is perfect!

  • @Carrie Powell I have to listen to it! Thanks!

  • Angela Finley Hunter
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    @Bobby Steurer - Great question! Happy New Year!

    Reading: All About Love by bell hooks and How We Heal by Alex Elle

    Playing: Out of Bounds: Black Culture

    Listening: Club Shay Shay podcast and The Light We Carry book by Michelle Obama


  • Angela Finley Hunter
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    @Brenda VanderHijde - Love the 80s music!

  • @Bobby Steurer

    Reading: I'm almost done with The Heir of Fire, the 3rd book in The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Mass, and have the 4th waiting at the ready! It has been a long time since I was so captivated by a series.

    Playing: Candy Crush

    Watching: House and the new episodes of Chicago Fire, PD and Med

    Listening: Pandora stations - depends on the day, anywhere from instrumental, country, radio hits or Morning Motown