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tjs_whatnot) wrote2025-01-15 11:02 am
tjs_whatnot) wrote2025-01-15 11:02 am
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Lets see. What do I usually wish for? I can't even remember anymore. Oh yeah...
Artists and Writers: Anything you want to create, either remixing or illustrating something that I've written in the past, or maybe something from the fandom of any of this year's 5 star reads?
Graphics and/or Coding Gurus: I neeeeeeed help! I did one of those reading bingo things--first one I've ever finished and I'm ridiculous pleased with myself--and I'd like to make it pretty, or have links or... IDK, be able to make it mine in someway, ya know? So I need help, or it if is easier to just do it than explain it, then that instead. *looks sheepish*
Readers and Reccers: Sell me on your favorite book from this year!
And wow. That's it. Oh yeah, if you have asked for anything on your Wishlist that you think might be in my wheel house to provide--as a writer, reader or squee-er, do me a solid and link it here, yeah? Cool.
Wish Granted!
Fiction:
Penric's Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold
Penric and Desdemona (Chronological) #1-3
Footloose nobleman Penric journeys from young lord to sorcerer and scholar in the Bastard’s Order—and solves mysteries along the way.
Nonfiction:
The Incredible Story of Cooking From Prehistory to Today: 500,000 Years of Adventure
For the first time, a graphic novel tells the story of humanity through the evolution of cuisine. From the discovery of fire to organic cooking, this book is aimed at all curious people and foodies.
Hilarious but also informative, a great read for anyone who likes food and/or history.
>>Oh yeah, if you have asked for anything on your Wishlist that you think might be in my wheel house to provide--as a writer, reader or squee-er, do me a solid and link it here, yeah? Cool.<<
My wishlist is here. Possibilities (more details in the post) may include:
* New participants in my Poetry Fishbowl.
* Recommendations for fanwork sites or free fanzines that don't require registration to view the content. I've already picked up the Spones zine that someone else put in their list.
* Feedback is candy. I'm always looking for new readers.
Re: Wish Granted!
And for your wish to fight climate change, I planted some trees in a local effort to fight evasive plants and to create a watershed at a local nature preserve. And I just found out my local library has a seed swap, so I'll be doing that in the spring. ❤️❤️
Re: Wish Granted!
I'm happy I could help.
>> And for your wish to fight climate change, I planted some trees in a local effort to fight evasive plants and to create a watershed at a local nature preserve.<<
:D 3q3q3q!!! That is so awesome! Thanks for doing that, and for telling me.
>> And I just found out my local library has a seed swap, so I'll be doing that in the spring. <<
Oh, that's great. I haven't found one around here. Sad, because I do some seed saving and want to do more. I've got the Shithouse Marigolds well established and I'm currently working on a landrace of sunflowers.
I've been to a few plant swaps though -- got my best hostas at one. They're super simple, just narrow dark green leave, but very sturdy and reliable.
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Lost Places by Sarah Pinsker - the first story alone is enough for me rec this short story collection (Two Truths and a Lie). But in general, I always enjoy Sarah Pinsker's short stories. Even when she's writing sci-fi or fantasy, the human story is always the forefront.
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Probably the warmest/kindest was The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper - Phaedra Patrick, in which an isolated widower finds an unfamiliar charm bracelet in his late wife's things. Each charm relates to a part of her life he hadn't known, and as he looks deeper into each one he travels further out of the rut he settled into after her death and connects with new people, some of whom also loved his wife, and reconnects with their grown children.
The one that's still in my head even though I read it back in January of last year is What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez - Claire Jiminez. Ruthy disappeared without a trace at 13, and in present-day chapters narrated by her mother, older sister, and baby sister we see that her family never really recovered. There are also occasional chapters narrated by Ruthy in the days and hours before her disappearance. A dozen years later, her sisters see the villain of a trashy reality show who looks just like Ruthy might have grown up to, and the family ends up on a chaotic roadtrip to attend a taping of the show to see if it could possibly be her.
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❤️❤️
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And either add a hyperlink to the books I've read or add a cover graphic. If it would be easier to make my own table, I need someone to show me how.
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The W3Schools project has all the details, but generally, it looks like this:
<table>
<caption>Table Caption</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Header 1</th>
<th>Header 2</th>
<th>Header 3</th>
<th>Header 4</th>
<th>Header 5</th>
</tr>
</thead>
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That's the basics of a 5x5 table with a header row on top. Put titles and things in the <td> tags, and you can use links HTML as well, and you can make the cover graphic clickable as a link if desired as well.
Hopefully that makes sense?
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Read Queerly Bingo 2024
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Let's see if I can make this work in small caps.
There we go. This is possible because I added a style attribute to the preceding paragraph. You might have to do the same with your table by adding
style="border: 1px solid black;"to thetable
th
td
elements, so they read <table style="border: 1px solid black"> for example.
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(My favourite of the year was actually the 4th one in the series, but that doesn't stand alone, and the first one in the series does).
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My favorite book of 2025 -- Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. Written in the 1860s, set in the 1830s. I know that 19th-century domestic fiction is not everyone's taste, but it's long been one of my literary sweet spots. But somehow, except for Cranford (read as a college assignment), I never got around to reading much Gaskell.
I started Wives and Daughters because it is a free selection on Audible, and I'd been thinking about giving more Gaskell a try. The book is really LONG, but the characters are compelling, and I really like Gaskell's overall tone/style: funny, kind, clear-eyed, thoughtful. Sadly, she died before finishing the novel (it was being published serially), so we'll never know exactly how she would have completed it, but I felt satisfied with the ending that another writer provided at the time of G's death.
There was also a 1999 TV mini-series that was well-received and that I'm looking forward to watching.
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