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PaperclipPerfector  3d ago (text post)   1911 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for May 3, 2026

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So, what are you reading?

I'm getting interested in Ellul. Also about halfway through The Handmaid's Tale. Can't say it has really moved me yet one way or the other, but it seems to be moving towards something. It vaguely occurs to me that some of the undertone of resentment might be intended for readers like myself, but I can't quite figure out what precisely it is angry about yet. Hopefully it will be something that I can use.

Had a long drive on the weekend, so Dresden Files' White Night kept me company. The series keeps to deliver, though this one was a bit lower stakes, comparatively, than the previous ones. The only serious arc advancements were that we now know how Thomas is surviving, Lash is out of the picture, after managing to teach Dresden to play guitar, of all things, and Marcone becomes a baron which I am sure will play out later somehow. A lot of unanswered questions - like what Cowl has to do with it and where the immortal super-ghoul army came from and why nobody knew about that even existing prior to that.

Also finished Howling Dark and Demon in White. Hadrian's transformation from a hippie to a superhero by the end of it is pretty much complete, now I am expecting him to do something with it.

Also, have been re-reading Father Brown stories. They never get old.

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