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fred_mouse ([personal profile] fred_mouse) wrote2023-08-29 09:20 pm

Craft and books

I've not yet got back to reading Braiding Sweetgrass, after managing to lose it for a week or more. Instead, I'm working on reading things I have open on the iPad on my workday commutes. Yesterday I finished Wizard of Oz. Today I've made progress on Surveillance Capitalism. I suspect I'm not going to retain large amounts of this one, but I'm choosing not to care. I can start from the beginning again if I think I'm going to get stuff out of it. Getting through it and getting small amounts of understanding is better than beating myself up for immediately forgetting everything I read.

I've been making progress on the hand sewing of the quilt. Except that I've run out of thread on the needle, and somehow lost the spool of thread. So tonight I've done two rows on a knitted blanket square. I'll have another look for the thread tomorrow.

My currently reading is thus down to 30. If I can get it under 30, I'm going to let myself start something new. The goal is then to hold at/below 30 for some amount of time, creeping downwards. If I can get this under control, I'll be very pleased with myself

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[personal profile] illariy 2023-08-29 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Would be very interested in your final opinion on Surveillance Capitalism once you finish, mainly whether you would recommend it. I want to know so I can put it on my wish list or not ;-) I fully agree it is fine to get some small things out from a book. Maybe going back in at a later time and getting some other small things out of it if that seems worthwhile.