📏 Weekly Measure: 2025 W40
I had a pretty rough day health-wise. I’ve had horrible migraines for most of this week, and I think I may be coming down with a tummy bug. But that won’t stop be from continuing the blog train!!
Stuff I’m playing
The Steam Autumn Sale is here, and we used that as an opportunity to get ConnecTank. It’s like if you took the tank battles in Rocket Slime (my favorite DS game of all time), threw in some light puzzle elements, and centered it around couch co-op. It’s really fun!
We accidentally added a tank mod that spits out purple scrap even though none of our ammo use it, and you can see us scramble around in panic near the start 😅
Stuff I’m reading
Last night, I started reading Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim and translated by Anton Hur. I absolutely loved Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung and also translated by Hur, so I had to get it. Obviously, Blood of the Old Kings (high fantasy novel) is absolutely nothing like Cursed Bunny (short story anthology of surreal horror) but I’m enjoying it so far. I’m only about 9% in so it will be a bit before I can give my full thoughts on it, though.
Speaking of Anton Hur though, there is this great list of books that he recommends up on Literary Hub. Midnight Timetable is on my shortlist of books to pick up ASAP…
Also, new month means new Clarkesworld! Haven’t had a chance to dig in just yet but I am very excited to see Isabel J. Kim has another story out this month. (As of this writing, the Clarkesworld website appears to be down so I can’t link to it directly, so here is the issue on Weightless Books.)
Stuff I’m listening to
I encountered Miso Extra and her album Earcandy a couple months back and have been listening to it at least once every few days, if not more. It is bubbly and fun but with a dry, almost dark edge that just feels so pertinent to the moment. This has been helping me get through some bad times.
Henry Time
Henry would like to remind you to take care of your body and mind because you are important. Also: give him snacks.
Okay, time to upload this and go lie down again, my tummy is very grumbly! See you all tomorrow!