Reading In/Out 9/1/2026

So this was a wildly productive reading weekend, especially considering I didn't know how much time I would actually have. My kid who usually sleeps all afternoon has new meds and no longer takes naps. When they are awake, they are usually yapping at me. Luckily, they left the house several times this weekend.

OUT

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi - This was great! The ridiculous things that happen in this book because the moon turns to cheese. Or as NASA insisted on calling it, "an organic material." This reminded me of the Jose Saramago book Death with Interruptions, in which people in Portugal stopped dying. There were all these pieces of society that you wouldn't think about being affected by a lack of death. There are a whole lot of people and things affected by the moon turning to cheese. Unlike the Saramago, this one was hilarious.

Strange Houses by Uketsu - My kid put this on my August TBR because it's Horror-adjacent. One of my friends read it in 24 hours and raved about it. I read it in two sittings yesterday, meaning I just got it in under the wire on the last day of August. It wasn't really gory or scary. It was messed up, but not too horror-y.

Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick - I have officially DNFed this one. I decided I just really do not care. I want to spend my lunch reading time on something I want to read. I did want to read it at one point, but that time has passed. It's outta here.

IN

The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye - I started this one yesterday. Right now, I'm getting a lot of plot vibes from The Night Circus. We have 2 magicians being trained to be the official Enchanter of the Realm, or whatever. One of them is lovingly supported and trained; the other is less loved and supported and is more likely to be nearly killed. One of them knows they have competition; the other does not. It's a little different, but not in the main plot. I hope it goes somewhere else. No book could do it as well as The Night Circus.

That's it. I'm literally only reading one book right now. That will most likely change very soon, but for now, here we are.