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Love Among the Chickens by P.G. Wodehouse. About 3/4 of the way through and the density of clever lines has eased up to make room for plot, which is good, because I want to see how it all works out (or doesn’t).

Still on Summer by Edith Wharton and All Quiet on the Western Front.

I am nearly finished with Summer and I am a bit stressed for Charity.

Trying for something lighter next, Love Among the Chickens by P.G. Wodehouse.

I’ve got two novels going for the first time in a while.

Summer by Edith Wharton in the mornings.

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (translated by Brian Murdoch) in the evenings.

Not sure if that’s the correct way to organize my day.

I’m nearly done with Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, and it’s really working for me.

I had been planning on reading As I Lay Dying next, but maybe I’ll pick something with a more straightforward POV before jumping to Faulkner.

Currently: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. I picked it up somewhat randomly and feeling good about my luck. Sort of has a less depressing Thomas Hardy vibe, though still definitely about people trapped by society and circumstance.

I’m probably going to continue to read reach into the past for novels this year. Not sure what’s next, though.

Oh I loved How to Be Both. I’ve read most of Ali Smith’s novels and I’ll continue until I’ve read them all. How to Be Both might be my favorite so far.

You can (and should) fight fascism without “AI”. Certainly there are anti-fascist illustrators.