Wednesday Reading Meme

Jun. 4th, 2025 04:25 pm
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What I Just Finished Reading

Marie Javins, Iron Man: Extremis Prose Novel: Extremis is an Iron Man arc I have read a lot, and I read this prose adaptation because I was interested in comparing the two; novelizations often flesh out the stories with additional details and I wanted to see what additional material was in here and what it was like.

(Also I promised myself I'd read one book a month and I finished this on the 31st in, like, an hour. I had a lot of migraines last month.)

The answer is that it's... weird. There is a lot of MCUification -- Tony has an arc reactor, a public superhero identity, and an AI named JARVIS, as well as a massive crush on Pepper -- but then it's also very comics -- Tony is sober, is clearly a working superhero and has been one for many many years, has a human butler named Jarvis who still works for the Avengers (who are clearly Tony's longtime friends), and has undergone at least a few of his bigger comics storylines, like being drunk and losing his company to Stane and being broke and living on the streets. You know. That one.

So I'm not really sure who this is for, because it's gonna annoy die-hard comics fans. I guess it's for fans who want to read some Iron Man and don't care much about continuity. Also, if you want a whole bunch of body-horror details about how Extremis works that are even more body-horrific than canon (like, Tony is conscious, mostly lucid, and blind and paralyzed and in pain the entire time he's in the cocoon and he is aware that Maya is talking to him) then I guess this is for you?

Also, weirdly, one of the ongoing themes is basically that it's Sexual Humiliation Hour for Tony? The first page of this book wants to tell us that there are tabloid stories about how Tony can't get it up, and the big Extremis reveal features Maya making fun of Tony because his dick's not bigger. I, uh. Okay? Yeah? Wasn't expecting any of that.


What I'm Reading Now

Comics Wednesday!

Doctor Strange of Asgard #4, Imperial #1, Ultimate Spider-Man Incursion #1, Ultimate Wolverine #1 )

What I'm Reading Next

IDK. All my Not Having Migraines time is going to finishing this exchange fic and not reading.

Birthdays!

Jun. 2nd, 2025 06:18 am
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Happy Birthday to two very special friends, [personal profile] halfmoon_mollie1 and [personal profile] rosalind_franklin79. I hope you can both feel my hugs and don't mind Rena-pup's face-licks. She's very excited to celebrate with you. PartyCat is also very excited! ♥ ♥



Connecticut recs?

May. 31st, 2025 03:00 pm
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So I'm apparently going to Connecticut in late August and I'll have 3 days free, likely in the Hartford area. I need to get all organized soon. (And I'm trying to not think about how much the felon and his republican enablers have messed up the FAA, really not.) I don't think anyone on this group is in Connecticut, but just thought I'd throw out a 'hey, any place in that state you'd really recommend, let me know!' I've started researching 'best tourist sites in Connecticut' and there seem to be a number of interesting places but not that many that are OMG THIS ONE for me.

It's a birthday!

May. 28th, 2025 06:49 am
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Happy Birthday, [profile] _celebrian and [personal profile] sartorias! Pupcakes for all!

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May. 23rd, 2025 11:26 am
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It's getting warm in the afternoons and still into the evenings, so it's that time of year when I go to bed, and I flip the blankets back as I don't need more than a sheet. But then I wake up 2:00-3:00ish and it's gotten cold and I want my blankets... only my medium-length hair grumpy old black cat is sleeping exactly where the blankets are flipped over and he doesn't want to move. So I end up sleepily tucking my legs on the other side of him to get under the blankets and fall asleep sideways. He's a very silly kitty and I would feel bad about moving him.

But soon it'll be warm all night and I won't need more than a sheet so that'll resolve itself. This is what passes for the cycle of living in my house.

Fannish Fifty 2025 #20 WisCon

May. 22nd, 2025 11:11 am
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An author friend of mine, Clara Ward, is one of the guests at WisCon this coming Memorial Day weekend. It's a feminist science fiction & fantasy convention, held entirely online this year. I've just got registered and have started looking at the panels, think I must attend the one on MurderBot!

Standard registration is $25 but they are a 'pay what you can' con, so reduced reg is only $5. If you've feeling like a fannish fix this weekend, join in! https://wiscon.net/

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