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Currently Reading

This week the Magical Readathon announced the prompts for the O.W.Ls challenge running in April. I was very excited and promptly pulled out a large stack of books that fit the parameters. Last year, I met the requirements for the Curse Breaker career, which is one of the more challenging. This year I thought I'd go hard and try for the Alchemist. This requires me to meet every prompt for the O.W.Ls and even more for the N.E.W.Ts later in the year, but I'm game.

Meantime, I've started in on Power and Majesty, the first of Tansy Rayner Roberts' Creature Court novels. The setting is like the 1920s meets Ancient Rome, which I'm rather enjoying. The story is rather darker than I've come to expect from Tansy, but that means it feels fresh to me.

Currently Watching

I took a break from The Untamed to meet a reading deadline and haven't yet returned to it. Meantime, Sahaquiel and I have started Star Trek: Deep Space 9. It's my first time seeing it. I can see why it's Sahaquiel's favourite: lots of factional squabbling and interesting characters. The effects seem very dated now and I have to admit I'm not sold on Avery Brooks' acting. I guess Patrick Stewart is a hard act to follow.

Currently Observing

With all the rain we've had, there have been mushrooms popping up everywhere. I'm not entirely sure what the ones pictured are, but my best guess is Mycena Galericulata.