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Kicking off the re-read of the Ravenloft novels from the 90s is this story of two vampires locked in a battle of wills that is neither ripe nor maidenly.

https://hagstation.com/hagreads/books/Golden_Christie__Vampire_of_the_Mists.php

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Talking with a friend about the Grimm's fairy tales, I feel like I must bring up my favorite: Allerleirauh.

This is the perfect example of of how these beloved folk tales were more or less "old guy rambling out a story by the fire, and by the time he finished he was too drunk to remember where he started."

https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/all-kinds-of-fur_allerleirauh

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Please enjoy, because I sure didn't!

https://hagstation.com/hagreads/books/Hazelwood_Ali__Bride.php

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While I was working on compiling a PDF proof of some writing drafts this morning, I realized MS had "enhanced" office with AI. Without asking, without consent.

I was able to do the registry edit solution and now the AI.exe task does not appear to be loading when I go in to work on a draft.

https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-disable-the-artificial-intelligence-ai-host-feature/

I want to again remind people that AI is an equal opportunity robber. Your rough drafts? Private journals? AI don't care and will gobble that up.

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I mostly use for my drafts but while the Compile function is very slick, it does lack a couple of key features that I required Word for. I'll have to look into LibreOffice as a backup word processor.

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10 Authors, of whose books I've read at least 5:

(A trickier ask because all my books are currently still in boxes):

Jane Austen
Marilynne Robinson
Thomas Hardy
Margaret Atwood
N.K. Jemisin
Graham Greene
L. Frank Baum
Charles Dickens
D.H. Lawrence
Jasper Fforde


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Why nobody has taken by the scruff of the neck and made me read N.K. Jemisin before is an abiding mystery. ‘The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms’ is right up my street.
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@oarditi @bookstodon I really like her stuff. I will say that I think people do her dirty when they talk about the Broken Earth series. It's dark fantasy, but people act as if you would be further ahead just drinking poison after getting past the map page because "It's just so difficult to read" (because there's a lot of dark s--- in there) It's not! difficult! to read! She's an incredibly talented writer who tells engaging, complex stories.

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