Daily Reading, Tuesday May 12th

[ironed_orchid]

What have you been reading today?

Everything counts, from a novel-length fic to the labels on your washing.

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[ironed_orchid]

I was doing some much needed maintenance on my computer, so I read a lot of screens which said things like "38% of updates installed, do not turn off your computer"

I had the day off, so I also managed about 6 chapters of Gaudy Night.

[weaverbird]

Gaudy Night has one of my favorite minor characters in the Lord Peter 'verse - St. George. His "Oh, look! your bag's opened itself wide and all the little oojahs have gone down the steps," was so goofy and charming that he won my heart then and there.

(Now I want to re-read it. You're a bad influence, you. *g*)

[ironed_orchid]

Well I decided to re-read it, and the other books with Harriet Vane, due to the lovely essay in The Toast last week: On Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey: An Essay with Personal Interruptions, by Mo Moulton.

St. George is fun. (I was about to say something nice about him, but realised it's a spoiler for the next book, and others in the community might not have read them yet.)

[weaverbird]

Annnnnnnnnd now I have another tab open. :) Thanks for the link, that essay looks wonderful.