Already, after the copyright page, it starts sweet/rough.

Thank you! Ouch!

Purchased the book and posted about it. Thank you!

Is The Wheel of the Year shelved on the cafe side? Looks familiar.

So there’s all that.

And all or nearly all books are available at Porter Square Books, Cambridge edition.

Some Bujold hardcovers are available at NESFA in Magoun Square.

Also, on Sunday June 1, a number of locals will be at The Armory: cazicon.com

Thisbe from Too Like The Lightning by Ada Palmer (not a light read)

Biography of X by Catherine Lacy (characters: X and her wife)

Monza Mercator in Best Served Cold; not someone to cross, ever

Many characters written by Lois McMaster Bujold. (Women, not typically lesbians, from what I recall)

Fun Home by Allison Bechdel

Dykes to Watch Out For by Bechdel

The Art of Living (non-fiction) by Epictetus, interpreted by Sharon Lebell

Married women in recently released Murderbot streaming series (also, the books)

Suldrun, Lyonesse series by Jack Vance [so, written by a dude]

Granny Weatherwax et al. in Discworld.

Tenar, Earthsea.

Princess, The Princess and the Goblin

Fern, Charlotte’s Web

Gideon and Harrow, Gideon the Ninth—all one could want in one volume, but there are multiple volumes

Circe, Madeline Miller

Temple Grandin, real person, any work

Hang on. Why are there fewer than a thousand likes so far? I shall go on a bit.

(Cracks knuckles)

Irene Adler: bested Sherlock Holmes (and also a fun take in the movie The Zero Effect)

Several in Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone

Ten Thousand Doors of January by Harrow. No spoilers.

Can empathize.

One room of the house is on fire. Another is flooded by an overflowing toilet. The dishwasher isn’t dishwashing.

And yet it’s arguably positive to think that little moments of joy can be sustaining. Sometimes.

Ow.

Will confirm via mutual sniffing of back ends.

“Pumpkin + Plum Sandwich” would make for a good vegan-friendly lunch.

Is barking invoked? Maybe some running? Then yes.