Gail O’Connor
@tofueater.bsky.social
I like books and birds. Living with chronic illness. My reading goal this year is to decrease the number of unread books I own.
It’s a beautiful afternoon to not be at work.
July 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It’s a beautiful afternoon to not be at work.
Book read: Strange New World by Vivian Shaw. I'm so glad there was another volume in this series. In this one, Greta is sent to the US to do a road trip with a young angel and young demon as "interns." Quite enjoyable, I stayed up too late to finish it last night.
July 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Book read: Strange New World by Vivian Shaw. I'm so glad there was another volume in this series. In this one, Greta is sent to the US to do a road trip with a young angel and young demon as "interns." Quite enjoyable, I stayed up too late to finish it last night.
Book finished: Merchanter's Luck by C.J. Cherryh. Part of her Union/Alliance series, this was really good! I don't always enjoy Cherryh's non-Foreigner works. I really miss the days when an author could tell a complete story in about 200 pages.
February 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Book finished: Merchanter's Luck by C.J. Cherryh. Part of her Union/Alliance series, this was really good! I don't always enjoy Cherryh's non-Foreigner works. I really miss the days when an author could tell a complete story in about 200 pages.
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January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Book finished: The Enigma of Room 622 by Joel Dicker. I expected to like it. A murder in a nice hotel is exactly the kind of story I usually like. But this is not really a mystery, it's general fiction that happens to have a crime as a minor plot point. Very long, slow, and totally preposterous.
January 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Book finished: The Enigma of Room 622 by Joel Dicker. I expected to like it. A murder in a nice hotel is exactly the kind of story I usually like. But this is not really a mystery, it's general fiction that happens to have a crime as a minor plot point. Very long, slow, and totally preposterous.
Book finished: Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker. This is a novella about a young woman who gets a job on a home improvement/haunted house reality TV show.
January 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Book finished: Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker. This is a novella about a young woman who gets a job on a home improvement/haunted house reality TV show.
Book finished: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. This fantasy-mystery crossover was so much fun! I will be very surprised if it isn't a Hugo nominee.
January 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Book finished: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. This fantasy-mystery crossover was so much fun! I will be very surprised if it isn't a Hugo nominee.
Book finished: Out of the Drowning Deep by AC Wise. It's a mashup of genres, a novella murder mystery in a science fictional setting where gods and angels are real, and sometimes answer your prayers.
January 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Book finished: Out of the Drowning Deep by AC Wise. It's a mashup of genres, a novella murder mystery in a science fictional setting where gods and angels are real, and sometimes answer your prayers.
Post a pic you took to add some calm to the timeline #SomethingBeautiful
December 1, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Post a pic you took to add some calm to the timeline #SomethingBeautiful
If you see this, post a picture taken in the mountains.
October 28, 2024 at 1:24 PM
If you see this, post a picture taken in the mountains.
If you see this,post something purple.
October 27, 2024 at 11:24 PM
If you see this,post something purple.
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October 23, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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I’m at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis today to see Scotland PA
October 5, 2024 at 6:45 PM
I’m at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis today to see Scotland PA
I’m at the Commonweal Thestre in Lanesboro today to see Rumors
September 21, 2024 at 7:45 PM
I’m at the Commonweal Thestre in Lanesboro today to see Rumors
Tonight I’m at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson for The Drowsy Chaperone. This is gonna be good.
September 5, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Tonight I’m at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson for The Drowsy Chaperone. This is gonna be good.
Minnesota Fringe second show: Yo Ho Hum at Theatre in the Round
August 4, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Minnesota Fringe second show: Yo Ho Hum at Theatre in the Round
Today I’m in Minneapolis for Minnesota Fringe. First show: Old Growth at the Southern Theater.
August 4, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Today I’m in Minneapolis for Minnesota Fringe. First show: Old Growth at the Southern Theater.
Tonight I’m at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson seeing Arsenic & Old Lace. The set is gorgeous. Great job, guys!
July 12, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Tonight I’m at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson seeing Arsenic & Old Lace. The set is gorgeous. Great job, guys!
Not exactly, though not wildly wrong. I'm in the Midwest, not the West.
June 29, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Not exactly, though not wildly wrong. I'm in the Midwest, not the West.
Today I was at the Ordway in Saint Paul to see Come From Away. It was fantastic. I had a bit of cognitive dissonance when I looked around the theater and saw people to whom 9/11 was a historical event, not something they experienced themselves, or at least not as adults.
June 9, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Today I was at the Ordway in Saint Paul to see Come From Away. It was fantastic. I had a bit of cognitive dissonance when I looked around the theater and saw people to whom 9/11 was a historical event, not something they experienced themselves, or at least not as adults.
I’m at the Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro today to see The Outsider
May 26, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I’m at the Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro today to see The Outsider
Tonight I’m at the Mabel Tainter theater in Menominie to see Arsenic and Old Lace. It’s a gorgeous old theater.
May 4, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Tonight I’m at the Mabel Tainter theater in Menominie to see Arsenic and Old Lace. It’s a gorgeous old theater.
Book completed: Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo. Fourth in the Singing Hills cycle, I had read the first in the series but not the ones in between. I loved the talking birds who remember everything. Very enjoyable, and I will definitely track down books 2 and 3.
February 24, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Book completed: Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo. Fourth in the Singing Hills cycle, I had read the first in the series but not the ones in between. I loved the talking birds who remember everything. Very enjoyable, and I will definitely track down books 2 and 3.
It’s beautiful, but this weather change is playing hell with my joints. Not a restful night, unfortunately.
February 15, 2024 at 3:54 PM
It’s beautiful, but this weather change is playing hell with my joints. Not a restful night, unfortunately.