compersion & limerence

Part -1. Wooooof, I feel like I have not been on the internet for weeks, hi, internet! Predominantly this is because I have been cranking on experiments at work the last bit, which means the past two weeks have been of approximately infinite length, and because of the very particular data set has required me to be at work at 8 am every day. This is...earlier than usual.
( cw for cool maternal science / horror / fetal microchimerism )

In any case, yes, am excited about results and data, and sounexpectedly intrigued by this field, and I am also totally 100% exhausted mush; you could just pour me into a jello mold and "wait until congealed." (The real way they wrote recipe books! god, why??.)

Part 0. I am SO excited about my femslash after dark assignment, my word, my WORD, and all the rest of what will be gifted to the collective femslash-consuming community come August. I am worried I didn't write a detailed enough letter; er, rather, I didn't list all my kinks comprehensively, what if my writer thinks those are my only kinks and therefore limits themself?!
But still, really really really looking forward to writing (oh god when??) and reading. Yum.

Part 1, books recently completed (now a woefully out of date list):
( Fanny Howe, romance novels, Mary Oliver, Good Omens )

Part 2, CurrentlyPreviously Reading

Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, per comments from when I read Affinity -- ty to breathedout for the recommendation; it was ridiculously on brand for you, and thoroughly enjoyable.
( some thoughts )

So I guess I liked it, all in all, though!

Part next, whatever part I'm on, currently reading (actual):
Finished Le Carre's Single & Single, a day or two ago, which featured too many names and a plot that was...fine; not as fun as the Smiley novel I read a few years ago. It was a found-on-vacation deal, so that's alright.

Picked up H is for Hawk, which caters quite precisely to my niche of gay + grief + nature, thank you very much. It's lovely, just as expected.