sienamystic | Not dead yet

After my phone theft, I reported it to the police, which involved an online form. I mostly did it because I would possibly need to report it to insurance, although that ended up not happening. I was startled to get several phone calls by an officer to let me know what they were trying, and to regretfully let me know that because there was no security camera footage or witnesses, they weren't likely to be able to find it. Since I couldn't provide the serial number (it's on the box, which is buried in my house somewhere, if I hadn't thrown it away in the past three years) they couldn't really check the pawn shops and since it was a kid, it's probably being used anyway. I was just startled that they bothered to call and let me know, and to also send me a little pamphlet on resources for counseling if I was traumatized.

Thankfully, there was no trauma, and even more thankfully, my mom gave me a new phone as an early birthday present.

I just finished reading the excellent recent translation of the Odyssey by Emily Wilson. She kept the prose simple and powerful, with unexpected moments of beauty popping up here and there.

I got stuck on the second Raven Boys book, Dream Thieves, and so have put it aside for now. And I have the new Guy Gavriel Kay book on Kindle, but for some reason haven't started it yet. I still have some eccentricities around ebooks vs a hard copy - if I had it in my hands I would have already begun it but somehow knowing I have it on my phone is one thing, and actually beginning to read it is another. I also picked up The Priory of the Orange when it was on sale for two bucks, so I have that in store. And and and, the new novella in the Rivers of London series is due out soon, as is Linda Holmes' debut book, both of which I preordered. Now to actually get to reading. There's a beach vacation in the near future so hopefully I'll be able to sit down then.