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#10BeforeTheEnd update:
I finished Paris noir and The Adventures of Vela. I was planning on starting Mejnun and Leyla but after Vela, I need a break on the long-form poetry front, so Soul Mountain it is! As it is a doorstop and I have a few days off, it should be perfect.

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Pic is of the Chinese Garden in Chaumont, back in June

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first line: Empires arise from chaos and empires collapse back into chaos. This we have known since time began.

from my current read, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, translated by Martin Palmer

One of my bike tires went flat yesterday (while I was about an hour‘s bike-push from home; blah), so I had to hit Canadian Tire today—and hey, my favourite indie bookstore‘s in the same mall, and it would‘ve been rude not to stop in. I chose two books from the bargain section and a gorgeous new bookmark I shall use in my primary read.

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I finally finished THE STORY OF THE STONE this morning! It was great (aside from the bit at the end maligning the women, who‘re the book‘s main focus despite Bao-Yu‘s central character status), and the last five pages took me half a frickin‘ hour to read because of this adorable red menace. Argh. #deweyoct #readathon

I did the Sunday afternoon book & beer thing, with strange lighting effects and two schnauzers who I just barely managed to keep from sampling the beer. (It was a very nice witbier. I might‘ve drunk it too quickly.)

I‘m now in the home stretch with THE STORY OF THE STONE! Unless I get distracted, I should know all the sordid details of the Jia family‘s sad fate by the end of the week.

I requested the final volume of THE STORY OF THE STONE as soon as I finished Vol 4, and it didn‘t come in. When I checked the catalogue again, they‘d marked it as Trace.

I figured there was nothing I could do if someone stole it, but if it was lost in the library maybe *I* could find it. I went to the branch today, and it was right there on the shelf, exactly where it was supposed to be. 🤷‍♀️

I got a bunch of other stuff too, since I was there.

Today‘s plan: make a good start on THE DEBT OF TEARS with this little cutie and her sister.