reading wednesday

• What are you reading?

Infomocracy, by Malka Older, and Cultured: How Ancient Foods Can Feed Our Microbiome, by Katherine Harmon Courage.

• What did you recently finish reading?

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, by Kelly Jones, illustrated by Katie Kath. Weird, charming, really good. I especially appreciated the author's solution to the situation, so common in kids' books, where you've got a magic problem that you can't get any help with, because you can't talk to anyone about magic; in fact, the people who care about you, the ones you should turn to for help, just pile more problems on the ones you already have, because you can't let them find out about magic.

• What do you think you’ll read next?

Iron Hearted Violet, by Kelly Barnhill.

• What are you watching?

The House With A Clock In Its Walls. The child actor is not a very good actor but Cate Blanchett and Jack Black are gonzo.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, for the first time but not the last.