Friday, May 9, 2025
Feelin’ Good Friday, #14: I am feeling good today because I finally, finally, finally finished The Mountain in the Sea. It took me three tries to get it done.
I have finally moved past feeling bad if a book isn’t clicking for me. Sometimes the book never clicks, but sometimes I’m not ready for it despite it coming up as available from the library. This time I was ready and I gobbled it up in just a few days.
I am so glad I read it and I fully recommend the book. Don’t let the bit about it being in the Science Fiction genre scare you off if that’s not typically your taste. It’s as much science fiction as 1995 would have seemed to 1965.
I took a picture of the beginning of one chapter because it clicked with me and reminded me of something James Baldwin had written. In this case, it was:
Only those incapable of empathy are truly caged.
I’m also feelin' good because I had lunch with a dear friend, and soon we’re all heading out to celebrate the birthday of another friend.