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Another new life rule

Blog kitt decided around 09:56 on 18 February 2016 to publish this:

Based on recent experience, I need to add a new rule to my Life Rules list.

Default to kindness.

Chances are, you're tired, or annoyed, or frustrated, or really wanting to be somewhere else. All of that happens, don't take it out on the next person.

You don't need to be an ass. You don't need to be short. You don't need to be mean or "objective" or righteous or distracted.

Take a deep breath. Smile, if only for yourself. Reset the moment.

And be kind.

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Abaddon's Gate

Book Notes kitt decided around 20:02 on 16 February 2016 to publish this:

This is what you do when you are sick and at home all day: you read. The best sick times, relatively speaking, are when you have good books to read. This book qualifies.

Oh, boy, does this book qualify.

Unlike the first two books in the Expanse series, this book isn't ALL ABOUT HOLDEN, and that makes it both better and worse. Though, really, "worse" is, again, relative, because I still enjoyed this book so much.

This book skips a year or two since the last book, and we very quickly have Holden, Naomi, Amos, and Alex in a pinch. Through out the book we have way more gore than the previous books, more death (mostly glossed over), more puzzles, and, thankfully, a hell of a lot of personal growth that counteracts the power-blinded asses in the book. Of course, we cheer for the sane people, and weep for the deaths of some of the characters we've been following for books. I had a couple points where I had to put the book down.

I'm excited there are two more books to read, with the sixth book in the series coming out in only 6 months.

Of the three books I liked this one the least, which is really saying nothing, because I love and recommend them all. Read them, read them in order.

#the-expanse

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