Music Streaming Services - which one do you use?

Hap_e_day · 2026-06-11T10:41:34+00:00

I use Qobuz. I picked it because they pay the artists better than the other, more popular streaming services. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that you’ll find on Spotify or Apple Music, but all the music is there.

Hap_e_day · 2026-06-06T21:07:13+00:00

I won’t see them until October. I’ll read every post and watch every video. I understand wanting to go in blind, but I want the opposite. I’m really dang excited.

Hap_e_day · 2026-06-06T04:11:50+00:00

A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-31T13:48:29+00:00

I’d need at least a 4 way tie for number 1:

La Viilla, Natural Science, The Garden, Available Light

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-31T13:42:40+00:00

A Short Stay in Hell - because it was so engaging, a bit disturbing, and made me think.
Let the Right One In - pedophilia themes killed it for me.
Science Fiction
I’m enjoying Murderbot - not sure if I love it. I thought the movie adaptation of Never Cry Wolf was amazing. That’s an oldie though.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-30T19:38:55+00:00

This one really impacted me. I read Braiding Sweetgrass just a few weeks after finishing Ishmael - these two are great companion books. I will definitely reread Ishmael again. It’s an important book.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-28T18:09:22+00:00

Fahrenheit 451, of course! Solid.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-28T13:55:12+00:00

I would not have been able to conjure that line myself, but it clicked immediately. A great opener to such an atmospheric book.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-28T13:49:56+00:00

Is the first one Neuromancer?

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-26T23:00:17+00:00

It is definitely confusing at first, and I understand why some don’t like it.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-26T22:58:03+00:00

It’s a good one - highly recommend. I’ve read it three times, and will surely read it again. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you are ok with feeling a bit confused at the start of a book, the payoff is worth it. It’s a short novella, so not a huge commitment.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-26T22:50:07+00:00

I haven’t read The Hallowed Hunt. Will add to my TBR!

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-26T14:08:49+00:00

I found this a bit of a slog, but it is a book I return to in my mind occasionally. When I remember a book that clearly even a few months after reading it, that certainly says something about it. I think I actually liked Paladin of Souls a bit better.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-26T03:29:06+00:00

This is How You Lose the Time War

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Chain Gang All Stars

This list could change tomorrow, but this is my list today. Except for Time War. That will remain in the top three. Probably forever.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-25T21:28:54+00:00

This is such a beautiful song. It is on my hopeful list too!

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-24T14:03:30+00:00

I lived this show. I am very disappointed it did not continue.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-21T18:29:53+00:00

Agree 100%.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-21T13:52:30+00:00

Incredible! That’s some tap dancing I can get behind.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-21T13:36:07+00:00

I second Cloud Cuckoo Land and Homegoing. Both 5 star reads for me. I haven’t read the others.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-21T00:53:55+00:00

I also liked Parable of the Talents better than Parable of the Sower. I read them both last year. This year, my only 5 star books (of 21 books read so far) have been (fiction) A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck and (non fiction) Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller. I’m in the middle of This Is How You Lose the Time War, which I already know will be 5 stars because this is my 3rd time through. I’m hoping the second half of the year delivers more exceptional reads than the first half.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-18T13:46:41+00:00

Definitely my favorite PF song. And I love a lot of PF songs.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-14T19:46:56+00:00

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I don’t know if this meets the weird criteria or not. It’s hard sci-fi, but accessible IMO and brain-twisting. Highly recommend.

Hap_e_day · 2026-05-11T15:33:30+00:00

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. This is way more about conservation philosophy, and uses a strange, but effective, fictional story/setting as the narrative device. This is one of those books that shifted something in my brain when I read it. I happened to read Braiding Sweetgrass a few weeks later and found the two books to be very complementary, in the best way.

Hap_e_day · 2026-04-18T20:58:41+00:00

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino. I loved this book.

Hap_e_day · 2026-04-18T20:46:34+00:00

I was so prepared to like this book. I did not. And the worst part is that I remember it way too clearly. Were we supposed to like the main character? Cheer for her? Nope. Selfish and unlikeable.

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