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So my patio cover is bowing in the center. Enough that water doesn’t fully empty the gutter. It is one long section of box tubing that is maybe 1/16” thick and the length of the porch. Completely empty.

Does this seem reasonable for someone to correct themselves, and are there any recommendations as to the material I could use to prevent this from getting worse or replace it with?

Or is this something better hired out to correct? If so any suggestions on what sort of service to look at? It is tied into my roof so should I look for a roofer?

The Once and Future King really kicked my ass. It took a majority of my month to read. I liked it, but damn it made itself so easy to put down.

Meanwhile, TJ Klune just writes books that go down smooth and I really enjoyed those pallet cleansers.

Another month down and another 9 books in the bag!

I went through a bit of a mystery kick. The “Everyone in this…” series is enjoyable and the characters are likable. These are great travel reads as I found out.

“Final Girls” and “Water Moon” I would say are mystery adjacent.

“Final Girls” was a pretty good story that played into a few clichés, but it worked for the genre.

“Water Moon” tricked me a few more times, leaving some misleading clues that had me turn to my partner and confidently say “Oh I see where this is going” with a smug smile that was then replaced with a forehead smack as I realized I was wrong.

“No Country For Old Men” was my first Cormac McCarthy novel and was nearly identical to the movie which makes sense since I believe he wrote it as a screenplay first. The lack of quotation marks threw me a little.

“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” felt like a way better version of “Half His Age” which I disliked heavily. This MC was still flawed but was more engaging. Apparently it is now a show, so I’ll have to check that out too.

“Everything is Tuberculosis” was my nonfiction read of the month and I loved how informational it was without feeling like a textbook. There were running stories centered around one person that almost gave it a fiction feel in that they weren’t known to me, and their fate left ambiguous throughout so I didn’t know if I would turn a page and feel heartbroken or not.

“A Parade of Horribles” was the latest installment in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series and I did enjoy it, although the last quarter of the book did some heavy lifting in that regard. Boop

Looking forward to what June has to offer!

My April was a little slower with the amount of books, Dune was a mammoth undertaking that has been on my TBR for a few years now.

Caught up with the Legends and Lattes series, they got a bit less cozy than the first. But still a good read. Not shown are the two short stories that I didn’t count because they were only 30 pages long at most.

How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, this really felt like a woman written by a man and that threw me off. Never mind the irritating use of footnotes.

One Day Everyone Will have Always Been Against This - woof. I don’t read too much non-fiction but this one hit. A perspective that I haven’t experienced and a lot of depth behind the Gaza genocide.

Fabulous Bodies - I like Chuck Tingles novels. They are fun trots through horror and absurdity and this was no different. I got an ARC through NetGalley and really enjoyed my time reading this one.

Dune - holy world building. I haven’t watched the new movies. And I last saw the 1984 version about 25 years ago. I went into it with high expectations of a great novel and it certainly delivered. I am probably going to continue the series throughout the next few years.