I was having a bit of a Black Dog day today so needed something cheery to read.
I set aside my well-written book about, Emily, an artificial consciousness, because it's set at the end of the world and it's hard to be cheery in those circumstances and picked up "The PAper Magician".
That did the trick.
It's a little more YA than I'd expected but I can cope with that if it offers an adventure where our heroine overcomes adversity by discovering her inner strength and working well with others, which is where this seems to be going.
So far its completely free of existential panic or quiet despair.
It reminds me that Carly Simon song that went:
"I remember a time when fear could be named
and courage meant not refusing dares"
Just what I needed.
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