Roseanna Pendlebury

@chloroformtea

SFF enthusiast, hobby-collector, blogger, shouter-at-the-internet. Editor at Ignyte and Hugo winner Nerds of a Feather, along with reviews elsewhere. 2026 Hugo Fan Writer finalist. All links here: (she/her).

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Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· 27d

I don’t always have the perfect bookmark for the book, but sometimes…

A copy of Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey, which has a cover image from the ΓΑΛΑΖΙΕΣ ΚΥΡΙΕΣ (Ladies in Blue) fresco from Knossos. Perched on top is a bookmark of the same fresco, focused on a single woman, purchased from the archaeological museum in Heraklion.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· 28d

A friendly little demon

An orange cat backlit by a camp lantern, one eye glowing with reflection in a shadowed face

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jul 13

Saw another TikTok of it which included this screenshot. Everyone involved in this, top work.

Tom Holland and Tom Holland, standing either side of a chair labelled “Tom Holland”, doing the Spiderman finger pointing at each other

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jul 10

I rather like this pub name

Photo of a London pub with a sign on the wall declaring it to be “The Good Reader pub & kitchen”

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jul 6

Another bookmark finished (yeah I finish projects sometimes, see!). I shall be using it as we imminently start reading Return of the King.

Blue cross-stitched bookmark which reads “I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jul 4

First time making a dumpling, I think this pleating came out pretty decent

A dumpling on a chopping board with wonky but definitely functional pleats

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jul 2

Cute toilet graffiti in the pub this evening

The back of a wooden door, which has a two pronged hook on it, which sort of looks like someone holding up fists, with the two screws that attach it to the door as eyes. Someone has written “I’ll fight’cha”! (Yes, with the exclamation outside of the speech marks) underneath it

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jul 1

As is traditional, got bored of long hair (and too warm) so decided to get rid of it, but went a bit further than normal.

A selfie in which my hair is cut short, with floppy longer bits at the front

A giant section of hair that they cut off before even washing it. It’s probably about 30-35cm long.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 30

Today’s book post

The Heart of the Nhaga by Lee Young-Do, translated by Anton Hur and accompanied by an orange cat

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 26

Well since everyone else is doing it

Screenshot of the scores of a political quiz, on the following axes:

80% woke vs 20% chud
39% techbro vs 61% neoluddite
67% hopepilled vs 33% doomer
83% davos vs 17% dubai

The same quiz, which says my closest match is Pope Leo XIV

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 22

Pellinore Smellinore Yellinore Squish Squishfish Bean Beanbean The Boy Boops Catbutt Monsterface My yell Screamy boy

An orange cat in a cardboard box on top of a shelving unit full of board games. The cat looks quite empty of thoughts.

The same orange cat snoozing peacefully while resting his head against The West Passage by Jared Pechaček, Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera and a fitzcarraldo whose title you can't see but it's Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 21

Sob sob melt

The ten day forecast for Haringey, showing temperatures that go up to 35 later this well, and one day where the low is 24.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 15

Oh to be a little orange cat on a rug.

Orange cat curled up on his side, on a cream rug. His eyes are closed and his front paws are curled up by his face.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 15

Today’s book post is a present from the past: I had entirely forgotten I ordered this (and international shipping meant it took a while to get here), so a delightful post surprise.

The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 13

Birthday buds

Ed playing on the switch while lying on a bed, with a cat sat in a cardboard box watching him intently. There’s an Iain M. Banks art book next to them.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 10

Stitching finished! I've never done something with this dense an aida so I'm going to (for once) be sensible and do a test before I put a felt back on rather than bodging and hoping for the best, because I don't trust this to be as fray-resistant and like... 14 count, but nearly there.

The same bookmark, now with complete borders of blue and grey, and a scattering of small white flowers around the text.

It still reads: "I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 7

CHUNKY PIGEON

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 6

A very restrained haul for the day

Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton, Sworn Heart (an RPG) by Fistful of Crits and The Council’s Arms (another RPG) by Jesse Payne

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 6

Oh no, accidentally fell into game shop. Many exciting things, only one bag for the trip home.

A small rpg called This Discord Has Ghosts in It by Adam Vass and Will Jobst

A small rpg called Against Time And Death by Nick Bate, about spies fighting across time. It’s blue and red which definitely isn’t a reference to anything.

A small rpg called Against the Wind by Cezar Capacle

A board game called Iliad by Reiner Knizia

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 5

Lot of things to like about The Mulai by Munir Hachemi, but the translator’s notes are definitely up there. Julia Sanches is right and should say it.

25 Note from the English translator: The term binomio, in Spanish, refers not only to the mathematic expression but to a military practice, namely, the formation of groups of two soldiers who do everything together. This practice is still au courant in Spain, as of the time of translation. Unhelpfully, and inelegantly, this arrangement is referred to as ‘battle buddies’ in English.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 4

Ok we’re nearly set to tackle the Clarke shortlist. Waterstones tragically did not have a copy of Dream Hotel in stock after book club.

Hardbacks of The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson, When There Are Wolves Again bt E. J. Swift, Luminous by Silvia Park, Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman and an ipad propped up to show an ebook cover of There Is No Anti-Memetics Division by qntm

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 3

People who use netgalley, do you have any idea what this is? A little blue pencil symbol has popped up next to one of the books I have already reviewed and I have no idea what that means.

A slightly blurry screenshot from netgalley showing a list of book titles. One has a blue pencil symbol next to it, and a big red arrow I've drawn on to point at it.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· Jun 1

Further progress

The bookmark now has one part of its border (in dark blue) and part of the other part (in light grey). It still reads:

I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· May 30

Fuck off wordpress. If I wanted this, I’d make everyone suffer my own actual wittering for it.

A pop-up from wordpress which reads:

Your post is live. Ready for the podcast version?

Give your audience another way to enjoy your content. Pick a date range or a few posts, and we’ll turn them into a two hour podcast episode.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· May 30

My little treat, once I've written up my LotR posts, is to read the Jared Pechaček ones on the same chapters from his patreon, that have built up a slightly terrifying backlog in my inbox. I am somewhat amused that we had very similar reactions to the section about the power of storytelling.

During a break, they have that famous conversation about the stories that really matter. I admit I am unmoved by this, except for “Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam.” I have been vocal, here and elsewhere, about my antipathy towards stories that congratulate themselves on being stories. While it feels like a conversation these characters in these settings would logically have, and while they aren’t going wow storytelling is a special magic or whatever, I still hate this kind of thing. Your mileage may vary. Indeed, it almost certainly does: This is one of the most quoted parts of Tolkien, and it is beautifully written. I’m just hollow at heart, like an evil willow.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· May 29

Wahey

Photo of a page of The Two Towers, trimmed to just a few lines of text, which read:

'And what makes the smell, I wonder,' said Sam. It's like - well, I wouldn't like to say. Some beastly hole of the Orcs, I'll warrant,
with a hundred years of their filth in it.'

Well,' said Frodo, 'Orcs or no, if it's the only way, we must take
it"

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· May 29

I’ve got this afternoon off. Time for the last three chapters of The Two Towers, lying outside on the balcony, and not thinking about work or work related things in the slightest.

An open copy of The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien, with a bookmark and my hand holding it open. There’s also a yellow notebook labelled “Reading Notes”.

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· May 28

Progress!

The same bookmark, now with more text, which reads: “I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its
swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· May 25

New cross stitch bookmark on the go. No prizes for figuring out which book this one’s from.

Pale blue aida fabric embroidered with the start of a bookmark: a blue border, with gaps for another colour, small white flowers, and grey text which reads “I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow” with space for further text to come

Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea· May 22

More train. More book. Iced coffee season.