Unrequired Reading, 002

I tried a new hobby this week, making chocolate bonbons. Painted the moulds with cocoa butter I bought a few colours, shelled them with tempered chocolate, filled them with curd and sealed the whole thing with another layer. It was fiddly and messy, I did Apple and blackcurrant for the first batch, then a lemon that came out wincingly sharp against sweet Belgian chocolate. I made quite a few mistakes but it was nice to do something with my hands. Some of them even turned out nicely. Watching Invincible Series Four was really good, if you can get past the gore it’s moral quandaries that superhero fiction rarely touches. Questions about violence, legacy and whether you can break a cycle you were born into are not things you expect from an animated show. Reading Detour Currently about 20% into this and enjoying it. A police officer saves a billionaire from an assassination attempt and ends up on the first manned mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. Lenny Rachitsky’s demandingly chill life…