Erin McQuitty > Recent Status Updates

The first documented mention of the bagel was in the 1610 Krakow community regulations in which the Jewish council declared that bagels were to be the customary gift to a woman after childbirth and I am 1000% on board with bringing this back because there is literally nothing more I want after popping out a kid than a sack of fresh bagels!!

Got a little more than halfway when my brain turned off so I want to save it for when I can focus. Ray Porter narrates the audiobook so highly recommend audio for Project Hail Mary fans!

Officially entering my sabbatical from reading until I can 1) sit without getting short of breath 2) do anything without getting short of breath 3) not instantly want to fall asleep after ready 5 pages of a book 4) have more than two brain cells.

Things should get easier once I have a newborn right? (HAHAHAHAHAHA!!)

Listen, if my grandmother, GRANNY SMYTHE, was accused of murdering her apple-orchard arch nemesis and some some punk-ass teenager said “at least if she gets life in prison the sentence won’t be that long cause she’s old” in MY diner, she better expect a pancake upside the head because the AUDACITY! 😡

I wish I wasn’t an exhausted pregnant, solo parent this week because I wish I could read this book in one sitting… it’s SO good.

This book!!!! 😳

CREEPY CREEPY CREEPY

This narrator is perfectly unhinged, I love it. I’m disturbed already

Stopping here for now and planning to pick this up another time.

I found out my coworker adopted Mr. Business so I basically know a celebrity 🤩🥹

Looking forward to listening to these creepy stories throughout the month

I anticipated the Lifesaving Jugs chapter to be controversial and yeah, not a fan. I found this hypocritical even as someone who breastfed (I’m sorry, exclusively pumped, which is not the correct thing to do apparently). Just a complete lack of respect for women who can’t breastfeed (or choose not to) She even minimized that her own mother breastfed for 6 weeks and was medically advised against continuing. Lame.

The chapter on a college romance between two employees at rival cheese shops discussing their existential crises about the moon turning into cheese was adorable and utterly delightful and I need it to be a full book: To Cheese or Not to Cheese.

This is making me giggle and it’s exactly what I need to read right now

CAN THESE PEOPLE PLEASE STOP TURNING OFF THEIR CELL PHONES AT CRITICAL MOMENTS?!?!?

Man, this is stressing me out, I don’t know if I’ll make it 😩

I wanted to take a break between book 2 and 3 but then the cliffhanger happened in book 2 so I had no choice but to finish the series… it’s a good call, I would have forgotten details. But once this is done I’m definitely reading something fluffy and stupid to cleanse my palate!!

I HATE how these men are are talking about Lisbeth 😡😤🤬

The name Berengaria is so underrated

Joan being moved by a Sesame Street song is so specifically relatable to me

I literally just picked up Atmosphere and the author’s note already made me emotional because my daughter loves space and we look for the moon together every night and her excitement is magical. I’m in trouble reading this aren’t I?? 😭