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‘Snakes Are Born in the Dark’ is a new all-time favourite, and a medicine all sacred sites need

“I have half a mind to seek her out right now and demand she corrupt my daughter immediately.” - Top notch parenting ❤️

I am truly loving the premise this book kicks off with

Data Ghost first: needed more Martha Wells, and it delivered as ever and always

Lots of things to love so far, and what’s absolutely clinched me? Bones for clothes. Gets my Ninth House heart every time.

Sometimes* I just need alley possums and enrichment activities.
(* always. I always need those things)

In the same way that some authors do playlists for their books, this one should have a tasting list and - most most most ideally - a collection of the chocolates on offer for purchase (internationally for me 😅) because my gods do I just want to taste everything right now immediately.

Raccoons, a (non magical) horse self appointing herself a war horse, and a tavern called the Dramatic Hyena. I fucking love it all.

All I know is the title and that’s all I need to know to start this book.

The exquisite descriptions of all the Iranian desserts is killing me and I wouldn’t have it any other way (gods I’m hungry)

It’s amazing how different re-readjng this is when I’m not in exhaustive active burnout

Also the spren as so damn good and funny and snarky and I love it forever

Oh look, Here Comes the Guillotine has me reading another IRA book

Maya, you fucking ultimate champion

Great Cosmere re-read complete and on to the new!!!

Great Cosmere re-read complete and on to the new!!!

Places I have burst into real, out loud laughter while listening to this over the last day: in my house alone, on a packed commuter train, while washing dishes, sitting silently while my partner was attempting to nap, and while walking into a very anxiety inducing visa appointment in which I was not at all in a generally laughing mood. That’s how much it got me.

“If I am, is it the sexy kind of trouble or the ‘fighting over stale bread with the possums’ kind of trouble” - possums are truly under-utilised and I am enjoying this immensely

Aquatic vampire possums ✅✅✅✅✅

10000000% love and adore how ‘true loves first kiss’ was solved. Best ever.

Starting the year as I mean to go on: re-reading all Murderbot before finally cracking open the newest one.

Really enjoying this

“If I am murdered by lady bugs I want you to tell everyone! Tell my boss! She’ll get a *great* paper out of it!!”
Cacckkllliinnng. I ❤️ bug & dirt people.

And now archaeoentomology in addition to vultures! Yaaayyyy

Opens with talking to a vulture, so I’m very sold.

Re-reading for the nth (get it get it) time because it’s just what I need right now

Did I put off this for months because subconsciously I knew I really needed to read it? Yeah, probs. But reading it at a most needed time now.

I just can’t resist one more time before Nona

IS SHE CHOSE TO WANDER ABOUT WEARING NOTHING BUT STRATEGICALLY PLACED LIZARDS

Truly, the sartorial debates and descriptions in this book may kill me and it would be a good death.

Sarkis: “You’re wearing a night shirt and the ceremonial robes of death cult!”
Halla: “Yes, but the cult’s extinct.”

Absolutely cackling