My 3.75-star review of Collapse Feminism: The Online Battle for Feminism's Future by Alice Cappelle — Can't wait to see the section on Justin Baldoni in Cappelle's next book, now that we know he's trash

I have this irrational fear that if I don't return my inter-library loan on time today, the home library a state away will release an agent to track me down and snipe me from a tree stand along the route I take to go visit my in-laws for the holidays

My 3.25-star review of The Good Luck Girls (The Good Luck Girls No. 1) by Charlotte Nicole Davis — It's not "The Handmaid's Tale meets Westworld", don't believe the advertising, whoever came up with that is on my personal shit list

My workplace does an annual holiday Tour of Treats, and the standouts from this year are: - Savory snowman made of cheese balls - Five different takes on Oreo truffles - Wreath of broccoli and cherry tomatoes - Single baby carrots in dipping cups of ranch dressing - My chocolate caramel toffee bars

‪My 3.5-star review of Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries No. 2) by Martha Wells — Can't wait to find out who they get to voice ART for the Apple TV series, because the showrunners can't figure out how else to convey the research vessel's looming, digital omnipresence

Wisconsin is for the real lovers 😘 (Suck it Ohio)

YouTube algorithm is hardcore judging me on this fine Monday

I read when I bike, and I bike faster when I'm angrier, so if I really want a good workout I read exposés about corporate America, modern feminist lit about doomerism, or Sarah J. Maas

I am killing it on Teams today

My 1-star review of House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City No. 1) by Sarah J. Maas — Born to write shōnen, forced to write romantasy

Just in time for me to go home and argue about declining birth rates at Thanksgiving dinner

My 3.25-star review of Neon Leviathan by T.R. Napper — This book taught me that Australians (and also extra-dimensional aliens) are just as into gambling as Americans

Why are we using the word "czar" again

My 4.75-star review of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi — 🍉

Victim complex aside, this lady and her accomplice did distressingly little to cover their tracks, I could stage a crime better than these people

They're like little sugary hay bales, Tyler, and I'm the horse

My 3.75-star review of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1 by Kanehito Yamada — I like Frieren well enough, but why are Himmel and Heiter so gross in the flashbacks

Y'all ever see a take so bad that it sends you into a late-night research frenzy in order to learn about the benefits of food security programs like SNAP

My 3.5-star review of Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson — Who the fuck is Hoid and why is he here stealing the spotlight

losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment

My 2-star review of Cold War Wisconsin by Christopher Sturdevant — I went to a meet-and-greet for this author and he spent half the presentation talking about competing in the 2015 Pyongyang Marathon, which is admirable but not super helpful if you're trying to write a Fallout TTRPG campaign

With a taste of a poison paradise

he's back

My 3.75-star review of The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley — Gripping, flawed, and squishy, just like a... no, I shan't say

Seen a few of the epstein emails now, all with different people and it's not the main issue here but is everyone illiterate

My 3.75-star review of The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 7 by Mokumokuren — Mama, a frog ghost behind you

Bigoted nerds run into the age-old problem of companies "going woke" because it means more profit in the long run: Which will win, the inevitable steamroller of capitalism, or a million AI-generated YouTube videos about how Intergalactic is dead on arrival because it stars Tati Gabrielle?

My 3.25-star review of The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 5 by Mokumokuren — Great things happening in this one for people who know what a serow is

Yeah I looked upon Cthulhu's dread visage and I was fine. Big octopus on a man's body. Not exactly "difficult to comprehend." Maybe you guys should go outside more idk

My 3.75-star review of The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 5 by Mokumokuren — If Guillermo del Toro hasn't read this manga yet, he should

"GOOD," I say, while a sea of teenage-boys-turned-adult-boys wails

My 3-star review of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes and Tea No. 1) by Rebecca Thorne — Cozy fantasy is way better when there's actual stakes involved and not just, "What if the barista serving you a scone and latte was a tiefling?"

I see trees of green, red roses too,

My 3.75-star review of The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 4 by Mokumokuren — Featuring everyone's favorite possessed creature, a haunted hamster!

There's a video essayist on here that has an ongoing thread of posts chronicling everything that makes his girlfriend emotional enough to cry, including music, Star Trek, kittens, etc. Thinking I should do that for whenever I utter the words, "It's just like in Fallout, when..."

So THIS is why people online are complaining that The Summer Hikaru Died is "anti-rural propaganda"

My 3.5-star review of The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 3 by Mokumokuren — Hear me out, what if Yuuki and Asako are going through the exact same thing as Hikaru and Yoshiki, but they got over the terrifying responsibilities of having a monster best friend way faster because they're hardened teenage girls

Who wants to go on a year-long, Fallout-themed road trip with me: Yes, we will be visiting the Pioneer Saloon and the Mothman Festival, and yes, costumes are mandatory

Somebody is having fun with the weekly ship arrivals schedule in Duluth

My only instance of "number go up" fascination is periodically checking my place in line for ebooks on Libby

I refuse to pay for Spotify not only because it's Spotify, but because in my region they occasionally run Minnesota Energy Resources ads where a personal finance-concerned woman asks herself, "Should we cut the tater tot budget? No, too extreme"

My 3.5-star review of Space Opera (Space Opera No. 1) by Catherynne M. Valente — Maybe if I watched Eurovision, I'd get more of the in-jokes, but this was still a fun read

Maybe I don't hate cozy fantasy, maybe the one example I read of it was just bad Or maybe I do hate cozy fantasy, and the one I'm currently reading is only holding my interest because it keeps interrupting the monotony of opening a tea shop with adventures in politics and dragon attacks

My 3-star review of The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2 by Mokumokuren — Why do Japanese teens get to learn how to fry chicken in class, but American teens don't?

I need one more tortured, sexy, fictional terrorist to complete my trifecta of tortured, sexy, fictional terrorists that consume my thoughts (the first two being Johnny Silverhand from Cyberpunk 2077 and Anders from Dragon Age 2, obviously) Now taking applications, women preferred

My 3-star review of The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren — What if your favorite guy died and came back wrong, but he had a massive crush on you

What should Arthur Morgan do next in my current RDR2 playthrough? 🐟 Catch All Legendary Fish 🐾 Hunt All Legendary Animals 🔨 Build Up Camp Amenities 🪛 Craft All Accessories 💀 Free Micah from Prison 🩸 Contract Tuberculosis