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small weird thought i had: would monsters with non-retractable claws need special thimbles (that's the only descriptor i can come up with)

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a taste of gold and iron is a book full of women who are Characters with a capital c and i love that so much

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my boss: *hands me the volunteer sheet* here's your mission for today . . .
me: this tape will self-destruct in five seconds

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okay, you're already on an email list, but are you on this email list?

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this guy has the scratchiest handwriting, he looks like he signed in with horror movie font

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something they don't tell you about being a data entry volunteer for a major political party is you end up getting very well aquainted with what last names are the most common in your area because you see them again and again to the point where your eyes start glazing over them and refusing to pronounce them properly

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i think the thing that's ultimately wrong with acotar is that they should've been lesbians. seriously that series was meant to be awful lesbians being awful to each other for five books and then she went and made it bland and boring by having most of them be men.

hell yeah the duality of man

i like that kadou and the book in general makes a distinguishment between "her majesty" and "zeliha," between "high highness" and "kadou," separating the two personas. because the title you hold and the person you are when you're making official decisions and speaking on behalf of the state, the person that those out in the city who only know your face on coins know, is very different from the person you are with your family at eight in the morning over coffee. "Her Majesty is fair and just," says Evemer, and Kadou counters, "But Zeliha isn't, always," because Her Majesty is more than just Zeliha. Zeliha is a person, Her Majesty is an archetype that has to be embodied by whoever holds the title.

what i'm reading wednesday

stealing this off @lirazel and @cyare :)

what are you reading right now? 
i'm (re)reading both a taste of gold and iron by alex rowland and the webtoon stray souls by mafs. everyone is hot and i am in trouble hehe. i picked atogai partly because i was in a foul mood last week (thank you, weather-related mood swing from hell) and this book always soothes me at times when i feel like throwing somebody off a cliff. stray souls is just because, as much as i love atogai, it is a very thick, dense book and i need to take breaks and read a comic so i don't give up on it halfway through.

what have you finished recently?
most recently? a strange and stubborn endurance by foz meadows. also the last binding. both of those are rereads and old favorites. i also went back to becky chambers's monk and robot series, rereading the first one so i could start the second for the first time.

what do you plan to read next?
i have a tbr long as my arm, haha. i'm thinking maybe lore of the wilds, though. from the cover and the synopsis it looks to have the vibes of a much higher quality, Black-led acotar and that has be curious for so many reasons.