Ooh thank you, this is useful to know! I appreciate "bad" reviews just as much as good ones honestly. This was on my list, but I've read a few other reviews echoing your sentiments, and I am a similar kind of reader, so I will pass on this one, I think.
A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.
Whatever you do,
Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.
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Two chickadees sit on a branch, one says: "Whoa! Look!" indicating a light in the sky over the horizon. The other one says: "Pretty!" The first one says "Do you think that's Venus or just a bright star?". The second one looks nervous, stumbling "Oh... uh... yeah it's probably Bemus"
Venus
@forestofglory.bsky.social Did you once rec When the Angels Left the Old Country? If so, thank you, it's WONDERFUL. Very kind and cozy and honestly one of the funniest books ever. It reminds me of Good Omens (a Good Omens that is very proudly Jewish + doesn't hold back on the queerness at all) <3
it's amazing how jk is sooo alpha around some members (e.g. jimin, jin) and sooo omega around others (e.g. joon, hobi) 😂
sometimes I really hate having a face and a body. instead of having a body I wish I could be a cartoon character with a little triangle nose and a line for a mouth
a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
This is SUCH a good moment! 🥹
started watching Hannibal last year and I'm SO sad I missed out on the fandom as it was happening. what a show (!)
yes!! I think about this at least three times a week 😭 it was such a useful feature on twt
oooooh!
yes totally! canonically they are both VERY funny & observant. which in the show allows them to run circles around shane and ilya emotionally, haha. therefore, put R&S together in the same room (or on the same balcony, as it were 😉) and SPARKS WILL FLY ⚡️💥
Cheese should be a vegetable. I should be able to grow cheeses in my garden.
Short trees with hanging camemberts and scamorzas, growing big wheels of parmiggiano and gruyere like pumpkins, mozzarellas like brussel sprouts, little bushes of babybells.
I'm also just under 5 feet and these sorts of things happen to me too, haha. I think to some degree people just see a really short person, assume "kid," and do not take a second look 😂
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I'm so jealous -- enjoy!! I haven't read it yet (long library hold waitlist haha) but this is the book I'm most excited for in 2026
Despite not believing in any superstitions whatsoever I still make wishes on every eyelash I lose because I think it's delightful. I will dedicate all my eyelash wishes towards your cause
There's still snow on the ground in my city (CRY) so I appreciate seeing pictures of beautiful flowers in other places 😄
lately my source of joy is this channel full of baby goats 😅 truly: is there anything funnier than a baby goat. these little guys are like cartoon-character levels of ridiculous
www.youtube.com/shorts/F-DCp...
It's snowing where I am, too. 😭 April, you're doing a bad job at being April!
Oh, this is so cute! I've never seen Witch Hat Atelier characters painted in this style before and it's so joyful
That album was so foundational for me 😭 💕
an armchair simply isn't complete without cat sitting on top of it like a throne 😉
an armchair simply isn't complete without cat sitting on top of it like a throne 😉
it brings me great comfort that there are like 20 seasons of Taskmaster. since I'm a very slow tv watcher & they're still producing new seasons, I will probably never actually catch up (which sort of makes it feel like there's INFINITE Taskmaster out there for when I need it emotional support)
I still can't get over this either, lol. dive → die changes the meaning *significantly*
I have never met her, but I am convinced she IS the best little girl in the whole world!!! 💗
I was just about to go to sleep when I read this news and now I've been up for an hour totally unable to fall asleep, like 👀 I'm shocked!
So many beautiful little details in this! 💕 I love to see a full wall of lovingly-drawn books 🥰