Book 29: The Dangerous Gift by Tui T. Sutherland. Wings of Fire #14. NOT a POV I expected to see, but it turned out quite well! I enjoyed catching up with other characters, and the MC's arc is strong. It suffers from this arc's flaw of not much happening, but that gives us more time for interiority.
Rice Boy is an amazing story for people who seriously think that they cannot be the main character. If you think that applies to you, why not give it a read?
I had to draw this cause it makes me very weepy 💖
#sailormoon #artemisii #fanart
Book 28: Dragonslayer by Tui T. Sutherland. Wings of Fire: Legends #2. This one's about humans! I appreciate that they get their own spinoff book instead of completely taking over the main series. It's a fun perspective in a world where the dragons are the central species.
Book 27: Mythspeaker by Christopher Roubique. A brilliant little middle grade fantasy based on Native American folktales. I love the worldbuilding (and the accurate nonbinary representation of being a weirdo in a bird mask) and really hope we get more.
Book 26: Knock Three Times by Cressida Cowell. The Wizards of Once #3. Did not expect to get genuinely invested in the relationship between these kids' parents! Cowell does a great job of exploring difficult, mature topics without losing focus of the fact that she's writing fun adventures for kids.
Book 25: Wild Blood by Kathryn Lasky. Horses of the Dawn #3. Came together better than I expected, though its blatant flaws stop me from calling it a great series. I guess that's true with all the Lasky series I've read.
Book 24: The Bark-ness Monster by Sara Goetter and Natalie Riess. Cryptid Kids #1. Graphic novel. Cute! Adorable! Cryptid-tastic! I want five!
Book 23: Star Rise by Kathryn Lasky. Horses of the Dawn #2. Always a shame when humans take over xenofiction. I like Tijo's storyline, but I don't like how it eclipses the pre-existing characters and themes.
Book 22: The Escape by Kathryn Lasky. Horses of the Dawn #1. Pretty solid horse xenofiction. I like the character dynamics and the mixture of historical and fantastical elements. Lasky's depictions of nonwhite people tend to be... iffy... but the strong grounding in history helps.
Print of reeds on the bank of a river there are some small sailboats out on the water
Late Autumn in Ichikawa — Kawase Hasui, 1930
Learning important life lessons from Cal (who is sadly not on bluesky)
a greyscale sketch of a very big centipede floating in space. it is looking down at a space ship with a centrifugal ring; the ship is implied to be quite large and it is dwarfed by the centipede. the backdrop is black with a sparse scattering of distant stars
an encounter in deep space
[ #flameshadowart #centipede ]
A blue winged red fox in mid flight, body dangling, paws flailing, and head turned with a happy open mouth expression. The background is dreamy purple and apricot clouds with a starry blue background. Growing constellation shapes float around the scene.
Starry fox flight
The Glumslinger!
This melancholy hombre is here to deal out despair! Heartbreaker bullets tear through a target's psyche and leave them a sobbing mess on the dusty ground. Can anyone truly tangle or even aim a revolver while wracked with woe? The Glumslinger says, "Nope".
#0647
AFFIRMATION FOR LONG RUNNING COMIC ARTISTS. YOUR OLD ART ISNT BAD. ITS CHARMING. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REDRAW EVERYTHING. YOU WILL ALEAYS HATE IT DOWN THE LINE.
Three panel comic. Panel 1: young man in a hoodie looking morose and sitting on a swing set. He says “she’s breaking up with me…” Panel 2: next to him is a glyptodon, an early ancestor of armadillos. With his head in his hands, the young man says “what do I do glyptodon?” Panel 3: the glyptodon says “I’m like an early ancestor of armadillos. The young man angrily replies, “are you even listening man?”
man do you guys remember on twitter when people would get really mad at *stops for a second and sees sunlight filter through the window* Huh? *goes to investigate it* oh… Oh, wow. *eyes well up* It’s so beautiful. I almost never knew. *opens the window up and exits*
Book 21: The Poison Jungle by Tui T. Sutherland. Wings of Fire #13. Aaaah, do I love these books. It's so nice to have a popular xenofiction series for kids with queer characters! And a well-written one, too! It gives me hope.
brother herbert shows off an unreasonably large leek
alliums of unusual size
Me when I successfully give the dog her azodyl pills and the cat his Prozac in the morning.
Book 20: Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound by David B. Williams. Just doing a bit of research.
Haaa, I should probably finish the actual game first, huh?
A teen girl in an anime clenches her fists confidently and says "Whether they're guys or girls, they bleed the same color when you stab them."
Feminism!
I love this edgy little dweeb. I almost wish I had the DLC just so I could get it!
Book 19: The Hive Queen by Tui T. Sutherland. Wings of Fire #12. On a MG kick, I guess.
The best thing about these books is getting into each new character's head. You think you know them until they're the narrator, and suddenly, they expand! And they each have their own unique voice.
