Spooky Season is the worst time to get new books I want to read, because I have my Spooky Season lists to get through, but dang I am excited about this book 🐳🐋🚀 (4/4)

Examples:
-Dedication to Nathaniel Hawthorne
-Etymology
-Extracts (compiled by a sub-subroutine, no less)

But what really killed me was one of the extracts being a quote from Jupiter Ascending (though my Trekie heart wishes Lily’s Ahab rant from First Contact were included, lol)
(3/)

I hope this book will be delightful for folks who haven’t read Melville, but it’s clear from the first pages that there’s going to be some jokes that will mostly land for folks who have read or attempted the original (2/)

I uniformly love T. Kingfisher! And now I want to reread A House with Good Bones …

On one hand, you have something! I’ve had to deal with issues that had literally no way to put them in order

On the other hand, this is why everyone hates serials (said in the same tone of voice as “this is why everyone hates moral philosophy professors”)

Dang it, NPR!

As ridiculous as it sounds, I thoroughly enjoyed The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch. Definitely bananapants and extremely queer.

The princes of Christmas and Halloween work through a fake engagement and shenanigans ensue!

I’m looking forward to the sequel, Go Luck Yourself 🤣

First thing today, I have an 1816 map of the US (mostly states and territories east of the Mississippi). Boss walks in, comes over to look, and says, “Nice to see a map of Illinois first thing in the morning” 🤣
(2/2)