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september reading & a sunset from a nice little pub in portsmouth. uni’s going well & i’m already exhausted but incredibly happy to be back.
October 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
september reading & a sunset from a nice little pub in portsmouth. uni’s going well & i’m already exhausted but incredibly happy to be back.
our pup blaze giving us crazy eyes. thinking of you & your family; i hope it gets a little easier soon.
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
our pup blaze giving us crazy eyes. thinking of you & your family; i hope it gets a little easier soon.
august reading & some wips (shoutout to tender is the flesh for being the first book i’ve read in years to give me nightmares).
![August 2025
The Demon Road Trilogy by Derek Landy [childhood nostalgia reread]
The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan [childhood reread]
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (3/5)
Tender is The Flesh Agustina Bazterrica (5/5)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time [reread] (5/5)
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (4/5)
Ravensong by TJ Klune (3/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreih2lhdsxtcwt2nxlkhuxlha3hw2q7s26ogxrewl4ostmmarnqhm2a@jpeg)
August 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
august reading & some wips (shoutout to tender is the flesh for being the first book i’ve read in years to give me nightmares).
not matthew macfadyen…
August 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
not matthew macfadyen…
spent june & july in the US & reading slowed down a lot, but i was lucky enough to read some bangers, as well as bathe in the nostalgia of shitty 2010s YA. also had fun doodling more Creatures.
![June 2025
Maximum Ride series by James Patterson [childhood nostalgia reread]
July 2025
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling (4/5)
Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman (5/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreidcszf6djhdvvengyu3egh4pvvxn4thowrwur6etpf4xhnimkhrmm@jpeg)
August 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
spent june & july in the US & reading slowed down a lot, but i was lucky enough to read some bangers, as well as bathe in the nostalgia of shitty 2010s YA. also had fun doodling more Creatures.
met some lovely cats up for adoption today. i would’ve taken them all if i could, but i was obsessed with these guys in particular. in another life, chester, otis & graham cracker.
July 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
met some lovely cats up for adoption today. i would’ve taken them all if i could, but i was obsessed with these guys in particular. in another life, chester, otis & graham cracker.
never mind! it is here! at last!
July 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
never mind! it is here! at last!
dude i ordered this thing a week ago & it still hasn’t arrived, even though processing/delivery time is apparently 1-3 business days…….. i know i’m being snow-white-pressed-against-the-window-Pakidge & i’m grumpy bc i can’t cope with hot weather but like. where the Fuck is my fish bag
July 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
dude i ordered this thing a week ago & it still hasn’t arrived, even though processing/delivery time is apparently 1-3 business days…….. i know i’m being snow-white-pressed-against-the-window-Pakidge & i’m grumpy bc i can’t cope with hot weather but like. where the Fuck is my fish bag
found a gem at the library for only 50 cents.
June 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
found a gem at the library for only 50 cents.
my son! my baby boy!
June 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
my son! my baby boy!
my son….. he’s grown so long……..
June 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
my son….. he’s grown so long……..
a sleepy blaze for you (happy birthday!)
June 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
a sleepy blaze for you (happy birthday!)
![May 2025
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (4/5)
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb [reread] (4/5)
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (4/5)
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman (5/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreiarjlwqj42bvxausoxiftwx34z7vbgvxoi5wbgqw4szqzbhlhsdz4@jpeg)
sorry to be melodramatic, but this excerpt from that chatgpt article honestly makes me want to cry. what a vile, soulless way to engage with a topic like this.
May 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
sorry to be melodramatic, but this excerpt from that chatgpt article honestly makes me want to cry. what a vile, soulless way to engage with a topic like this.
april reading wrap-up, with a bonus picture of pup silently warning me not to take his treats.
![April 2025
Wolfsong by TJ Klune (3/5)
A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke (2.5/5)
Nothing to Envy [reread] by Barbara Demick (4.5/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreibwu634movglmgztkybstg3odp2ni4fq6bu2bmqqbmnv3r7bu4fsa@jpeg)
April 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
april reading wrap-up, with a bonus picture of pup silently warning me not to take his treats.
urging you all to look at this little guy that we took home today.
April 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
urging you all to look at this little guy that we took home today.
broke: matching wedding rings
bespoke: matching eye haemorrhages
bespoke: matching eye haemorrhages
April 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
broke: matching wedding rings
bespoke: matching eye haemorrhages
bespoke: matching eye haemorrhages
march reading was a little better - hoping to up it to at least 5 books a month by September to prepare for uni (!!!).
![March 2025:
Bunny by Mona Awad (3.5/5)
Kala by Colin Walsh (4/5)
Madhouse at the End of the Earth [reread] by Julian Sancton (5/5)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znoe3u45htssrgwt7sx2np6e/bafkreihrxwqxw6ckxcszamiqklu4qsq72my2giqumhjcapiszicejsxitm@jpeg)
March 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
march reading was a little better - hoping to up it to at least 5 books a month by September to prepare for uni (!!!).
it covers basically everything & is brilliantly written & is just one of the best history books i’ve ever read tbh. this is what it looks like in case you’re interested! if you ever do decide to give it a go, i’d love to hear your thoughts. <3
March 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
it covers basically everything & is brilliantly written & is just one of the best history books i’ve ever read tbh. this is what it looks like in case you’re interested! if you ever do decide to give it a go, i’d love to hear your thoughts. <3
abysmal reading month for me, lads, but! on the plus side, i have gotten back into painting/drawing, which i hadn’t realised just how much i’d missed. here are some february creatures.
February 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
abysmal reading month for me, lads, but! on the plus side, i have gotten back into painting/drawing, which i hadn’t realised just how much i’d missed. here are some february creatures.
real-time photo of me emerging from the hospital after top surgery
February 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
real-time photo of me emerging from the hospital after top surgery
one of my new year’s resolutions was to keep track of what i read this year & have a little book wrap-up at the end of each month. so, without further ado, here’s what i read in january 2025.
January 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
one of my new year’s resolutions was to keep track of what i read this year & have a little book wrap-up at the end of each month. so, without further ado, here’s what i read in january 2025.
they’re drift compatible! they’re literally soulmates!! your honour they invented love
January 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
they’re drift compatible! they’re literally soulmates!! your honour they invented love
i’ve had a bit to drink. look at them. they’re in love
January 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
i’ve had a bit to drink. look at them. they’re in love