#root rot

click for better quality & to see the full image. sometimes they get cut off weirdly!

Design work!! All of these guys are for one of my book series- Root Rot :)!

Some looks into the designs of Aramoorian and Solarian citizens!

I read this as an ARC.

This is such a weird novella that mostly works.

I liked the writing style with its nameless characters aside from some identifiers (we're at the Lake House, with our adults and nine children--the Baby, the Liar…). We're following sort of interconnected events…scenes? in which our kid characters witness some truly bizarre stuff that is difficult to explain. I found that this worked and grew increasingly uncomfortable the longer it went on. For me, the middle of the story was the strongest and I would recommend this horror story to those looking for something truly weird.

But also, can we talk about that stunning cover??

Format: e-book

This morning I was busy congratulating myself on how magical I am -- because I can take one lovely, albeit decidedly not-thriving, ornamental begonia and turn it into four smaller begonias.

However, when I pulled the begonia out of the pot -- which was plenty big (so why was it not thriving?!) -- I realized the plant had root rot.

I had watered it too much, and rot set in. In other words, I was killing it with love.

You'd think if a little water is good, then a lot of water is even better! Nay, think again. If the plant's roots aren't allowed a bit of respite between waterings, the entire foundation just turns to slop.

I'm hoping that by pulling the plant out of it's murky grave, separating the suckers and putting them into fresh, dry-ish, airy soil, I will be able to pull them back from the brink.