#scriblitula

22. do you have a collection of cool rocks?

Basically I did, but I lost it during the move :(

37. do you shop at thrift stores?

Yeah, like most of my clothes are thrifted I love it!

Also 99% of our furniture was gifted or thrifted!

This big ass closet came from the Kringloop

Our dishwasher is also thrifted, as are all our closets, desks, table, chairs, etc

I GOT IT TOO IT’S SPREADING

1. Favourite kitchen appliance?

For me, the rice cooker as mentioned, but I do also love your kitchenaid bc it means I get even Better and More baking from you

14. What's a hobby you'd like to get into?

I rly wish to read more again, and to pick up writing again. As far as a Structured Hobby goes, I'd rly like to go back to singing classes (but as discussed maybe find a way where I don't need to combine that with two hours of music theory a week bc regardless of my conviction that this is v useful and important knowledge, it is not v realistic at this life stage).

3. What were your top five books of the year?

Oh that's tough! Let's give it a shot (in chronological order, can't manage a preference ranking):

Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver (goddamn INSPIRED to write smth this unapologetically Jewish and it's also just a rly good story all around)

T. Kingfisher's World of the White Rat series (and if that's cheating and I have to pick just one, then prob Paladin's Strength bc the MCs are just too good)

Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt (for being damn good horror and also a masterful exploration of the nuances of the transfeminine experience and transmisogyny both in wider society and in queer spaces (honestly a must-read for anyone who's queer and online I think, even though it is Very gory)

Eliza Clarke's Penance (also for the tumblr girlies, and generally a v good exploration of true crime and the way journalists and podcasters treat it and the impact on criminal justice guarantees and the accused and the victims and their families, and since it's an unreliable narrator it does ask you to think for yourself)

Anne Leckie's Translation State (for being a v good lower-stakes story that interestingly deepens/broadens the setting of the Ancillary series) (had a hard time picking between this and Bookshops and Bonedust, picked this for genre variety reasons :p)

6. Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

Not really I think? I try not to be too hardline about my TBR list, I read things I'm in the mood for

14. What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

V hurt you put it as immediate feedback and not live slug reaction

of course i did - she's like HALF the bingo card and yet, no bingo