Ashlizard

1. This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud

My first finished read of 2026! I had some small nitpicks on this one, but for the most part really enjoyed it

Baked cupcakes with my brother since we are snowed in 🧁

Fortunately I am now hooked lol

I knew about the lesbians but the rest was a special treat

Shame on me for not watching Yellowjackets sooner. It has so many of my favorite things!

Cults! Cannibalism! Lesbians!!

Snooooooow

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That said, Kim was one of the first tomboyish lesbians I had ever really seen (who was real) (Sailor Uranus being the first) and she has always held a special place in my heart since an out lesbian on TV was a very rare thing at the time

I used to watch it as a teen in the hopes of learning some posing tips I could use as a cosplayer

I have since come to the conclusion that I learned NOTHING

They barely ever gave the models advice, and there was no consistency when they did. What a mess

I recently rewatched some of the first few seasons of America's Next Top Model and man...that show was fucked up

No wonder so many of us millennials had body issues, like goddamn

🎭 Today's Staff Pick Of The Day is Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, chosen by bookseller Ash at the Doylestown Bookshop. @groveatlantic.bsky.social

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Yellowjackets is so so good. I had no idea it was Lord Of The Flies with (mostly) teenage girls

Big fan of Misty. That girl ain't right

Watching Yellowjackets for the first time 🐝

Tho in my defense, I am still recovering from having my nerves burnt

And the cold makes my pain worse

I am just not built for winter

Wow there are people out protesting in my town today and that's awesome but it is SO COLD TODAY

They are all much stronger than me

So true 😔

It's snowing and it's very pretty but I also have to drive and walk in it later so eeeeeeeegh

you will have to pry the millennial “lol” from my cold dead hands. i don’t know how else to express minor despair. if i didn’t say “lol” after admitting i’m a husk inside, i’d have to develop emotional resilience, and i simply don’t have time for that

I hope this brings a little light, a little levity to your day… Thanks to all the bookstores and libraries, booksellers and librarians and fellow authors who humored me on this. When I die, remember me for the fool I was: bit.ly/3NIoNtR

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"Cornbread--ain't nothing wrong with that!" has been living rent-free in my brain for 27 years

We made cornbread today. And by that, I mean my brother made cornbread while I sat around with an ice pack on my neck.

Cornbread! Ain't nothing wrong with that!

I'm playing Secret Of Mana at the arcade, which now has me dying to play Legend Of Mana again

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I also just got my period. Amazing timing.

The nerves have been burnt

Owwie

Time to get my nerves burned again, weeeeee

Whenever I have to stock magazines, I get so bummed out by the hunting ones.

They'll have these pictures of beautiful deer or bobcats or coyotes or w/e animal on the front and I'll be like ☺️

And then the magazine is like 'HOW TO MURDER THE SHIT OUT OF THESE VERMIN' and I'm like oh 😔

Man all my cool friends are heading to Magfest tomorrow while I'll just be getting really hot needles in my back