okay obviously the giant sloth is the star of this chapter, but i'm so interested in specifically the thalassocnus or the giant semi-aquatic ground sloth? but i'm gonna pretend they aren't twice-thrice the size of an adult human cause that's fuckin scary it's like an herbivore polar bear teehee

also, i love the bit where Halliday talks about how we talk about migration, evolution, and paleontology from a colonial perspective. we often have an image of migrating flora and fauna being brave explorers toughing out an inhospitable landscape, and we often have very strict definitions on what we consider "native". when in fact flora and fauna have always been migratory and have come and gone to and from different ecosystems, so many times before humans were even on the planet, and will continue to do so even after we are gone. love loved this reframing

This book is already stretching my “don’t try to understand right away just vibe until things make sense” skills - but I’m rolling with it for now

I'm finishing up the last book in The Nevernight Chronicle series and feeling a little unsure about what to read next.

I'd really appreciate any recommendations or thoughts you have on these books:

• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir • Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs • The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty • The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

If you've read any of these, I'd love to hear what you liked best or why you’d recommend it 😊

Been looking forward to this book. I've had it since before the movie was announced. I think it is and will be a very interesting read. But I have to say that someone must have told the author to "spare no detail" and he really took that to heart. Just getting to 10% was something. If you don't have the book, I might just recommend the abridged version.

I picked up The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty at a secondhand store today. The scream I scrumpt was unreal!

Except, came home....

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