#Yoshi and the bird

[reading-cat]

Top 5 Worst Books of 2023

The criteria for "worst" include but are not limited to: genuinely badly written, I had too many expectations and was disappointed, just not my thing, boring and "idk I just felt like it".

5. Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Great idea, bad execution. As in, the writing isn’t very good. The pacing was extremely weird, alternating between excruciatingly slow and too quick. And there’s a fae (they’re not called fae, but you know what I mean) jump-scare.

4. The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

I saw this being recommended as similar to Six of Crows. It is not. Yes, there’s a heist and some found family vibes and multiple POVs and queer characters, but that’s about it. This book just didn’t live up to my expectations. It wasn’t necessarily bad, it was just extremely average. There were too many main characters to properly develop all of them. The heist itself was a mess of illogical puzzles. I liked the fact that there’s some critique of colonialism, but it also felt very surface level. I’m just disappointed and kinda sad about it.

3. Things We Say in the Dark by Kristy Logan

This book has been sitting on my tbr since 2019, when it first came out. I finally read it for a book club and god, was I disappointed. Kristy Logan really said "Ooooh, look how vague and mysterious I can be" and then just gave us a bunch of half finished badly written stories. There were some good ideas in there and even stories that I somewhat liked. If only they had had the chance to develop a little bit more.

2. The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

As a big fan of Wells’ Murderbot Diaries, I decided to check out some of her other works. The Element of Fire is the fist of her books she’s ever published and you can feel it. This was tedious and boring. The world and the characters are very underdeveloped. And the fairies. I was not expecting the fae. I did not want to read about the fae. There is a flying castle though, so that’s nice.

1. Yoshi and the bird by Duran Sakagawa

I have a friend who really likes birds and Japanese and Korean authors. Every year, we try to do a buddy read or a reading challenge together. Yoshi and the bird was this year’s victim. Honestly, I was expecting a cute story about a boy who picks up a bird who fell out of its nest. Maybe a slightly melancholic life lesson. Maybe some veiled social commentary. Not this. What was this. How is this one of the most out of pocket violent and depressing books I have ever read. And when I say violent, I mean it. Why. There was absolutely no need for that ending.

[SPOILERS]

I’m sorry, bird suicide??? I can deal with bird religion, but suicide? And Yoshi too??? He’s, like, 12 if not less. What are you doing. What is this book doing.

[doweesig]

Who invited this guy to the Yoshi meeting? 🤨

[adora-birds]

do you have bug? or perhaps a leaf?

[trilobiter]

He wants to help with puzzles.

[panoffrying]

Hurricane pt 2

We are evacuating for this one

I got Yoshi strapped in and we are leaving for safety the cats are coming too don’t worry.

For all my fellow Floridians and anyone at risk of getting hit by this hurricane stay safe please and I wish y’all luck. We are all gonna need it

[fruitless-vain]

So the consensus is, yeah she probably got cocaine poisoning

Due symptoms/ timing/ conditions/ environment it seems to be the most likely possibility.

The vet didn’t feel running extra bloodwork to check for organ damage was totally necessary since her symptoms were pretty minor, exposure was so short, and her demeanour now is totally fine. But if anything even slightly crops up it’ll be first on the list to check for her.

Everything seems solid for her aside from her right eye oozing a bit excessively and being a touch swollen (could be allergies, couldn’t find anything wrong with the eye or irritating it) so she’s got an eye cream to try for a bit to see if that resolves.

If Dylan is ever in the same room with me again he will not leave that room unharmed. Could have FUCKING KILLED HER.

[minyboy]

Tweeter is just bouncing through life, good for you little guy.

[mumusmarket]

Last one for the wheel is Noble heart horse bear suggested by @PoobyDoo ! I really wanted to draw a carebear lol. Front start to finish, Magenta from Blues Clues, Red Guy from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Imposter from Among Us, Big Bird from Sesame Street, Yoshi (just Yoshi), Squirtle from Pokemon, & Bluey (from...Bluey)! Thank you for suggesting characters!

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[flock-talk]

I was watching a video of Yoshi peacefully eating a treat in her crate. A random woman screeches in happiness. I had an urge to that woman to shut up as she will scare the sweet doggo. I realize the noises come from the tv from a reality show my mom is watching and that Yoshi in a video in my phone.

😂 if this is my Yoshi we’re taking about no amount of noise would cause her to stop munching on a tasty snack!

One time someone on the TV had an alarm go off, the exact same alarm sound that I use for Yoshis medication retrieval.

I was slapping around the couch trying to find my phone in a panic bc it was Not My Medication time Wtf.

Meanwhile Yoshi is just staring at me like “that alarm is coming from the tv, I’m not running off to grab your medication calm down”

[elliejaybird]

I kidnapped @taxi-cabbage for an impromptu chalk drawing session.

[turquoisesea01]

It’s Morogh X Virgil X Bird brain rot everyone

I’m at the beach and I have my sketchbook with me. You’ll be seeing doodles of them and I’m not sorry for it/j

[candiphoenixesartblog]

Rainbow Wheel Ahoy

After 12 hours and loads of suggestions, these were the 24 top suggestions (three for each color).

[doweesig]

We’re going back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu.

[adora-birds]

puppy?

[trilobiter]

Been a while since Sherbert and Yoshi made an appearance on Tumblr

Look at our birds and say they're cute.

@piecesoftape

[cryptidcrae]

color wheel thing