#lizardreading

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what kind of ebony dark'ness dementia raven way bullshit is this 😭😂

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Lizard reader and Lizard Curt adopting little lizards who follow them. 'nough said

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me reading Absolution: hey maybe this will answer some questions about area x

lol

but I gotta say, while I enjoy the overall book a lot, the lowry chapters are very annoying to read. have you ever wanted to strangle a book character so bad... dude, get off the fucking cocaine and shut. the fuck. up. for like 5 seconds pls. I know he isn't going to die but I wish he would.

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lizardreading wrapped 2024

i was a huuuuge reader when i was younger, and then eventually i fell out of that somehow. but this year i finally managed get back into a more or less consistent reading habit, so imma blab about that

STATS

(powered by Storygraph, will probably update these when december is over lol)

BEST OF

The Instant Fav: The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy usually, "fantasy YA" is something i do not care about. at all. i didn't particularly care about teenage protagonists back when i was that age, i do not now. and run-of-the-mill european-medieval-coded fantasy also isn't my thing. at all. BUT when Margaret Killjoy, who is amazing and great and such a cool person, brings out her first real novel (after a bunch of novellas and short stories which i also enjoyed a bunch), guess i have to read it. AND IT'S SO GOOD. it's exciting and funny and tragic and hopeful and queer af and well written and i just really really loved it. go read it y'all. [favorite line]

The Slow Burn: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer been meaning to read this one for ages, because i love the movie so much, although i heard people either like the movie or the book. and i did enjoy it well enough, read the next 2 books too, it was.. nice. i think i gave it 4.5/5 initially. and then i couldn't stop thinking about it. re-read parts, read about it, hyperfocused. people always go on about how they want a relatable protagonist, but i don't think i ever actually had a character like that. well, hello Biologist. she's just like me fr. if i were a biologist. anyway, this book tickles something inside me. maybe it's the autism. [favorite line] [another favorite line]

The Surprise Hit: The Magos by Dan Abnett when you ask the internet "which warhammer 40k book is a good starting point", the Eisenhorn trilogy usually gets recommended. what doesn't get mentioned is "well, that one actually belongs to 2 more trilogies and another novel and a bunch of short stories". started, felt entertained enough to continue, had my fun. they're not great, the first 3 Eisenhorn ones have the weirdest-ass pacing, Eisenhorn himself is a dramatic bitch, but overall good enough. Ravenor trilogy is ok. the short stories inbetween range from :shrug_emoji: to good enough. (Bequin on the other hand is really really good) and in comes The Magos. suddenly the pov character is not some larger than life inquisitor doing god's the emperor's work, but the saddest wettest little nerd way in over his head. and he hates all this daemon- and chaos-bullshit and all the guns and the blood and just wants to go home to his books and he cries and he pukes from all the gore, and his ex wife is there too, and he mouthes off to FamousTM ScaryTM InquisitorTM Eisenhorn because it's all bullshit, and you just wanna wrap him in a blanket. and of course he saves the day eventually. i'd die for Valentin Drusher. [favorite line]

The Old Fav: Arbeit und Struktur by Wolfgang Herrndorf sorry to the english speakers, but this one is german only. it's not even fiction. it's the blog of an author after he got diagnosed with a brain tumor, documenting his last few years, slapped into a book after his death. i don't know how many times i've read this one over the years. going on 10 maybe? twice this year for some reason. and it hits me every time in a way i can't put into words. one of my alltime favs. mildly funny (?) sidenote: i can't for the life me of get into the fiction writing of this guy. i tried, multiple times. sorry dude. [favorite line]

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hello yes I'd die for Valentin Drusher

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"how dare you?!" - "like this ;D"

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“What happens when you know you can’t win a fight?” “Avoid it,” Haim said. “When you can’t?” “Go down teeth thrashing, claws grasping, blood in your veins, death in your eyes,” Daidi said, in some voice that was scarcely her own.

. The Sapling Cage (Margaret Killjoy)

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reading Annihilation was the first time that I thought "oh so THAT'S what people mean when they talk about a relatable protagonist"

idk what that says about me lmao

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been meaning to make a pinned post for tag overview reasons forever so here we go

general

#lizardlife for... my lizardlife. has pictures of snails too. #lizardwriting mostly wip snippets and stuff. and smut. #good sounds music recs #lizardreading bookstuff #about me oh so relatable #fav the best posts on the internet. or something.

ocverse aka the greater boston polycule

find the (eventual) whole story on ao3: dark lights, shine loud

characters: #mika tag #gabriel tag #kat tag #aaron tag #july tag #daria tag #quinn tag #eleonor tag #ruby tag #connor tag #victor tag #lex tag #nic tag #valerie tag #annabelle tag #eli tag #fiona tag #fia tag #helena tag

main relationships: #otp: a 1000 years mika/gabriel: way too horny opposites attract. it was always meant to be. occupies 95% of my brain time. #otp: you stop the world kat/gabriel/mika: platonically married goes polycule. #otp: bury your heart july/daria: the love is requited they're just idiots. so much pining. #otp: stop me stop me quinn/ruby: homoerotic girlbestfriend situationship. #otp: zero gravity valerie/annabelle: certified haterTM falls hard. not enemies to lover - idiots to lovers? #otp: sleep paralysis fia/helena: tba

other: #fnv au courier mika & her wasteland adventures. silly idea that somehow turned into a bunch of fics #warcrimes au the evil mirrorverse version. one day i'll write it. lol. #comms for me all the amazing art i got of those idiots (it's mostly mika lol) #oc instagram spent way too much time on those. this one's my favorite obvs

and just to note, i am always super fucking elated about random asks and or tag games and shit when it comes to my idiot squad.

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I KEEP SKETCHING ON THE WRONG FUCKING LAYER-GOD DAMMIT-