I can definitely say that the rest are pretty good, if not better in some ways. I can't say anything about the plot without spoiling but Harrow the Ninth is partially written in second person, like "you did this" and "you felt that" and it can be really offputting but once you figure out why those chapters are written that way it's a really cool twist on the story. Nona the Ninth is also good! I haven't finished it though, it has a very different tone from the other two books.
Shaleesh
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Regarding audiobooks/regular books I can make a reccomendation.
Gideon the Ninth is a very fun peice of space fantasy that has a great mix of humor, worldbuilding, characters, intrigue, and drama.
Every few generations the greatest necromancer and the greatest swordfighter from each of the nine planets are summoned to an ancient palace to uncover the mysteries that are contained within. Gideon the Ninth is the story of one of those events, told from the perspective of the person who is by far the least qualified to be there. The main character is a lesbian, and there are a couple of other gay characters as well and it takes place in a world where being gay is NBD. The author, Tamsyn Muir, is a lesbian.
Spoiler-y Content Warnings
___Major character deaths occur as well as the deaths of a few children, however I think the author handles the subject carefully. There are some depictions of disability as well as terminal illness, IIRC there is some drug use and alchohol, a little bit of sexual themes too but nothing explicit.
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (a pseudonym for Senan Mcguire) is a suspensful cryptid horror story about a bisexual marine biologist that seeks the truth of what happened to her sister, who was attacked by mermaids.
A little bit Jurassic Park a little bit Atlantis: The Lost Empire and a little bit X Files. It's at times very tense, a little goofy and always pretty nerdy (to be clear its a "scientific journals and cosplay" nerdy rather than "bazinga and funko pops" kind of nerdy). Overall the story is a romp and I read it in like three days.
Content Warnings
Major characters die, the hunting and killing of animals is portrayed, people are drowned, ableism, meat is eaten in some scenes, theres a few segments where the reader takes the perspective of someone who struggles and dies, there's some depictions of past ableist and homophobic parental abuse. Thats all I can recall off the top of my head.
(Sorry for the word vomit, I wanted to talk about a couple of my favorite books)
Addendum:
In Into the Drowning Deep there are a pair of deaf characters. I am not deaf and I can't judge whether or not those characters (written by an author who is also not deaf) are good portrayals. However I want to mention this because those two characters, and the scenes from their perspectives were some of my favorite parts of the novel.
I cleaned and redid my audiovisual setup today. It had been collecting dust for years and I finally got up and did something about it, now that I have the tape deck inregrated it feels much more complete than it did before. At this point the only thing I'm missing is a VHS player, otherwise I can play just about any of the more popular media formats aside from what I just mentioned and some of the really high end Blu-rays.
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you have no idea how happy it makes me to see a Yurikuma reference in 2024 <3
fuck, this is badposting uhhhhhhhhhh 
beanis 
WD-40 is actually a very poor lubricant and can gum stuff up. I use sewing machine oil for my appliances since it's relatively cheap and I figure if its good for my typewriter then it must be good for just about everything else.
thanks for posting this, it reminded me to get off my ass and get back on the couch to 5k program i had abandoned for the zillionth time
Stovetop popcorn is relatively healthy, being somewhat high in fiber for a starchy snack. It's pretty quick and easy to clean up, if you use a nonstick pot then all it takes is a little soap and a quick scrub and youre done. Super cheap too!
alas, at this point milenko can only grant him two fat bitches
I wish my dad didn't throw out my cassettes when he decided to go all in on music streaming, I'm pretty sure he tossed some of my CDs too but I can't be certain. I used to have some Depeche Mode and Blues Traveler that I listened to in my first car back in the early 2010's. Regarding the 4k UHD blu rays, haven't looked into it too much but I'm pretty sure that my PS3 can't play those.