I loved my OnePlus 3 so much, only stopped using it in like, 2021 because the screen started to lift in one corner. Replaced it with an Oppo brand that was kinda crap from day 1. Only bought it because it was one of the few phones with a headphone jack.
I still enjoyed it, I’m just highlighting the bit I wasn’t as keen on. Its purely a subjective opinion on it, I’m not saying the books are objectively bad or anything. Its fine to like different things.
Heh, yeah they can get pretty dark… There are definitely a few gateway ones if you were ever curious without it getting too full on.
Yeah it was interesting but honestly I just kind of found Gideon a bit too much on the cringy side of edgy… There was a lot to like but I found a lot of it very grating somehow.
My favourite book when I was a teen was Bloodtide by Melvin Burgess. It an imagining of the Icelandic Volsunga Saga (so lots of Norse gods and myths) but set in post apocalyptic London controlled by ganglords.
I think my overall favourite it probably Shogun by James Clavell - people are probably more familiar with it now because of the recent TV series but the book is huge and goes into huge amounts of depth along with a gradual shift in focus and character as you migrate from being thrown into this alien society with strict but unclear rules to large scale political outmanoeuvres
Right now I’m reading Her Majesty’s Royal Covern by Juno Dawson - about milennial witches operating in secret in modern society (think nature, earth, pagan witches, not the ones from the series that must not be named). Written by a trans woman with trans topics in the plot.
I also want to read a new series I only discovered a day or two ago called Custodians by Dan Alexander. I don’t actually know a huge amount about it other than it is a detective mystery that involves magic and queer representation. I only mention it as, in a bizarre chain of events, I met and spoke to the author and the actors involved in the audiobook and tv pilot.
Looooove fourth wing, I got far more into it than I thought. I tried ACOTAR but… Eeh, don’t really get it. I currently like the slightly edgier ones, A Rain of Shadows and Endings (Legacy series) is one I was a bit obsessed with and really want to get on with the rest of the series. I also have some of the really dark romance books, the kinds that make my friends worry about me, that I need to get on and read (Twisted Heathens is first on that list).
I have a ton of abandoned or occasional hobbies but the main one I have atm is leatherwork.
Honestly I don’t fully understand what lead me to it but I saw some videos and it was like, not only do I want to do this but I want to do it properly.
So I didn’t do my normal thing of buying a ton of equipment, getting in way over my head and abandoning to the pile of failed hobbies. I booked a beginner course at a place near me and the rest is history. Been slowly building up my skills and techniques and getting really good feedback from people. Some of my recent items even have people saying that if I was to open a shop then they would be interested in buying or commissioning…
If you want to see my stuff then just have look at my post history, I should really just make a site or something at this point… Most of my stuff is small goods, accessories etc. but be warned I’ve just created a new community to have somewhere for the darker side of crafts (mildly NSFW) - but if anyone is interested in the spicier side of crafting then come join me there!