For me it was fairly easy, as my TBR is huge and there were plenty of options for each theme. I would never have managed to complete the card time-wise without counting audiobooks though.

I’m still 90 pages from completing the whole card in Hard Mode, still, I already allowed myself to submit. Gonna finish those in the next week, I’m sure.

I just picked up Sara Ahmed’s Living a Feminist Life. It’s been on my tbr quite some time now, and while I’m not big on non-fiction I appreciate the philosophical tone.

I have just started listening to The High Crusade. With English not even being my first language it’s really something else. Enjoying it this far though, and if I don’t understand anything anymore there’s still the option to get a used copy from back then for small money.

I have just started The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. It’s a bit more on the demanding side in the beginning, as it doesn’t follow a linear story but loosely related episodes in a life very different to mine. But I think I’m in the flow now.

Imagine not being able to decide what you grow in your own yard. Wild.

Being almost finished with Martha Well’s The Murderbot Diaries AS WELL, I just started to read Curse Breaker, which is the first book of Richard Schwartz’ Ice Raven Chronicles.

I would’ve never touched Murderbot if not for the feddit.org hopepunk bookclub, simply because I didn’t know it existed. It’s such a cool series though, unlike anything I’ve read before, and I hate they just adapted it into a - probably mediocre at best - TV show. Do you consider giving it a try?

Don’t have a strong opinion about Curse Breaker yet, but I’m not sure if it even got an English translation either, so there’s that.

Almost finished And All So Quiet by Mareike Fallwickl. Only a few pages remaining and then my bingo is in arm’s reach.

I have just started And all so quiet by Mareike Fallwickl. I’m reading the original in German, so not sure about the English translation. Anyways, I loved The Rage That Remains, it’s been almost a year since I devoured it in a few sittings and I’m still thinking about this book on the regular. So I really hope And all so quiet can keep up with it.

I’m still deep into He who fights with monsters by Shirtaloon. Need to pick up some pace though, when I want to finish my bingo on time. Still two entire books to go!

Maybe they refer to the banner below: “US president-elect Donald Trump refuses to rule out using military force to gain control”? Still doesn’t make real sense to me, but at least that would align with their comment.

During the holidays with my family, my brother convinced me to give “He who fights with Monsters” by Shirtaloon a try. I’m currently about 30% deep into book one. It’s my first time reading LitRPG and even though I’m not quite sure about the genre I’m enjoying this one quite a lot.

Relevant part

Stellate scale is also a known pest of Schefflera plants. Wash foliage with warm soapy water, try not to get any in the pot. You may have to treat multiple times. Imdacloprid (Bonide Systemic) should also be effective as it’s considered a soft bodied scale.

Be he foe or friend, be he foul or clean, brood of Morgoth or bright Vala, Elda or Maia or Aftercomer, Man yet unborn upon Middle-earth, neither law, nor love, nor league of swords, dread nor danger, not Doom itself, shall defend him from Fëanor, and Fëanor’s kin, whoso hideth or hoardeth, or in hand taketh, finding keepeth or afar casteth a Silmaril. This swear we all: death we will deal him ere Day’s ending, woe unto world’s end! Our word hear thou, Eru Allfather! To the everlasting Darkness doom us if our deed faileth. On the holy mountain hear in witness and our vow remember, Manwë and Varda!

But at first they can’t find it, then it doesn’t play and then the phone doesn’t automatically switch in horizontal view, but that’s necessary, as they’re convinced you can not possibly watch it otherwise. So the whole process takes about half an hour.

Even though there might be other possibilities, checking the roots is a good move. If the roots are okay, that’s great news and you’re on the safe side. If you discover rot, you can just cut off the bad parts and the repot the plant. That causes severe stress, so it might take a while to recover, but it’s the only way to help with root rot, as otherwise it will only spread, killing the plant in the long term.

That’s a really sweet story, just does not exactly fit the vibe of this community I guess. We’re more here for cute animal pics. A wholesome community might be the place to go?

That ages-old wisdom has not sprung from nowhere.

I have three spider plants that used to take turns spending a month in the windowless bathroom. They’re all fine. There was at least some sunlight coming in from the surrounding rooms though.

You admitted a mistake on the Internet. That’s a plus in my books.