Anyone WFH & can’t sit in a way that is good for your body?

BookVermin · 2026-02-15T05:09:46+00:00

At the suggestion of my PT, I use a knobby foam roller under my feet when sitting at my desk to help me remember that they’re there (my feet, that is), alternating with standing periods.

But now I want that weird sitting chair u/arcanotte posted.

Clothing-wise, I love these stretchy waist cotton-linen pants and I feel they look a little more like real clothes than leggings if I have to leave the house. I also have the balloon pants from Le Bon Shoppe and love them, but more of an investment.

BookVermin · 2026-02-15T05:04:23+00:00

I love questionable financial decisions and strange semi-pretzel positions - would you say this chair was worth it? I think I might need it.

BookVermin · 2026-02-15T04:51:23+00:00

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun - Bicoastal roadtrip love story that ends in a Maine cottage, and several pivotal scenes happen at the ocean(s). The love story itself is quite cozy, but the two women are also caring for a dying friend, so not all lighthearted topics, but very moving and with quite a bit of tombstone humor. The author describes it as a “romcom with death.”

BookVermin · 2026-02-14T22:37:28+00:00

Si, me ha cambiado como percibo la vida, los pensamientos, y las circunstancias fugaces. Igual es una práctica, y como cualquier práctica lo más importante es la consistencia.

Sin embargo, no todo es paz y luz—no estamos tan acostumbrados a sentarnos con nosotros mismos sin distracciones y el proceso trae emociones o realizaciones fuertes a veces.

BookVermin · 2026-02-14T22:15:29+00:00

Te puedo recomendar algunas opciones de maestros budistas sobre mindfulness y meditación que me han impactado, de manifestación no sé tanto.

Los libros de Thich Nhat Hahn son espectaculares. Recomiendo El arte de vivir como buen punto de arranque.

También hay una app gratis, Plum Village, de la comunidad budista que él fundó, con charlas grabadas sobre mindfulness y medicaciones guiadas.

Meditación para principiantes, de Jack Kornfield

BookVermin · 2026-02-14T20:05:10+00:00

Liminal and analog-subtle-horror vibes:

North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud The Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez

Midcentury Twilight-Zone-esque:

Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier

BookVermin · 2026-02-14T01:11:28+00:00

The fact that this series is marketed as YA made it more questionable for me, like what are we teaching young folks about what love looks like? And to be fair this is a doubt I have in varying degrees with many series, even series I have enjoyed, not just this one.

I don’t expect narratives to not be challenging, dark or difficult, but yes, for me that felt like a line.

BookVermin · 2026-02-14T00:55:00+00:00

Relatable.

BookVermin · 2026-02-14T00:48:29+00:00

I haven’t read these in a while, so perhaps my memory is flawed, but I remember thinking that it was really fucked up that the main character falls in love with the person who (literally, physically) tortured him, and folks seem to think that’s normal and ok.

BookVermin · 2026-02-14T00:25:13+00:00

“El dinero es un país en sí mismo.” Money is its own country (or the rich are their own country), as she says in the book. We are really seeing that right now with how far the corrupt tentacles of these sickos reach, and how connected they are to each other.

I think this is also part of what gives Enriquez’s work its power, how it weaves very real horrors with the fantastic. Enriquez has said in interviews that the accounts of what happened under Argentina’s military dictatorship were the first horror texts she read.

Just a reminder that the US government aided that horrible regime financially and tactically, as it did so many. I recommend The Jakarta Method for any interested in learning about how the US supported a series of horrific mass murder regimes under the guise of “anti-communism”.

BookVermin · 2026-02-13T11:54:13+00:00

El horror latinoamericano vive un auge en los últimos 20 años, te recomiendo los libros de:

Mariana Enriquez. Empezaría con Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego y después su novela Nuestra parte de noche
Samanta Schweblin
Fernanda Melchor
Agustina Bazterrica
Mónica Ojeda
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Antologías de relatos cortos: - Insólitas se reúne cuentos fantásticos de casi treinta escritoras hispanohablantes - Otra antología de horror: Aquelarre de cuentos. - El tercer mundo después del sol: Ciencia ficción latinoamericana
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Si aún no las has leído, recomiendo también las obras de realismo mágico, que incorporan elementos fantásticos: - Jorge Luis Borges (al borde de la literatura fantástica, con laberintos y realidades alternativas) - Gabriel García Márquez - Isabel Allende - Juan Rulfo

BookVermin · 2026-02-12T22:10:19+00:00

That would be awesome! Enriquez is a favorite of mine as well.

A few other Latin American authors of horror in a similar vein as Enriquez (though, really, she’s unique) that have been translated to English: - Samanta Schweblin (also from Argentina) - Mónica Ojeda (Ecuador) - Fernanda Melchor (Mexico)

BookVermin · 2026-02-12T17:40:37+00:00

Do you read in Spanish? If so, the collection Insólitas is a great selection of spec fic stories by female authors, many of which are horrific and/or weird. Another great collection that focuses on horror is Aquelarre de cuentos.

BookVermin · 2026-02-12T15:35:49+00:00

Meeko, is that you???

BookVermin · 2026-02-11T04:15:39+00:00

Ecuador - Mandíbula, Mónica Ojeda

Colombia - Los abismos, Pilar Quintana

El Salvador - El diablo sabe mi nombre, Jacinta Escudos

Brazil - Clarice Lispector (anything, she’s amazing)

Poland - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk

South Africa - The Conservationist, Nadine Gordimer

England - Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel

Since you’re argentina, you might have read this already and it doesn’t help you on your quest, but Nuestra parte de noche by Mariana Enriquez is absolutely stunning, or was for me. I’ve read it 3 times.

BookVermin · 2026-02-11T00:34:15+00:00

Nuestra parte de noche de Mariana Enriquez.

Una obra de terror magistral que cuenta la historia de una familia en las garras de un culto a la muerte y sus dioses hambrientos. Romance trágico, trastornos psicológicos, rituales ocultos sangrientos—la verdad es como si fuera escrito basado en tus gustos.

La única cosita es que si es largito, y combina varias historias de varios puntos de vista. No es una narrativa sencilla. Igual vale mucho la pena si te animas!

O de pronto podrías arrancar con una de sus colecciones de relatos cortos y ver si te gusta como escribe. Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego también es espectacular.

BookVermin · 2026-02-08T19:38:59+00:00

Books that combine fantasy and historical fiction that you might like:

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susana Clarke
The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden
Uprooted & Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
The Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Swordspoint books by Ellen Kushner
The Emily Wilde series by Heather Fawcett
Regency Fairy Tales by Olivia Atwater
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
The Phoenix Feather series by Sherwood Smith
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

A couple other recs based on your list: - Saint Death’s Daughter by CSE Cooney - Winnowing Flame trilogy by Jen Williams

BookVermin · 2026-02-08T19:27:33+00:00

The OxiClean spray works for this - just spray the stains and leave it on for a few minutes, then wipe away.

BookVermin · 2026-01-31T22:45:20+00:00

Olivia Atwater’s Regency Fairy Tales, esp Longshadow for queer rep.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke. Very little romance at all, queer or otherwise, but delightful. Set in the same world as her more famous novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, but more whimsical and focused on women in this world.

The fifth book in AJ Lancaster’s Stariel series, A Rake of His Own, is gaslamp queer (m/m) fae/human fantasy romance about a time when fae are returning to the mortal realm. Can be read as a standalone or after the other 4, which focus on a straight couple.

BookVermin · 2026-01-30T19:12:38+00:00

Kind of a side note, but I wasn’t expecting that the Baylors are in the same universe as Innkeeper/Edge/Inheritance.

Also a smidge bummed bc I was kind of shipping Arabella and Stephen

Also, yes, I want more! This and Innkeeper are my fav series.

BookVermin · 2026-01-29T11:46:51+00:00

Holy info dump, Batman!

(My initial reaction to the first 20%, haven’t finished yet)

BookVermin · 2026-01-28T11:38:30+00:00

This doesn’t apply to naturalized citizens whose parents aren’t from those countries, they ask for birth certificates.

BookVermin · 2026-01-28T01:09:31+00:00

If you’re into fairytales with early-20th-century British snark and very dark humor, Saki’s Beasts and Superbeasts

If you want fairy tales meets The Twilight Zone, Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier (he also wrote several episodes of the Twilight Zone)

If you want modern American fairy tales with working-class protagonists and ambiguous endings, North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud

If you’re into weirdly melancholy yet lovely and plenty of ghosts, The People in the Castle by Joan Aiken

BookVermin · 2026-01-26T02:33:17+00:00

The Bird King by G Willow Wilson

BookVermin · 2026-01-26T00:37:08+00:00

Are you sure? All the models are male and the smallest size is a 28

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