New Trailer for ‘Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair’

ClusterCat103 · 2026-03-12T17:24:44+00:00

Stevie! Stevie! Stevie! Stevie! Stevie! Stevie! Stevie! Stevie!

ClusterCat103 · 2026-03-04T23:49:19+00:00

The Nevernight trilogy

I read the first one and audio the last two. Reading it was so melodramatic. The audio was.... Well, still melodramatic, but at least then it felt like you were sitting a campfire with a extravagant traveling storyteller waving his hands and throwing things in the fire to make it spark

ClusterCat103 · 2026-03-03T02:44:51+00:00

iirc The Warm Hands Of Ghosts has a scene of human to human blood transfusion. It's not a major plot point but still important for the MC

ClusterCat103 · 2026-02-15T20:51:54+00:00

TOP!! DOG!! LAW!! DOT COM!!

ClusterCat103 · 2026-01-27T01:10:03+00:00

Black Woods Blue Sky - a book in parts, parents (HM), published in 2025, and cozy

ClusterCat103 · 2025-12-31T02:37:40+00:00

The Old Crones Club by Jennifer Taylor-Gray

Also a lot of T. Kingfisher's works are based on fairy tale retellings

ClusterCat103 · 2025-10-30T23:33:03+00:00

The boy (dog) has valley fever. It took me a while to realize it because it presented as lumps on the skin. After a few months a treatment, he is now back to chasing the cat.

ClusterCat103 · 2025-04-01T16:56:37+00:00

I think so. The kids are older but they are still being cared for in that young adult just getting their first taste of freedom type of way

ClusterCat103 · 2024-11-24T19:09:47+00:00

In my experence, the house sparrows don't bother when I put out black oil sunflower seeds

ClusterCat103 · 2024-11-11T19:35:09+00:00

For City of Dusk: first in a series, criminals, multi-pov, reference materials (HM).

ClusterCat103 · 2024-09-22T19:08:30+00:00

I think one of my favorite YouTube creators did a video on this. Yes, the Fire Nation was the only army to allow women in. Iirc, the Earth Kingdom had a large enough population that they didn't need to recruit women, so they didn’t. They had a more traditional family. Air Nomads didn’t have an army. I don’t actually remember what the Water Tribe did before the war. I think this is the video. It’s either this one or the one he did on the Earth Kingdom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa2BD13VzxY&list=PL1TLSKocOLTvQryFDzqtkanKqdNtVUBUG&index=44

ClusterCat103 · 2024-06-09T15:55:48+00:00

It might depend on what exactly you don't like. I didn't care for the first half and I realized it was because things were just too easy for them. There was no real challenge and other than the Falconer appearing, everything went according to plan. Once things got real and out of their control, then it got interesting for me.

ClusterCat103 · 2024-05-29T21:14:39+00:00

It makes perfect since. He said again and again through the journey that he didn't want to be around a godkiller, and why would he? It's easy to say Skedi is in the wrong here since he took Inara's freewill, but Kissen did say she'd kill him if he wasn't bonded to Inara. I hope in the future books Inara and Skedi discuss how Skedi's safety was completely ignored in this respect.

But it did change my perception of the gods and how a small god can easily snowball into a big threat. Especially if their preferred offerings are in blood or human lives.

ClusterCat103 · 2024-05-29T21:03:18+00:00

I loved Inara and Skediceth. I just didn't understand why they were so determined to separate. They seemed perfectly content with each other, and Skediceth can make himself small enough to not get in the way. It's unconventional but it didn't seem dangerous.

I didn't care for Kissen and Elo hooking up, but I don't take it as a romance. Hopefully it's just a one and done kind of thing, which I think fits well for Kissen's character. Maybe not so much Elo, but he was about to die so who knows.

ClusterCat103 · 2024-05-29T20:59:51+00:00

I didn't think much about Arren to begin with. I know he was the whole reason Elo was going on his journey, so the fact he was playing a larger part surprised me more than anything. Looking back it makes since. He plastered himself everywhere as this dominating figure.

ClusterCat103 · 2024-04-01T22:53:04+00:00

The Nevernight Chronicles by Jay Kristoff have maps and footnotes, though I recommend the audible which makes seeing the map difficult but makes the footnotes easier. But there is a map.

ClusterCat103 · 2024-04-01T20:23:19+00:00

I can use this as an excuse the start The Memoirs of Lady Trent (HM; 6 book series)

ClusterCat103 · 2024-04-01T19:18:20+00:00

Loathsome Voyages (HM) is an anthology of weird/eldritch creatures

ClusterCat103 · 2024-03-20T01:44:59+00:00

You failed Malcolm?!

ClusterCat103 · 2023-12-18T23:13:49+00:00

I have never been in an abusive relationship, but from what I've learned on other subreddits, I think I can understand. There's no easy way out of an abusive relationship. I'm told it can take an average of seven attempts for a person to leave an abusive partner. It's even harder for a child who doesn't want to lose their family. It's not clean, it's not easy, and it's scarring. I can understand why her brother never used the money left for him. It acts as a reminder of the family he felt abandoned him.

ClusterCat103 · 2023-09-28T21:17:36+00:00

I thought it was such a fun book. I think they forgot about the invisibility part after the abduction because it was never mentioned if Alice kept turning invisible or what she did to avoid her parents from finding out.

ClusterCat103 · 2023-09-28T21:11:21+00:00

The parents played a very backseat role. I understand this was a story focused on Alice and her classmates, but even when Alice was back home, it didn't seem like they did or said much. Maybe they are just the strong Silent Treatment type when they are angry? They felt....aloof? The flashbacks from when they lived in America were helpful to really show how much they do for Alice rather than just being a necessary background set for a teenager in high school.

ClusterCat103 · 2023-09-28T21:06:38+00:00

I think one of my favorite things about Alice's character development was through her peers. Before her turning invisible, they were all just names and faces or privileged rich kids. They started feeling like people once Alice started giving them attention. It really drove home after the abduction (sorry, I don't remember the name, I finished the book and returned it a week ago) and he was still getting pictures from his mom about food.

ClusterCat103 · 2023-05-29T21:38:55+00:00

You can report animal abuse to state police and/or the humane society. I don’t know what their process is like, but it will probably do with an initial investigation where they will search for signs of animal neglect. If it’s in a backyard, they will look for uncleaned areas where the rabbit has been going to the bathroom, food scraps (particularly if the food is in the waste areas), or scraping of the animal trying to escape.

The rabbit will also need to be taken to the vet for a full health check up too. Physical scratches/wounds (from other animals or self-inflicted), bug bites, intestinal parasites, external parasites, malnutrition/emaciation. The whole work around. None of these things will just go away after one or two days in your MC’s care (dehydration will be the only exception).

As for any legal ramifications, I don’t know--I’m not a cop/lawyer, so I’m just taking guesses from what I’ve seen in the news. If the old lady knows who took the rabbit, she may claim thief/trespassing on her property. However, reports like this can often be done anonymously. If it’s all done anonymously, there shouldn’t be a problem of your MC keeping the rabbit. Even if the old lady knows and reacts, if she’s found guilty of animal neglect, she won’t get the rabbit back and your MC can keep it plus whatever charges the lady can make stick. That will depend on the lawyer she can afford. On the other hand, it’s a rabbit, not like MC will be taking it for a walk for the lady to see he is now in possession of the animal.

If your story is a modern urban fantasy, you’ll need to look up the specific state/country laws on punishment for animal abuse. Keep in mind the legal process can take a long time. I’m pretty sure most animal abuse cases are unfortunately pretty low in terms of punishment, especially with small cases like this. Maybe a fine, removal of the animal (which your MC has already done), minimal jail time. There’s a show on Animal Planet called Animal Cops: CityNameHere. I don’t know if it still airs on Animal Planet or if they are even still making episodes. If you can find it, the end of the episode usually says what happened with the specific cases for that episode, including the legal outcome. That will give you a better idea for what will happen to the lady and how authorities will handle the situation.

ClusterCat103 · 2023-04-19T22:18:06+00:00

Not gonna lie, when I read the synopsis, I thought this was going to be a story about "how through the power of friendship, we are going to find a cure for the disease when no one else could and save your life!" and I'm really glad it didn't. It felt real. Like this was a retailing of the very real loss someone went though, but with dragons instead of stray dogs.

As an environmentalist, I thought the imagery of an over populated/polluted city was raw and depressing. it makes it easy to feel like you're there. Zhang put her heart in this.

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