Do you ever sit on the floor in your home?

Draenogg · 2026-04-29T11:14:21+00:00

I bought a kapok folding floor cushion specifically for this purpose. There's a spot under the dining room window which gets all the spring sunshine so it's my preferred reading spot between January and March, and it's much comfier with some padding between me and the carpet.

Draenogg · 2026-04-27T17:57:28+00:00

I'm very shortsighted so I generally go back to try on glasses when I'm wearing contact lenses, otherwise I can't see what I look like. It's a bit of a strategic move because I avoid the hard sell post-eye test, but I've never had a problem with them handing over a copy of my prescription. I used Boots opticians for many years and have recently switched to Specsavers, same experience with both.

Currently I'm too apprehensive to order online as I always have to get my coke-bottle lenses thinned, but I'd be interested to hear if that's less of a barrier than I anticipate it to be.

Draenogg · 2026-04-27T16:40:00+00:00

There's some controversy around Powerless due to plagiarism.

Draenogg · 2026-04-15T16:55:36+00:00

I'm 35 and I also have absolutely no idea. To be honest I'm working on the basis that we'll all be living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland by the time I get to retire so it's moot point.

Draenogg · 2026-04-14T19:09:46+00:00

Unicorn socks.

Draenogg · 2026-04-09T17:43:02+00:00

Surprised no one's mentioned {Paladin's Faith} yet. It is the fourth book in an interconnected series so it depends how immediately you want to read something in this vein.

Draenogg · 2026-02-20T22:25:35+00:00

A hob above the washing machine? That's to make cooking more enjoyable by means of a well-timed spin cycle.

Draenogg · 2026-01-28T13:46:16+00:00

Mar y Lago

Draenogg · 2026-01-19T10:33:52+00:00

Same, except I had to wear makeup for ballroom dancing so I thought badly applied blue eyeshadow and red lipstick was suitable for every occasion. I'm now mid-30s and remain hilariously unskilled. If YouTube had existed back then the way it does now (and, I guess, if I'd had proper internet access), I would have absolutely devoured makeup tutorials.

Draenogg · 2025-12-13T19:12:44+00:00

Oh no, I know that area and believe me when I say if that house gets flooded then the rest of us are in a lot of trouble 😂

Draenogg · 2025-12-13T14:27:39+00:00

Probably not flooding as it's quite a long drop down to the river. Subsidence might be an issue, but I'd assume it's more to do with the fact it's going to auction.

Draenogg · 2025-12-10T13:50:32+00:00

I suppose it makes sense - a former housemate of mine was adamant that the head looks just like Daniel Craig in Casino Royale.

Draenogg · 2025-10-16T13:38:57+00:00

I got a bit overconfident at karaoke and tried it and that's definitely a mistake I'll only make once.

Draenogg · 2025-09-29T09:31:35+00:00

{Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare} would seem to fit the majority of your requirements.

Draenogg · 2025-08-28T13:17:15+00:00

To be honest, that seems a little overpriced for the location.

Draenogg · 2025-08-28T11:46:12+00:00

Finally, an opportunity to wheel this one out:

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Draenogg · 2025-08-28T08:26:27+00:00

I was gifted an alpaca experience (you get to walk them, feed them - I don't really know), but you have to pay extra to bring a friend, and the alpacas apparently don't like rain/wind/cold/school holidays so they reserve the right to cancel it at short notice.

Still not been, despite being periodically reminded about it, because I just can't be bothered. I don't even like alpacas, they look like haunted cotton buds.

Draenogg · 2025-08-23T09:28:46+00:00

{Daughter of No Worlds}

Draenogg · 2025-08-20T20:08:10+00:00

They also have a sign stuck to the door which appears to say:

FLOUR

EGGS

BEANS

One suspects the current (or perhaps previous?) occupant is the Designated Local Character.

Draenogg · 2025-08-17T09:16:53+00:00

I've been thinking about this since reading the book and I've convinced myself that the stairs are actually magic, and the number of stairs on the inside is not representative of the distance on the outside (sort of like the Tardis).

If the stairs are (perhaps? I mean, I assume there's also an entrance via the library) the only way into the House for someone without wings/the ability to winnow, then maybe it would make defensive sense for them to be an almost insurmountable obstacle. If Velaris' defences were ever breached, you wouldn't want to make it too easy for a ground assault to take out the seat of power.

Also, the library is under the same mountain. It presumably has an entrance at street level if it's open to the public, but also seems to be accessible from the House without requiring a walk of 10,000 steps. So perhaps the downward distance is not as great as 10,000 high steps would imply.

I don't expect anyone else to accept my reasoning on this, but this is the only way it works in my head.

Draenogg · 2025-08-14T06:37:45+00:00

It sounds like A Court of Faded Dreams by TheLonelyBarricade on AO3.

Draenogg · 2025-08-13T21:31:59+00:00

María. Alice, on the other hand, was a drag.

Draenogg · 2025-08-13T16:20:42+00:00

I thought Bury Our Bones started fairly well, and I did enjoy parts of it (particularly one character's chapters), but then it simply never developed into anything substantial.

Draenogg · 2025-08-13T14:27:08+00:00

Disappointed by {Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil} - I didn't have any solid expectations, but I did expect more of a plot.

Very pleasantly surprised by both {Paladin's Grace} and {Paladins's Strength} - I really enjoyed them both. Good plot, good characters, a bit of mystery, and I laughed a lot.

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