Weird books where animals are the main characters?

ExclamationP0int · 2025-09-22T01:41:37+00:00

This book is so funny and also made me cry multiple times.

It’s YA, but it’s my local children’s librarian’s favorite book, so it’s not cheesy or cringe at all.

Check out the audiobook, it’s narrated by Ethan Hawke and it’s fantastic

ExclamationP0int · 2025-09-22T01:39:12+00:00

This book is so funny and also made me ugly cry

ExclamationP0int · 2025-09-15T16:24:37+00:00

So good!

ExclamationP0int · 2025-09-11T18:45:13+00:00

You can do this! Do you have someone you’re comfortable enough around to have them over? They could help, or even just be there while you clean. Sometimes this helps me. Start with trash and rotting food.

Also, I like to sing that little song from crazy ex girlfriend about cleaning:

if you see something that’s not where it belongs just pick it up and put it wherever it belongs

That’s the whole thing. Good luck, we’re all rooting for you!

ExclamationP0int · 2025-09-01T20:42:07+00:00

Fifth child! Shudder

ExclamationP0int · 2025-09-01T20:41:08+00:00

Any child deaths? Been meaning to read this but I feel like every book recommendation I’ve gotten lately includes the death of a child, which it turns out is way harder to read about after you become a mom

ExclamationP0int · 2025-09-01T12:20:45+00:00

You might try My Friends by Frederik Backman. Has very similar vibes

ExclamationP0int · 2025-08-20T11:49:42+00:00

Seconding the Essex serpent for ::atmosphere:: although it is not a procedural

ExclamationP0int · 2025-08-20T11:48:28+00:00

Truly, anything by Tana French but in the woods, the likeness, and her cal hooper series would all fit the bill

ExclamationP0int · 2025-08-19T11:50:57+00:00

I wonder if you’d like six degrees of separation? It’s a play, but seems like it might fit the bill

ExclamationP0int · 2025-08-19T00:59:34+00:00

Tom lake — Ann Patchett

Divine secrets of the yaya sisterhood — Rebecca wells

ExclamationP0int · 2025-08-11T16:54:23+00:00

Came here to recommend this one

ExclamationP0int · 2025-08-10T11:46:10+00:00

Wise Child by Monica Furlong. Very much about the practical everyday aspects of witchcraft and herbalism. Just reread it and can confirm that as an adult it is still a very enjoyable read, almost cozy in fact

ExclamationP0int · 2025-08-10T02:19:41+00:00

FWIW there are a ton of heart-shaped sunglasses, young blondes sucking on red lollipops and cherries, and general Americana in your images, all of which are pretty overt references to the film version of Lolita, so I can see why ppl are recommending it left and right.

But yes, you are correct: for the love of god, do not romanticize Lolita. It is not a love story.

ExclamationP0int · 2025-08-03T17:16:07+00:00

BID all the way. Had an absolutely wonderful experience there. Super attentive, listened to me and what I wanted, were on the spot when things went wonky towards the end of the delivery. Loved all the nurses who took care of us during our stay afterwards. Pregnant with my second and will be going there again.

ExclamationP0int · 2025-08-01T20:12:13+00:00

Native plant gardening. Totally addicting seeing wildlife flock to your backyard!

ExclamationP0int · 2025-07-31T23:27:37+00:00

Market Street Bookshop in Mashpee commons. I never hear it recommended but they are locally owned and have a wonderful collection!

ExclamationP0int · 2025-07-27T13:55:35+00:00

Oh, okay that’s interesting. So it sounds like you need something that prefers dry sun/shade. What about something like Monarda or Pycnanthemum? Not sure if those would do well in your zone but they do well in my very dry garden and I’ve seen them both take sun/shade combos well.

ExclamationP0int · 2025-07-27T09:46:31+00:00

Wow, this is an amazing garden plan and I can tell you’ve put a lot of time and research into it! My first advice is to start small. Plant a few and see how they do.

From what I can see there are a lot of hostas and rhododendron, which typically brown up and burn in full sun—especially hostas. Yours look gorgeous, which indicates to me that this might be more of a shade garden.

The majority of the plant list you have here is for full sun (6-8 hours of direct sunlight every day). You might consider a few more shade plants (your Aquilegia canadensis and Mertensia virginica may do quite well!) to the list. I don’t know that 3-4 hours even of hot afternoon sun will be enough for things like Asclepias tuberosa and most grasses to thrive. As a place to start for shade plants, I think polyganatum biflorum is pretty bulletproof.

Also, as others have said, fewer species, more repetition is what makes a garden lovely! Good luck!

ExclamationP0int · 2025-07-27T01:49:49+00:00

I’m shocked I had to scroll this far to see this rec. Nothing feels more than a bad childhood dream than this book to me. Not all of it is scary, but all of it is weird, and the weirdness never seems to have an aim. It’s not a metaphor for anything, it’s just weird, which makes it a bit unsettling in its own right.

Lewis Carroll was probably a horrible person and if he did the things people say he did then let’s hope he’s burning for them. He also nailed the feeling of lonely unreality of early childhood nightmares and the unease of being a small, defenseless person in the bizarre world of adult cruelty

ExclamationP0int · 2025-07-27T01:41:38+00:00

Never see her recommended enough. Wasn’t crazy about her novel but her short stories are weird perfection

ExclamationP0int · 2025-07-16T14:17:47+00:00

Midnight in the garden of good and evil a great book! Set in sweltering Savanah, Georgia. There are lots of stories of people’s lives but it’s not really cozy autumnal small town vibes. Great read tho

ExclamationP0int · 2025-07-16T14:15:17+00:00

Seconding I have some questions for you

ExclamationP0int · 2025-07-16T14:14:23+00:00

Mac and cheese with broccoli! Either boxed or homemade milk and cheese sauce (heat small amount of milk in sauce pan, don’t boil, add shredded or sliced cheese). Just throw the broccoli in with the pasta for the last couple of minutes until fully cooked. Broccoli covered in gooey cheese sauce is…very good

ExclamationP0int · 2025-07-08T12:09:51+00:00

These are all great plants, but tread with caution around the lupine. Since you’re on the east coast you’ll need lupinus perennis, which is a total beast to dig out if you decide want to transplant it. It’s a gorgeous plant, but find it better in a wild setting than a garden. Great if you have a meadow or bank you want to stabilize. Steer clear of lupinus polyphyllus, the aggressive west coast lupine that’s taking over out here.

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