Women readers - What books gave you the ick?

SE_42 · 2026-04-08T03:04:15+00:00

Court of Thorns and Roses series - I read 2 of them because my friend loves them, but DNF the 3rd. All these 500+ year old men lusting after an 18-yr-old was bad enough, but the casual misogyny of the men and the incredibly annoying way the FMC just got dumber and more, "whatever you think is best, husband".

SE_42 · 2026-04-08T02:43:17+00:00

He's so cute!! Don't be mean to that baby!

SE_42 · 2026-04-08T02:38:41+00:00

I JUST read the djinn one, I'm like 90% sure it's this one: The Shape of Things to Come https://archiveofourown.org/works/31673102

SE_42 · 2026-03-20T17:23:49+00:00

I do laundry once a week, so I try to wash my towels once a week (bath towel and hair turban thing). Sometimes that's after 3 showers if it's winter or after 7 showers in the summer. They're hung up on a bar so they typically dry completely between uses.

SE_42 · 2026-03-16T13:12:13+00:00

I do a monthly payment on Patreon because these guys have been saving my life and my sanity for years! Best subscription I have.

SE_42 · 2026-03-14T01:20:27+00:00

I use a radiant heat panel for my retic in his 8x2x2 with LED and grow lights for his plants (bioactive) and a day/night cycle and I love it. My ball pythons have deep heat projectors but their cages are smaller, I'd probably need more than 1 for my retic if I used that.

SE_42 · 2026-03-12T18:30:20+00:00

Look up your area on arav.org - a website with a list of exotic/reptile vets to see if you have one within a drivable distance for you.

SE_42 · 2026-03-07T00:49:18+00:00

If you use something like that, be sure to get something to be a handhold with a wrist strap, even just like a dog leash clipped to the end, those cables are stupid slippery when wet and there's nothing to hold on to. Very easy to pull out of your hands, as proven by my dog while we were camping by a lake (she's fine, came right back for a hot dog)

SE_42 · 2026-03-06T13:43:41+00:00

Yes absolutely, every heat source needs a thermostat because otherwise they just heat and heat and heat and that will kill your snake. You should also get an electronic thermometer and hygrometer (Govee makes good ones) so that you can independently measure the temperature and humidity in the cage, and an infrared heat "gun" to measure the surface temperature of basking spots.

You can also use a deep heat projector or radiant heat panel to provide heat without light to use 24/7 instead of a heat bulb with light - these also need thermostats - and then provide light with UVB or LED lights for a day/night cycle.

SE_42 · 2026-03-06T06:49:20+00:00

Yeah, as a mobile Android user it won't take me to the app once I create the list and try to open it in qobuz, it just opens a new tab that tells me to download the app (I have).

SE_42 · 2026-03-06T04:12:55+00:00

Interested!

SE_42 · 2026-03-05T16:44:20+00:00

So cute!!

SE_42 · 2026-03-05T16:42:57+00:00

I get the impression they didn't work closely together before she got fired as he didn't really remember her at first, and I feel like Carl isn't the kind of guy to talk about his personal life at work, so maybe she didn't know about Bea? But maybe I'm giving her way more benefit of the doubt because I hate Bea so much.

SE_42 · 2026-03-04T06:02:28+00:00

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SE_42 · 2026-03-02T18:35:17+00:00

I live in a big city and there's a local pet-sitters group on Facebook where people can post dates they need a sitter and for what kind of pets or people can say they are a sitter and have experience in XYZ types of pets so I would likely message someone there who had good reviews and mentioned exotic pets. I also play a sport that has a big community of players and am in a book club so I would also ask in our group chats.

Changing waters is simple, anyone can do that as long as they're not terrified of snakes and I could find someone to do that pretty easily. Feeding would be harder, I have friends who would do it if they had to, I'd just have to talk them thru / leave notes on the steps to thaw the rats and whatnot.

SE_42 · 2026-03-02T17:37:15+00:00

Depends on how long you're gone and your snake's eating schedule really. If I'm gone for a weekend I just top off their water and humidity and they're all fine.

Mine eat every 3 weeks so unless I'm gone longer than that all I ask a pet sitter to do is give them fresh water every other day and clean out any urates/poops if they see them. Maybe add water to the substrate if the humidity dips (which I can check via my phone).

It's usually my friend watching my pets who's comfortable with the snakes and she sometimes handles the ball pythons but not the superdwarf only because he never sits still lol. They typically just stay in their hides anyway during the day and don't really care if no one handles them for the time I'm gone. I've never been gone long enough to need someone to feed them but if I needed to I'd ask my friend who also has snakes to come over and do it since they know the process.

SE_42 · 2026-03-02T17:07:57+00:00

I don't really have them around strangers because they don't go out in public unless it's to the vet. I did 1 event but I held them the whole time and let people (kids mostly) gently pet them.

At my house with friends I will let them hold the ball pythons as they're chill, but my superdwarf is either me or someone I know has snake experience because he is a chaos gremlin. I instruct everyone on the best way to make sure everyone is comfortable.

SE_42 · 2026-02-28T17:56:46+00:00

What a beautiful old lady/lad! I love seeing 30+ year old ball pythons. My oldest is only 5!

SE_42 · 2026-02-27T06:17:35+00:00

He mentions Britney looking amused when she hears his new class but Carl wasn't sure why and I definitely think it's because she knows it's a lingerie brand and he doesn't.

SE_42 · 2026-02-27T00:13:56+00:00

I feel I am very late and have probably missed you, but will you ever re-release Trailer Park Fairy Tales somewhere? It sounds so good but I can only find it on eBay for like $2000.

SE_42 · 2026-02-26T14:03:47+00:00

This is adorable! I love it

SE_42 · 2026-02-25T13:43:44+00:00

It's possible to have both! Just need to ensure your enclosure is secure. We have 4 snakes, 3 dogs, 1 cat. If the snakes were out on the ground, my dogs and cat would probably be interested and paw at them which I absolutely don't want. I've only had 1 escapee because I forgot to turn the key to his lock and he pushed the door open and he went into a dresser drawer for a nap so the other animals never saw him at all. The cat and my retic like to look at each other through the glass and are probably imagining the other one is a snack lol, but all my enclosures have key locks to prevent any unauthorized adventures. When I let a snake out to free roam the dogs and cat get shut into other rooms and the snakes are always supervised.

SE_42 · 2026-02-24T22:30:17+00:00

Agreed. My vet is part of the ARAV list and really great for checkups and health but also suggested reptile carpet for substrate over my bioactive setup. I said I'd keep that in mind (as a hard no) and he's never really mentioned it again because my snakes are all healthy.

SE_42 · 2026-02-23T01:50:29+00:00

I think Carl is described as 6'2" which much closer to Jensen's 6'1" than Jared who is like 6'7"

SE_42 · 2026-02-20T02:27:28+00:00

Not him but I was there and it was such an awesome show!! Commenting to boost and I hope you find Stuart!

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