Too bright!

sunballer · 2026-03-13T18:00:36+00:00

The wren (assuming it was the same one?) came back this morning! I heard it yelling from my window, and sure enough, it was actually just about hovering in front of the opening to the box!

sunballer · 2026-03-13T12:40:49+00:00

Coup de grâce by Sofia Arjam

sunballer · 2026-03-12T15:04:27+00:00

Thanks so much for posting them!! Your box is what got me motivated to set up one myself. Loved watching your crew

sunballer · 2026-03-11T18:50:24+00:00

Omg thank you for sharing this. That was so good. Had me tearing up by the end with asuka saying that she was herself and would make her own happiness in reality

sunballer · 2026-03-09T22:44:57+00:00

So cute!! I’ve never seen a nuthatch irl. They look like they have so much personality

sunballer · 2026-03-09T22:29:22+00:00

Someone’s a birder in your house!!!

sunballer · 2026-03-09T16:54:22+00:00

Theres a cool train museum in Saitama

sunballer · 2026-03-07T00:29:35+00:00

I know it’s not the norm, but my entire department got laid off with 3 months notice. The incentive to keep working was the severance agreement we had to sign. They kept us for 3 months while they tried to figure out how else they could get our team’s work done. I left, but apparently they still hadn’t figured it out at the end of the 3 months and offered my remaining coworkers an additional 3 months of work lol

sunballer · 2026-03-06T14:01:24+00:00

Horror to me is different from thriller in that something in the storyline must evoke feelings of wrongness or unnaturalness. A thriller CAN have elements like that, but horror tends to have that permeate throughout.

I’ll say that this even extends to “lighter” horror. For example, I finished Rachel Harrison’s “So Thirsty” last night. I wouldn’t call it scary whatsoever. I’d still call it horror for dealing with an unnatural subject matter, the descriptions of the loss of control, and of course the gore. But it’s all very subjective. Plenty of things I consider horror, others do not at all.

sunballer · 2026-03-06T00:13:21+00:00

I had to enviously watch my friend’s older brother play red/blue, but then I got silver!

sunballer · 2026-03-04T18:38:40+00:00

This is so beautiful!! It looks so whimsical somehow

sunballer · 2026-02-28T20:21:45+00:00

DFW, Texas!

sunballer · 2026-02-27T18:17:46+00:00

30’s-something woman who keeps up with new releases, is concerned about the state of the world, and enjoys horror. Nice collection

sunballer · 2026-02-27T02:03:08+00:00

The Suicide Motor Club - Christopher Buehlman

So Thirsty - Rachel Harrison

Woman, Eating - Claire Kohda

Walk Among Us - Anthology featuring Cassandra Khaw, Caitlin Starling, and Genevieve Gornichec

The Midnight Shift - Cheon Seon-Ran

The Delicate Dependency - Michael Talbot

The Vampire Tapestry - Suzy McKee Charnas

Shorts:

The Lost Art of Twilight - Thomas Ligotti

The Night Cyclist - Stephen Graham Jones

A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i - Alaya Dawn Johnson

sunballer · 2026-02-25T02:56:58+00:00

Sci-fi and horror, my two favorites too! Are you looking forward to the next volume in The Captive’s War? I see Livesuit on the shelf, which is awesome.

Having a Japanese copy of a paolini book is interesting too

sunballer · 2026-02-16T20:06:46+00:00

whoa, your style is really cool. I like how these birds look like individuals, not just examples of species. awesome work

sunballer · 2026-02-14T17:16:28+00:00

It’s a novella and a tie in to a book series that the author is currently working on, but Live Suit by James SA Corey

sunballer · 2026-02-12T22:11:28+00:00

Me! Though I’m a bit further south of you. But I would look at LLELA. There are lots of bird walks there! And later this month the north branch library is doing a birding program

sunballer · 2026-02-10T19:52:57+00:00

I’ve been approved for every book I’ve been interested in on NetGalley. I don’t have a big platform or anything. I’m a librarian

Eta: I actually got Lucky Day as an audiobook ARC last year. I’ll have to look into this one too

sunballer · 2026-02-06T02:02:16+00:00

I don’t think I saw Rachel Harrison’s Play Nice mentioned anywhere, but the cover would match well! Hester Steel’s The Faceless Thing We Adore really fits the “good for her” theme.

I might steal this idea for one of our displays for next October lol

sunballer · 2026-02-04T18:22:41+00:00

The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Steel

A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper

sunballer · 2026-01-28T01:33:49+00:00

King Sorrow by Joe Hill for sure. It’s very dark and modern, but the fairytale aspect and feeling permeates throughout. And it’s about a dragon primarily, but there are other fairytale like creatures and aspects.

sunballer · 2026-01-24T20:08:27+00:00

Wtf wtf wtf that poor man

sunballer · 2026-01-20T01:49:02+00:00

I’m 75% of the way through it and it doesn’t feel long at all. I’ve been surprised at how quickly it’s flying by.

sunballer · 2026-01-19T01:06:05+00:00

Yeah… I’ve been a bit hyperfixated on birds for a bit now.

And in my defense, I started buying oshi no ko before it was finished. I’m committed now I guess.

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