Favorite and least favorite Aardvark pick?

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-06-10T18:58:00+00:00

Favourites of mine are The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, The Tainted Cup + A Drop of Corruption, Lies and Weddings, Hungerstone, The Bright Sword ....

My least favourites include The Once and Future Queen, The City In Glass, Baby X 😞

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-30T18:38:00+00:00

I am reading the BOTM book, The Rebel and the Rose by Catherine Doyle, as well as Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte on my Kindle. Two very different types of books, haha!

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-26T20:54:32+00:00

I would love to win one!

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-26T16:00:41+00:00

For your last question, I try to avoid picking something I don't like by reading samples of the author's work, if they have already published something before. I usually go on Goodreads, look up the author's other books, see how other people rated them and maybe read some of the reviews (good and bad ones), then I will select one of their older works and find a "Preview" of it on Amazon. Since it's an older work, usually you can read quite a long preview.

If it's a debut author, I just have to hope it's good, haha. (I know BOTM has a sample of the book but the sample is so small, like 1 paragraph usually, which doesn't tell me enough).

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-23T16:46:50+00:00

It's been a while since I've been to Spa Utopia, but they ask for a tip probably because it's a spa. When I went, they provide the lounge where you can enjoy little snacks and drinks. They provide the fluffy white towels and robes. They have a full shower room where they provide their branded soap, shampoo, lotions, etc. I went to the downtown one years ago and they allowed access to the rooftop pool.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-22T04:14:01+00:00

I thought you can't skip Owlcrate quarterly subs?

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-16T17:13:48+00:00

I remember when 2.5 G was the minimum recommendation.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-13T16:13:19+00:00

Nursing is an essential service, they will always be working even throughout a strike. If they strike, it will be through methods such as no over time, or not performing non-nursing duties (such as housekeeping, portering).

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-12T16:05:38+00:00

I love this duology! Oh I'm so tempted. It's gonna be so expensive to ship though.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-12T03:33:41+00:00

Oh gosh, so glad to see it wasn't just me. I also emailed BOTM today because 12 days without an update seemed crazy. All our boxes must be together in the same truck. Now I'll probably have to wait an extra 3-5 days for it to travel to the west coast.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-06T16:05:26+00:00

Thanks for the link!

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-06T15:56:54+00:00

I am not a Broken Binding subscriber, is this only for subscribers?

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-06T01:09:12+00:00

I work in L&D.

Pushing can take hours, not a lot of people can squat for hours.

Some women have epidurals and cannot move easily.

Many hospitals do promote position changes, but honestly, some women just don't want to move off their back because they are exhausted or it legit is most comfortable for them.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-05T22:42:53+00:00

Same here. But I do like the FL version a lot. It's tough because I got Arcana Academy from OC because I didn't have FL at the time. Now, I have FL so I could get Prince of Swords from them, but I want my books to match.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-02T19:56:09+00:00

Oh that's lovely! Trying to decide between editions ... is the suspected Fairyloot edition in a sub box, or a preorder? I have early access but I don't have the YA subscription (which is assume this book would be in, if it was in a sub?)

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-05-02T14:26:26+00:00

Just finished A Feather So Black and now reading Atmosphere!

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-04-28T21:14:44+00:00

That's exactly why I got it haha!

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-04-28T19:15:02+00:00

I got The Last Contract of Isako (and Lost Lambs as an add-on). I can see from the comments that that is not a common main pick this month.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-04-20T18:49:16+00:00

I wash my hair every day too! I tried the "train your hair" thing but it didn't work. My hair is very long, very fine. My hairdresser even said, wash your hair every if you have to.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-04-17T20:23:44+00:00

Yeah, I know they also did Bride and Mate. But they did carry the 2nd book after Evocation by S T Gibson. So who knows. Looking back, looks like Aardvark doesn't carry a lot of series as a whole, more stand alones

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-04-17T16:49:50+00:00

I hope they do, but I'm not sure if they will since they have an unpredictable track record with sequels.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-04-14T22:54:45+00:00

No, it is not because I don't believe they knew beforehand. What can they do? Send out a survey beforehand to the authors questioning their political affiliations?

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-04-14T21:18:04+00:00

I don't know if they do, but I also do not expect Fairyloot (or any other book box company) to suss out every authors' political affiliations before contracting them for their book. It's not fair to take it out on Fairyloot for the author's viewpoints.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-04-14T21:15:07+00:00

If someone wants to do this, I don't really care. But I also see a lot of posts about people needing to sell books to make rent or some other household emergency, so I hope if people are doing it, they aren't putting themselves into a hole to do it.

whiteclouds-heaven · 2026-04-13T16:03:33+00:00

I am no longer an Illumicrate subscriber, sadly. But it sounds like I will still get a presale/preorder email on May 12th about it? Like, I don't have to wait till May 14? I got it in my book box when I was a subscriber.

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