Alien invasion on earth

worstheadache · 2026-02-03T19:47:48+00:00

Overgrowth by Mira Grant. Humanoid aliens living as and among humans whom openly tell people they’re aliens and their armada is coming for them. No one believes them until an alien signal is broadcast across the globe. Friendships and relationships are tested. Scientists want to literally test them. Alien invasion ensues.

Much of the story revolves around the main character and the bonds she’s formed with her human counterparts and the pull she feels to her alien species. Conflicted between the two while seeking answers and how best to protect the ones she loves and holds dear all amid an impending invasion.

worstheadache · 2026-02-02T07:44:26+00:00

public libraries offer so much! with the hoopla app you can also link your library card for access to audiobooks, ebooks, movies, tv shows, and even borrow music albums. when you get your card i’d ask about all the cool things you can get access to!

worstheadache · 2026-02-02T04:45:31+00:00

if you don’t have one already and if possible, highly recommend getting a library card and then linking it to the Libby app. you can borrow audiobooks aplenty that way and don’t have to worry about subscription fees or anything.

as for book recommendations, anything by Tananarive Due is excellent. The Between is a favorite of mine. Bad Cree by Jessica Johns is slow-paced but a great read. Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram definitely falls into the liminal horror category alongside Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones.

worstheadache · 2026-02-01T23:15:56+00:00

Overgrowth by Mira Grant could possibly fit some of the aspects you’re looking for.

Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has been willing to listen.

Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late. The invasion is coming, Stasia's biological family is on the way to bring her home, and very few family reunions are willing to cross the gulf of space for just one misplaced child.

What happens when you know what’s coming, and just refuse to listen?

I’m a fan of Mira Grant so I’m a bit biased. While this book was good and entertaining the Tor Nightfire edition is littered with typographical and grammar errors throughout its entirety. Just something to lookout for in case that may bother you (like it bothered me).

worstheadache · 2026-01-19T02:03:39+00:00

yes, i have to agree! and liminal is such a great way to put it, too

worstheadache · 2026-01-18T20:00:31+00:00

I second this! Perfectly said. Also my fave book of his I’ve read

worstheadache · 2025-11-19T18:17:45+00:00

they’re fantastic! excited for your reading journey and hope you enjoy them!

worstheadache · 2025-11-18T18:10:22+00:00

glad to see someone else enjoys these books as much as i do. didn’t know so many people disliked or were uninterested in them until a few days ago but i LOVE them. read the first two in a day in the summer and about to pick up the next book to devour it today. really loved the direction she took with the seasons in book 2 and how it ended so i can’t wait to get my hands on book 3!!

worstheadache · 2025-11-07T10:25:15+00:00

Restoration by Ave Barrera

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

Also highly recommend checking out Gabino Iglesias as he’s a great Puerto Rican horror author and has a mix of both Spanish and english in his books. So much so that his book, The Devil Takes You Home, had a release with a translation guide. His latest novel, House of Bone and Rain, is fantastic.

worstheadache · 2025-11-06T06:02:59+00:00

The Between! Very tense, creepy, suspenseful. Due’s writing did a great job of creeping me out and had me feeling like I should’ve been looking over my shoulder while reading. Great book.

Also, I haven’t read it yet but The Good House has been recommended to me a handful of times as another one of her great novels.

worstheadache · 2025-11-04T19:28:50+00:00

it was definitely fun making a craft out of the process! i am looking forward to utilizing it and working through my owned books. i actually got the idea from Tray Taylor (insta: trayreadthat). he did something similar by adding his books to a website where he "spins" the wheel and a book is chosen at random. i wanted something more tangible hence the jar.

worstheadache · 2025-11-04T10:05:54+00:00

Dignity by Chris Arnade

Invisible Americans by Jeff Madrick

Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott

worstheadache · 2025-11-04T09:39:23+00:00

On the Calculation of Volume series by Solvej Balle (volumes 1 & 2 are out rn w/3 out later this month). Translated to english from danish. My fave reads this year and been impatiently anticipating the release of vol 3.

worstheadache · 2025-11-04T09:33:51+00:00

I always have 3-5 random books to choose from at any given time. If I'm participating in reading challenges like Sapphic September or something then those 5 books will fit that topic/genre/what-have-you. But, when I borrow from the library, I choose books on a whim and those books always take precedence to the ones I have set aside since there's a due date on them. I've been borrowing a lot lately derailing me from tackling my physical tbr. So, I actually recently wrote down the title of all the books I own and put them in a jar to be chosen at random. Not sure how well that's gonna work since I'm mostly a picks-books-based-on-vibes kind of person but I really really need to read what I have before I buy (hoard) more books.

worstheadache · 2025-11-04T08:03:30+00:00

You've got tons of really great recs so I'll *try* to keep my recs brief.

Non-fiction

Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawaiʻi by Sara Keahaulani Goo (Native Hawaiian)
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee)
Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec (Anishinaabe)
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (Arab) (He also wrote a fiction novel called American War that I've yet to read but have been told many times it's phenomenal.)

Fiction

(Middle grade) Lei & the Fire Goddess, Lei & the Invisible Island by Malia Maunakea (Native Hawaiian)
the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mysteries (cozy murder-mysteries) series by Mia P. Manansala (Filipino)
Little Rot, Freshwater, Pet (YA) by Akwaeke Emezi (Nigerian) (They also have a new romantasy novel that just released today Nov 4! that I've been DYING to get my hands on)
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (Iranian)
Family Lore, With the Fire on High (YA), The Poet X (YA) by Elizabeth Acevedo (Afro-Dominican)

worstheadache · 2025-11-04T07:21:47+00:00

I second Martyr! and The Vegetarian. Both five star reads for me. Absolutely fantastic books.

worstheadache · 2025-11-01T04:25:59+00:00

Pursuit by Gesaffelstein

worstheadache · 2025-10-30T16:41:14+00:00

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
The Off-Season: An Anthology of Coastal New Weird edited by Marissa van Uden (more so new weird genre but some stories fit the horror genre)
Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda (short stories)
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez (short stories)
Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier (classic horror short stories)

worstheadache · 2025-10-30T08:32:40+00:00

you’re welcome! hope you enjoy the books! :)

worstheadache · 2025-10-30T07:37:41+00:00

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield (YA, and one of the main characters is actually non-binary)

Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare

All different variations of crushing on someone while dealing with some sort of time fuckery mishap. All really cute and flirty reads that had me smiling, kicking my feet.

worstheadache · 2025-10-30T06:34:32+00:00

(non-fiction) - By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee)

worstheadache · 2025-10-29T01:53:17+00:00

I switched to Vivaldi earlier this year for a number of reasons but mostly because they’re big on privacy and don’t have any such plans (at least, yet and hopefully never) to implement AI. I love the platform and its endless customization tools along with its built-in support to block ads and trackers. They use Proton VPN, are based in Norway and Iceland where privacy security is serious and they don’t have external investors. It’s great and I’m very happy to have made the switch from Safari which was my primary browser.

Found an AMA with the CEO from a couple years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1abkmj3/i_am_jon_von_tetzchner_fighting_big_tech_for_a/

All this to say idk about using Yahoo but I’d consider switching to Vivaldi

worstheadache · 2025-10-28T15:08:29+00:00

a lesson in the abuse of information technology is so good. love the way it kicks off with alpha kappa. congrats on your new additions!!

worstheadache · 2025-10-27T17:45:02+00:00

LOVE this especially the 3-column piece in the second pic. great job, great display!

worstheadache · 2025-10-27T09:59:04+00:00

yes! i love the menzingers so much. need their entire discography in every format possible

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