I have just learnt about Lightlark, an incredibly wretched sounding piece of #ya fiction that demonstrates why #booktok is a blight upon the #scifi and #fantasy landscape.

This review is far, far better then the book itself: https://crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/2022/09/16/tiktok-sensation-lightlark-is-the-final-boss-of-bad-fantasy-ya-a-failure-built-on-aesthetic-boards-and-tropes-unable-to-pretend-it-has-a-heart/

Was very excited for my first underwear party in a while and....

I had a miserable time. I didn't know many people, new people didn't seem particularly interested in talking to me, I felt unattractive, I don't know how to dance...

I bailed after 90 minutes and I feel so, so lonely.

I was cutting back the overgrown plants along the side of the house today, looked up and saw this fellah.

It's a bit bright out for him! He blinked like he'd just woken up, then noticed me, jumped onto the gutter and ran along the power line into a big tree on the verge.