In the meantime, I'll be starting Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett. Not the Discworld book I was hoping to get, but someone checked out the only copy of The Hogfather literally two days before my most recent visit. Made me a bit sad, but I'm planning to work my way through all the Discworld books eventually, so it's not much of a loss, really.

Read a few other books in the interim. Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust, which was a fantastic read about learning to accept yourself. The characters were amazing, they do a lot of learning and growing throughout the book and the main character was really relatable for me. The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith. Which I can recommend, wholeheartedly; the story is lovely, and if you like a good twist on faerie stories, you'll probably like this. But... you may want to wait for the sequel to come out next year. I certainly wish I had. I was just shy of crying from frustration when I got to the ending. It's very abrupt and while I don't like to be left hanging in general, where this book in particular leaves off is well short of ideal. I actually freaked out thinking it was a standalone novel as there's no indication anywhere in the book itself that it's to be continued in a second book; I had to go to the author's site to find that information. Last but not least, Legend of the White Snake by Sher Lee. I literally cried near the end of this book, the story is emotional and beautiful.

Just starting Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. I got impatient and ended up putting in a hold for it at my library when it wasn't returned on time. Their last physical copy went missing/was never returned over a year ago, and it was just replaced at the beginning of this year, so I've been a bit more... aggressive in trying to lay hands on it.

after this i'm planning to re-read "on earth we're briefly gorgeous" by ocean vuong because i've just been thinking about his writing a lot lately!

Started Secrets for the Mad by Dodie last night. This is the last book I need for this year's reading challenge, so it's all personal and leisure picks from here. c': I was actually planning to read something fictional to fill this space, but then I spotted this book on the shelves during a recent library visit and could not resist.