oh man good luck for work/hope your first days back have been as chill as possible! You posting this on the morning of going back to work gives me hope that maybe I can also put together my end-of-year somethings before I'm back at work next week.

I also really loved The Imperial Uncle last year, and I think it was between you and one or two other people mentioning it, and the peach flower house closing sale, that put me onto it. But oh my god that side-character thing is really funny and I wouldn't have known if not for reading it here.

Also planning to start Remnants of Filth sometime in the near future, which is to say I've gone out of my way to get a hold of it and it's in my TBR pile. I've also had reservations based on my understanding of Meatbun's body of work, but the people who like it really make it sound good, but also also I've kept up with some of what you've said about it so. I guess I'll see for myself!