If you make it right, you can leave out the mosquito entirely.

Did not go to the office, did do a work.

Watched (live-action TV): The Librarians 2.9: A cunning illusionary life trap, but Flynn is not taken in. Cliffhanger!

Read (graphic novel): The Squad (Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao): Sequel to The Tryout, she gets to try again in 8th grade and finally makes it onto the cheerleading squad. Also, family drama and friendship drama and bicultural drama and general life.

Read (manga): Every Adventure Needs a Weapon! vol 1 (Mado Guchimoto): An apprentice blacksmith in a dungeon-support town makes strange weapons even though she’s supposed to be making household goods. They kind of work.

Read (short): Battle of the Round House (Tananarive Due): Texas in the bad old days, a hidden ranch of Black people have to defend themselves from white fuckheads, possibly with the help of the new kid’s psychic powers.

Read (short): The Cairndale Orphan (JM Miro): Spinoff from a series I haven’t read, creepy orphans in Victorian London recruit an off-duty copper(?) to help them against a supernatural mistake.

Read (light novel): Abducted Princess Running Rampant: Wielding Forbidden Magic in the Demon King’s Castle vol 1 (Hiroshi Nagamatsu, Tsubame Nozomi): The demon king kidnaps the human princess with the divine power to see people’s character sheets and unlock upgrades, but she also has the power to learn even the highest-level spells instantly, so when she gets bored and heads back home through the wilderness, nobody can stop her. An assortment of cute young girls can join her, though.

Read (manga): Wicked Spot vol 1 (Sal Jiang): A witch living in the mountains encounters human social media and is immediately drawn into the life of a cuteness influencer, but runs afoul of a strange young woman who hates the word “witch”, and then things get even crazier.

Written (Geometry for Mutants): 115.