Gideon the Ninth by Tamsin Muir. Necromancers in space, an irreverent heroine, a magic system which is clearly thought out but doesn’t get explained in exhaustive detail.

It’s exactly how my wife answers questions, tho’.

Covering your mouth like that is instinctive. It signals “I’m listening/thinking, not talking”. It’s encouragement for the speaker to keep going.

I read about this in a book on body language by Allan Pease.

The dentist’s drill.

“I bet we’ll see you on the news someday.”

“Don’t worry, I got him with my door.”

“You should go to reddit” is an unpopular opinion around here.

I like anchovies on pizza.

“My invention might cause the extinction of the species. But before that happens, I need another yacht.”

You’re not wrong, we just love them anyway.

There’s two ways to go extinct - by coming to a sudden stop or by gradually changing over time until you’re no longer recognisable as the same species.

They’d be so much cooler if they followed their boss’s example.

They’ll make it all about them.

You should eat your green vegetables. Eat 'em up.

I feel like there are some in The Culture series

The ship Grey Area uses technology to read flesh minds while investigating war crimes. The other Minds consider that an abuse of power and call it the ‘Meatfucker’ behind its back. I don’t recall any other (pseudo-) psychic phemonema.

“Our new product is our old product with fewer kicks in the face.”

Been listening to a lot of 90s music recently but hearing the lyrics properly for the first time on modern equipment… yeah. A lot of them don’t deserve to be remembered fondly.

Because there is still sunshine and good whiskey and my happy relationship and I’m learning to cook Mexican meals.

After reading that, I can’t remember which way I used to say it. Why have you done this to me?!

I try not to. When I catch myself doing it, I remind myself not to.