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The Stick: Tea and Books
@poetsofsweetpea.bsky.social
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An analyst who reads books of all kinds, plays D&D, loves puns, and enjoys a good cup of tea. 🫖🍵☕️ 📚💙 🧙‍♂️ 🎧📚 🪐📚 🌶📚 🩸📚 🐈

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Today's tea is Eldritch Invocation by Decus Workshop. Its got chocolate, hazelnuts, and whiskey flavors. I'm listening to Indiscretion by VI Keeland. #booksky #teasky ☕️🍵🫖 🎧📚 💙📚 🌶📚
A mug of tea and a mobile device playing an audiobook on a desk.
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Got home in time to watch the second half of the game. #rams #football its rare when I can stream the game.
Picture of a TV playing a football game.
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Everything is beneath Faramir, he is above it all, looking down at me lounging on the couch. #Faramirthecat #cat #catsofbluesky #Caturday 🐈
An orange and white cat peers down from a comfortable spot on the back of the couch.
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I normally do not like grammar corrections on the internet, but this one made me laugh. #guiltygiggle
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I like the cover art for An Introvert's Guide to Life and Love, created by Elizabeth M. Oliver. It seems counterintuitive, but I like cartoon characters on romance covers. It isn't going to tell me how spicy the book is, but it does add a bit of whimsy. It assures me that it should have an HEA. 💙📚
The cover of An Introvert's Guide to Life and Love by Lauren Applebaum. The book's title is placed in the middle of the purple background. There are cartoon drawings of pine trees at the bottom with two people riding bicycles away from a small house surrounded by tropical plants nearby. A woman with a laptop in her lap sits on the first A in the title and a man leans against the 'o" in to.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Today's tea is Pu-erh. Its so good, smooth and perfect. I save it for when I can savor it. I'm finishing A Duke Never Tells and listening to the rain. I am getting a haircut today, going to cut off like 6 inches. I'm nervous and excited. #booksky #teasky ☕️🍵🫖 💙📚 🎧📚 🌶📚
A black tea towel on a table with a pureh tea cake in the center. A kidney spoon filled with tea, a clay tea pet (cat), a mug and a mobile device playing an audiobook surround it.
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Today's blend is Assam, ginger, cinnamon, and turmeric with vanilla almond creamer. I'm well into A Duke Never Tells. I'm enjoying it, it does remind me of an Oscar Wilde plot. However if I took a drink everytime I was reminded that the FMC's were 8 years a part, I would be drunk. #booksky #teasky
A mobile device playing an audiobook and a mug of tea shaped as an unicorn on a desk.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Wicked: For Good was wonderful. #Letterboxd #moviesky #filmsky
🎥📽🎞🎬
boxd.it/bMEsfD
A ★★★★★ review of Wicked: For Good (2025)
So good
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November 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Today's tea is The Road So Far by Tea & Absinthe. I adore its blueberry flavor. I'm listening to A Duke Never Tells by Suzanne Enoch. Is there more than one way to pronounce Marquis? Because if not, I have some concerns. #booksky #teasky ☕️🍵🫖 💙📚 🎧📚 🌶📚
A mobile device playing an audiobook next to a wonder woman mug on a desk.
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I normally don't like a cover with real people on it and I'm not sure this one has a real person on it. The artist is Aleta Rafton and the designer is Lesley Worrell. Perhaps its just well drawn, I do love the bright pink and the neon green coloring. 9.5/10 .5 for ascot #booksky #cover #bookcover
A man crosses his arms. He is wearing a coat, a high collared white shirt and an ascot. The background is bright pink. The book title A Duke Never Tells is in bright green and the Authors name Suzanne Enoch is in pink and is written over the man's dark tailored coat.
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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If you live in Atlanta or near Atlanta (as I do...OTP!), check out local bookstores the next two weekends for the Atlanta Indie Bookshop Crawl. #booksky #Atlanta #Georgia #bookcrawl
A flyer featuring details for the Atlanta Indue Bookshop Crawl. Details can be found at atlantaindiebookshopcrawl.com.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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French cats will sit surrounded by the debris of their lunchtime smoking session and act like they don’t give a shit but in truth they love your attention and are just waiting for a camera to perform to.
A cat in south west France who has just been chainsmoking while intellectually deconstructing the opening chapter of Life A User’s Manual by George Perec. The same cat, having admitted it also read five Sarah J Maas books this year.
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
Sign on a library book drop sign requesting people to yell "NOT A SQUIRREL" to confirm they are human and not a squirrel trying to steal Keith's lunch.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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I am intrigued, although I do not trust Prime to follow through. #stargate #TVSKY 📺

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e82u...
Stargate Announcement | Prime Video
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November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Today's blend is double creme earl grey by Tea Runners. The vanilla brings out the begamont beautifully. I'm still listening to A Drop of Corruption. Its such a full and interesting world and the mystery is keeping me on my toes. #booksky #teasky 🎧📚 💙📚 ☕️🍵🫖 🪐📚
A mobile device playing an audiobook next to a mug of creamy tea in a blue and white mug with a dragonfly on it.
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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If you'd like to read my latest story, it's available for free right here: reactormag.com/phantom-view...
Phantom View - Reactor
A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father tries to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Today's blend is Peach Rooibos from East Canton Co. Its delicious, rich and peachy. I've started A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennet. The second book in The Shadow of the Leviathan series appears to be a locked room mystery. #booksky #teasky 🎧📚 🪐📚 ☕️🍵🫖 💙📚
A mobile device playing an audiobook and a small white mug of tea on a table overlooking a window. Plants and a broken bird feeder made to look like a house of books are also on the table.
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I am at once horrified and curious. #teasky ☕️🍵🫖
Rows of bottles of aersol tea. They are labeled as No More Tea Bags.
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Today's blend is Red Dragon's Flame by @dryadtea.bsky.social It has raspberry, peppercorn and ginger flavors. I'm listening to Katabasis by R.F. Kuang. I've been dragging my feet on this one, but its time. #booksky #teasky ☕️🍵🫖 📚🎧 🪐📚 💙📚
A mug of tea and a mobile device playing an audiobook on a desk.
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Happy Caturday, I present sleeping kitty. Faramir loves the sun but also little nooks. He's found the purrfect spot. #caturday #catsofbluesky #cat #cats 🐈 #Faramirthecat
An orange cat sleeps on a small stool, tucked under a vanity. Sunlight illuminates his tail.
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Today's blend is Astarion by Decus Workshop. I am spending the morning working on the campaign for tomorrow's game. #dungeonsandragons #ghostsofsaltmarsh #teasky ☕️🍵🫖 🎲 #dm
A black mug with a design and the words Dungeon Master written in gold is on a desk. Next to it, is a laptop computer opened to a map. A D&D module is opened and lays across the keyboard.
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Today's tea is Assam Black and Peppermint. I'm still listening to The Winners, its so sad but also so good. Its really the Backman secret sauce. #booksky #teasky ☕️🍵🫖 💙📚 🎧📚
A mobile device playing an audiobook next to a mug of creamy tea.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Lots of tension and action. Very watchable. #TheRunningMan #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky 🎬🎞🎥📽

boxd.it/bHP3jn
A ★★★★ review of The Running Man (2025)
Excellent tension and pacing Message too close to home Unlikable main character
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November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Maybe you'd like to see the amazing cover for WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON, my book about an infamously underpowered oracle saving the world alongside the uptight demon who helped ruin her life 20 years ago?

AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/WOOamz
Other links: go.oliviadade.com/WOOprh
The illustrated cover of WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON by Olivia Dade, featuring a man and a woman standing back to back against a hot pink background, appearing poised for action. The woman is holding a curved athame, while the man has a fireball just above his open, upturned palm. There are flames and small hearts surrounding them.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM