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Amykins Plays
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I'm Amykins, and I play things!
When I'm not working or playing games, I'm probably spending time with my husband & kitties, appreciating art of all kinds, and silversmithing jewelry.
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No big deal, just figured out how to create custom item textures in Minecraft. 💅
Screenshot of Minecraft with a custom plaque item and custom artwork created by AmykinsPlays.
December 22, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 20/20 : Dawn by Octavia Butler
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Book cover of Dawn by Octavia Butler. Featuring a Black woman, naked but covered, eyes closed, in an alien-looking group of plants.
December 18, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 19/20 : Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
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Book cover of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, author of The Martian. Featuring a person in a space suit falling and tethered by a cord off the page.
December 13, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 18/20 : The Princess Bride by William Goldman
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Book cover of The Princess Bride by William Goldman, with the text "S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure" and an illustrated image of a man dressed in black with a sword and a woman in a red dress running through the woods.
December 12, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 17/20 : The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
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Book cover of "The City We Became" by N.K. Jemisin, featuring a greyscale picture of a cityscape from under a bridge with bright colorful outlines of various features, including the Statue of Liberty.
December 10, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 16/20 : The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
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Book cover of The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman, featuring an image of a spyglass with a sparkling amber lens.
December 9, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Particularly rough week at work, so I'm counting down the hours (only 2 more!) until I can bury myself in the world of Roshar.
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And yes, Shallan IS the best character and you can fight me on that.

(Art by Michael Whelan.)
Shallan Devar from Stormlight Archive, sitting on a cliff at the shattered plains with a pad of paper, ready to sketch.
December 6, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 15/20 : Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
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Book cover of "Words of Radiance" by Brandon Sanderson, Book Two of The Stormlight Archive. Featuring a kneeling man in a uniform with a spear in one hand and the other hand glowing and plunging down into the ground, amidst a backdrop of clouds swirling in the sky.
December 6, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 14/20 : Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
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Book cover of Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh. Featuring line art of a wild-eyed girl and a confused looking dog.
December 6, 2024 at 12:08 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 13/20 : Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
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Book cover of Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.
December 4, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Okay, but the original though...
December 4, 2024 at 4:05 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 12/20 : Everlost by Neil Shusterman
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Book cover for 'Everlost' by Neal Shusterman, featuring the tagline "Somewhere between life and death is..." and an image of a boy and a girl walking through a shadowy wooded path.
December 3, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 11/20 : Society's Child by Janis Ian
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Book cover of "Society's Child: my autobiography" by Janis Ian. Featuring a photo of Janis Ian from when she was young, slouching in an auditorium wearing jeans, a jacket, a newsie cap, and a scarf.
December 2, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 10/20 : Every Day by David Levithan
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Book cover of Every Day by David Levithan, featuring the tagline "Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl." Cover shows a sky with clouds and figures falling or flying in them.
December 1, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9/20 : The Final Empire (Mistborn book 1) by Brandon Sanderson
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Book cover of "Mistborn: The Final Empire" by Brandon Sanderson. Featuring a young woman wearing a cape of ribbons, barefoot and flying up, with angry bald men looking up at her.
November 30, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8/20 : Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
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Book cover of Hearstopper, Volume 1 by Alice Oseman. Featuring illustrated pictures of two teenage boys and falling leaves around them.
November 30, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7/20 : Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
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Book cover for "Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on love and life from Dear Sugar" by Cheryl Strayed, Bestselling author of Wild.
November 29, 2024 at 4:32 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6/20 : Tomorrow, When The War Began by John Marsden
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Book cover of Tomorrow, When The War Began by John Marsden. Features text saying "The Tomorrow Series #1, Now A Major Motion Picture" and a hazy image of a ferris wheel with bomber planes flying in formation overhead.
November 27, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5/20 : Why Does He Do That by Lundy Bancroft
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Book cover, text reads "Why Does He Do that? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men --- Lundy Bancroft"
November 26, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4/20 : Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
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Book cover for Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Features a Black woman with her eyes closed and the image of a planet floating between her raised hands, on a backdrop of the night sky. Additional text on cover: "Hugo and Nebula award-winning author"
November 25, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3/20 : The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey
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November 24, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2/20 : The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
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Book cover of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. Features colorful abstract line art of waves by a castle, forest, feathers, a red bull, and a unicorn.
November 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1/20 : The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
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Book cover of The Space Between Worlds by Michaiah Johnson. A figure walking on the left in a desert and a figure walking on the right in a futuristic city.
November 22, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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Things are extra tough right now on many levels.
But one thing I'm really looking forward to is when Wind and Truth drops in 2 weeks.

My husband and I are planning to spend the whole weekend reading and doing our own little book club, talking about each part as we go. 📚💙
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Book cover for 'Wind and Truth' by Brandon Sanderson, Book Five of The Stormlight Archive. Features a figure standing on a circular platform looking at mountains and sky with lightning, holding a book and reaching out towards the sky.
November 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM