Kate Baker
@katebakergm.bsky.social
TTRPG writer and giant nerd.
I haven’t checked in about #25booksin2025 for a while.
I had a slow reading start to the year, but I started reading e-books on my phone on Libby, and it turns out I will read a lot of books that way. I crushed my goal.
Here is everything I read last month! I got some spooky books for October.
I had a slow reading start to the year, but I started reading e-books on my phone on Libby, and it turns out I will read a lot of books that way. I crushed my goal.
Here is everything I read last month! I got some spooky books for October.
November 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I haven’t checked in about #25booksin2025 for a while.
I had a slow reading start to the year, but I started reading e-books on my phone on Libby, and it turns out I will read a lot of books that way. I crushed my goal.
Here is everything I read last month! I got some spooky books for October.
I had a slow reading start to the year, but I started reading e-books on my phone on Libby, and it turns out I will read a lot of books that way. I crushed my goal.
Here is everything I read last month! I got some spooky books for October.
We went to Roller Derby today! We saw the San Francisco Rolling Dead face off against the Oakland Outlaws at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium. My favorite part was when there was a pause for technical difficulties and both teams joined together in a conga line around the track.
September 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
We went to Roller Derby today! We saw the San Francisco Rolling Dead face off against the Oakland Outlaws at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium. My favorite part was when there was a pause for technical difficulties and both teams joined together in a conga line around the track.
This is very cute from the Oakland Public Library: a coloring book of all the branches!
August 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This is very cute from the Oakland Public Library: a coloring book of all the branches!
I love the EBBG logo.
July 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I love the EBBG logo.
There’s a fire in Antioch and they are issuing an evacuation warning.
Stay safe, friends!
Stay safe, friends!
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
There’s a fire in Antioch and they are issuing an evacuation warning.
Stay safe, friends!
Stay safe, friends!
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know.
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
I feel like my answer for “nerd” did a lot of the work here.
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
I feel like my answer for “nerd” did a lot of the work here.
May 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know.
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
I feel like my answer for “nerd” did a lot of the work here.
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
I feel like my answer for “nerd” did a lot of the work here.
Local (East Bay) folks! Tomorrow is Richmond’s Literacy Festival, and it should be a great event!
May 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Local (East Bay) folks! Tomorrow is Richmond’s Literacy Festival, and it should be a great event!
Local (East Bay) folks! Tomorrow is Richmond’s Literacy Festival, and it should be a great event!
May 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Local (East Bay) folks! Tomorrow is Richmond’s Literacy Festival, and it should be a great event!
Fully farmers market breakfast. (Ok, the maple syrup, butter, and I salt I used to candy the pecans weren’t, but everything else was.)
April 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Fully farmers market breakfast. (Ok, the maple syrup, butter, and I salt I used to candy the pecans weren’t, but everything else was.)
Book 4 of #25booksin2025 is Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire. This has been on my TBR list forever, and I really enjoyed it, though it was a lot darker than I realized it was going to be. I really enjoyed the dynamics between the students, and I loved the world-building and the mystery.
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Book 4 of #25booksin2025 is Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire. This has been on my TBR list forever, and I really enjoyed it, though it was a lot darker than I realized it was going to be. I really enjoyed the dynamics between the students, and I loved the world-building and the mystery.
This is Autumn, snoozing on the couch while we watch wrestling.
March 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is Autumn, snoozing on the couch while we watch wrestling.
Book 3 of #25booksin2025 is System Collapse by Martha Wells!
If you already love Murderbot, this one is a great addition to the series. If you haven’t read Murderbot yet, I can’t recommend the series enough.
Kevin R. Free’s narration is fantastic as always.
If you already love Murderbot, this one is a great addition to the series. If you haven’t read Murderbot yet, I can’t recommend the series enough.
Kevin R. Free’s narration is fantastic as always.
March 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Book 3 of #25booksin2025 is System Collapse by Martha Wells!
If you already love Murderbot, this one is a great addition to the series. If you haven’t read Murderbot yet, I can’t recommend the series enough.
Kevin R. Free’s narration is fantastic as always.
If you already love Murderbot, this one is a great addition to the series. If you haven’t read Murderbot yet, I can’t recommend the series enough.
Kevin R. Free’s narration is fantastic as always.
Book 2 of #25booksin2025 for me is Start Here by Sohla El-Waylly. This is not just a cookbook, though it has plenty of recipes. There is tons of food science and food history, and plenty of explanation on how recipes work so you really understand what you’re doing in the kitchen.
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Book 2 of #25booksin2025 for me is Start Here by Sohla El-Waylly. This is not just a cookbook, though it has plenty of recipes. There is tons of food science and food history, and plenty of explanation on how recipes work so you really understand what you’re doing in the kitchen.
My first book of reading #25booksin2025 is Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot by @runwithskizzers.bsky.social
This is a sweet YA romance with a lot to say about what it means to be American. I enjoyed the nods to the teen rom coms of my own youth, and I adored the sassy footnotes.
This is a sweet YA romance with a lot to say about what it means to be American. I enjoyed the nods to the teen rom coms of my own youth, and I adored the sassy footnotes.
January 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My first book of reading #25booksin2025 is Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot by @runwithskizzers.bsky.social
This is a sweet YA romance with a lot to say about what it means to be American. I enjoyed the nods to the teen rom coms of my own youth, and I adored the sassy footnotes.
This is a sweet YA romance with a lot to say about what it means to be American. I enjoyed the nods to the teen rom coms of my own youth, and I adored the sassy footnotes.
Oldest selfie on my phone.
Halloween 2014, and I was dressed as Rosie from Lumberjanes.
Halloween 2014, and I was dressed as Rosie from Lumberjanes.
January 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Oldest selfie on my phone.
Halloween 2014, and I was dressed as Rosie from Lumberjanes.
Halloween 2014, and I was dressed as Rosie from Lumberjanes.
I think I’m getting a similar look from Autumn!
January 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I think I’m getting a similar look from Autumn!
I can’t be mad about this one.
January 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I can’t be mad about this one.
We started a tradition a few years ago of watching Casablanca on New Year’s Eve.
If you’ve never watched it, I highly recommend it right now.
If you’ve never watched it, I highly recommend it right now.
January 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
We started a tradition a few years ago of watching Casablanca on New Year’s Eve.
If you’ve never watched it, I highly recommend it right now.
If you’ve never watched it, I highly recommend it right now.
Kenji Lopez-Alt posted about making Earl Greggnog on Instagram and I had to try it for myself. It is very good!
December 21, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Kenji Lopez-Alt posted about making Earl Greggnog on Instagram and I had to try it for myself. It is very good!
Day 13 of the Bonne Maman Advent Calendar is 4 Fruits! The fruits are strawberries, cherries, red currants, and black currants according to the ingredients.
December 13, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Day 13 of the Bonne Maman Advent Calendar is 4 Fruits! The fruits are strawberries, cherries, red currants, and black currants according to the ingredients.
Day 12 of Bonne Maman advent calendar is Apricot Peach! This one is another classic.
December 12, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Day 12 of Bonne Maman advent calendar is Apricot Peach! This one is another classic.
Day 11 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar is Pineapple Yuzu!
Pineapple doesn’t agree with me so @dkmuldoon.bsky.social got this one all to himself.
Pineapple doesn’t agree with me so @dkmuldoon.bsky.social got this one all to himself.
December 11, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Day 11 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar is Pineapple Yuzu!
Pineapple doesn’t agree with me so @dkmuldoon.bsky.social got this one all to himself.
Pineapple doesn’t agree with me so @dkmuldoon.bsky.social got this one all to himself.
Day 10 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar: Raspberry Rose. The rose was very subtle and I would have liked a little more, though I know it can easily get overpowering.
December 10, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Day 10 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar: Raspberry Rose. The rose was very subtle and I would have liked a little more, though I know it can easily get overpowering.
Day 9 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar: Rhubarb Spice! I don’t see rhubarb without other fruits often, and this was very nice.
December 9, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Day 9 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar: Rhubarb Spice! I don’t see rhubarb without other fruits often, and this was very nice.
Day 8 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar is Lemon Elderflower! I was pretty excited about this one since I will always order a cocktail with those flavors. I really enjoyed it!
December 8, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Day 8 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar is Lemon Elderflower! I was pretty excited about this one since I will always order a cocktail with those flavors. I really enjoyed it!