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Bisexual. Queer. Bookworm. Survivor. Books are my comfort food. They/them. Spoonie. Chronic pain. Social worker. #booksky
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I'm really struggling hard at work, but on the plus side Libby and chronical illness have me going really fucking strong on this HRCYED thing and I'm just enormously pleased with how my bingo is looking after ~4 months. Look at me go and be happy about inconsequential stuff. 😌
My Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 2.0 bingo board with 8 squares already marked off as green, which means I'm done with those already. The prompts I'm done with already are: 24 Hour Readathon TBR Game Challenge All the Adaptations Disability Rep Challenge Spooky Creatures Become the Avatar Complete any Readathon Animals are Better
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I feel like after reading 40 books in October my brain is currently unwilling to focus on the written word, not even in audio. So I've been listening to people talk about things they're passionate about (mostly the Jaam and I started the new Shelflove episode earlier) & playing around with pencils.
Close up foto of the turtle ice started coloring in my Mythical Creatures coloring book. I gave this new friend a yellow face and am now working my way down to the legs and shell, mostly in brown and darker yellow shades.
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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It looks pretty okay too.
Close up picture of a slice of my chocolate coffee cake. It's a chocolate sponge cake with two layers, one chocolate coffee pudding and one layer of mocha yogurt cream with chunks of chocolate coffee beans, and a thin layer of chocolate ganache on top.
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Fucking called it.

But also: I have things to say about this summary.
Screenshot of a post explaining the shadow pulling of Taylor Swifts "Opalite" SS necklace. It says: "Why the German Merch Store Pulled it First This is the key detail (and most telling). From what I've pieced together: -The removal started regionally: Reports indicate the necklace was first delisted from Taylor Swift's official German Merch site (likely handled by a local distributor like the "Germany International Merchandising Company") around October 13-14, before going global. They didn't label it outright "Nazi"- instead, they cited it as "soo similar" to sensitive symbols, opting for caution amid early social media buzz. - Explanation: Germany has extremely strict laws on Nazi iconography (SGB §86a bans dissemination of SS symbols, with fines or jail time). Even unintentional resemblances can trigger legal reviews, especially for imported merch.The distributor likely flagged it proactively to avoid liability[...]" End of the screenshot.
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Oooh I love this and I wanna do it!!! 😌
A numbered list of questions that reads: “Music Ask 1. A song you like with a color in the title 2. A song you like with a number in the title 3. A song that reminds you of summertime 4. A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about 5. A song that needs to be played LOUD 6. A song that makes you want to dance 7. A song to drive to 8. A song about drugs or alcohol 9. A song that makes you happy 10. A song that makes you sad 11. A song that you never get tired of 12. A song from your preteen years 13. One of your favorite 80s songs 14. A song that you would love played at your wedding 15. A song that is a cover by another artist 16. One of your favorite classical songs 17. A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke 18. A song from the year that you were born 19. A song that makes you think about life 20. A song that has many meanings to you 21. A favorite song with a person's name in the title 22. A song that moves you forward 23. A song that you think everybody should listen to 24. A song by a band you wish were still together 25. A song by an artist no longer living 26. A song that makes you want to fall in love 27. A song that breaks your heart 28. A song by an artist with a voice that you love 29. A song that you remember from your childhood 30. A song that reminds you of yourself”
September 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Oh but in other news we started to revampe our old tables at the center and I'm so fucking proud of the designs the kids came up with and what we've accomplished so far.

They're freaking gorgeous. 🥰
Photo of mosaic table one I've done with the teens. It's a regular square table from IKEA and for this one they choose a blue, white and orange theme with a circle of tiny pieces of old patterned mosaic tiles and then tiny little quartz squares surrounding it. Table two has five windows in shiny, square mosaic tiles in the corners and a bigger one a little off center. They choose to put colorful natural stone tiles around them and frame it all in bigger tile squares in a rainbow optic.
July 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Not gonna lie, keeping track of my stats and reading a ton is also the thing that's keeping me from burning out completely, so there's that.

So yeah, the rest of the challenges look good too.
I finished both buzzwordathon reading challenges created by Kayla too. For the buzzword title challenge I've read: A Curse of True Love Goddess of the River Everything We Never Had Apprentice to the Villain The Mimicking of Known Successes You Know what I mean? Within These Wicked Walls Stormsong Color of Vengeance Ballad of Never After The Partner Plot For the Cover challenge I read: Thorn Razorblade Tears Bookshops & Bonedust Beasts of War Boy Queen Crownchasers Ocean's Echo The Improvisers This Could Be Us Silver in the Bone A Pirates Life for Tea Rogue Protocol. I'm a little behind on the #ReadQueerly2025 challenge and still have to read 9 books for that one. What I have read for this one and haven't used for one of the other bingos & challenges is: Hammajang Luck, Mooncakes, Mary Gilbert Necromancer, the third Paola Santiago book, Little Rot, Dream In Ramona Riley, Magic Fish, the Faithless, A Taste of Gold & Iron and Sorcery & Small Magics. I still have to read books for the Sports prompt, poetry/ in verse, religious trauma, music time travel, an anthology, indigenous & SWANA author and a winter holiday book. I made great progress on the r/fantasy bingo of 2025. I've read 12 books for this one already, and only doubled up with another reading challenge once with A Taste of Gold and Iron. The rest are mostly sequels to series I already started like Holy Terrors, the Raven Cycle, the Witcher prequels, the sequels to a Natural History of Dragons and Tea You at the Altar. I don't have a bingo yet though. My SFF Summer Reading challenge is a little slow going because I'm trying not to double up with the other fantasy reading challenge. I've only read 11 books for that one yet though, my favorite reads here were A Language of Dragons, A Day of Fallen Night and the Lotus Empire. No bingo in sight yet though.
July 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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I did a mid year status update for my reading & not only have I been complaining about how I can't believe it's already July 2025, but also *still* 2025 at the same time, I've also been having a pretty great reading year. Mostly bc I'm still replacing most of my screentime with reading and it shows.
Screenshot of my insta post: it's a retro scrapbook style page made with canva, listing all my reading stats for the first half of the year. The list is: Books read: 137 Pages: 48.560 Paper: 118 Ebook: 6 Audio: 13 Already Owned: 87 DNF: 7 Series Finished: 20 I used the same scrapbook style background for all the other posts too, I only added a graphic of a book stack in water color style to the left side of the page. My reading challenges of the year are: Books Read: 137 out of 225 Pages: 48.560 out of 90.000 Series Finished: 20 out of 42 Read it or Unhaul It #MBkBingo #RomBkBingo Buzzwordathon Read Queerly 2025 SFF Bingos The third slide shows my almost filled M Book Bingo card. I've read books for 24 out of the 25 prompts, the only one left is "Indigenous Storytellers". Books I've read for this challenge include: As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow God killer The Forest Grimm The Last Wish Long Division Assistant to the Villain The Reformatory Queer (that's a German book in queer history) These Witches Won't Burn The Courting of Bristol Keats Seven Devils Those Beyond the Wall Emily Wilde and the Compendium of Lost Tales Friday I'm in Love Natural History of Dragons Remain Silent Everything We Never Had A Wolf Steps in Blood Heir Goliath Issa Last Hour Between Worlds Down Among the Sticks and Bones The Shadow of What Was Lost Screenshot of my Rom Book Bingo Card. I've read 22 out of the 25 prompts, the only ones missing are Bookshops & Tea Leaves, Cover Buy and #romance class. Books I've read for the other prompts include: Just For the Summer That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon The Other Side of Disappearing Love in Focus A Little Kissing Between Friends The Partner Plot Best Hex Ever To Catch A Raven Savor It A Dash of Salt & Pepper Zyla & Kai My Best Friend's Honeymoon I Think They Love You Snow Storm A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Her Good Side Hurts to Love You Truly, Madly, Deeply Mechanics of Love Can't Get Enough The Ex Vows Left of Forever
July 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Aaaah, see! I'd forgotten but this reply just reminded me 😅🫶

I don't have a ton of pictures - and gave a lot of the things I finished away - but these are the ones I have here right now. ☺️
A photo of the painted edges of the first three Witcher prequel stories, each one with a silvery background and a Witcher symbol in the middle. The first one has what looks like bloodred bare tree branches growing toward a black wolf head in the middle. The second looks like white tree branches with growing green leaves growing toward a white wolf head, the third has bronze & copper branches growing towards the wolf in the middle. A picture of the painted edges of Priory of the Orange Tree and A Day of Fallen Night. The Priory on top is painted in a soft pastel yellow with darker yellow and orange flames coming in from the side. The bottom of the book is showing the outlines of trees and the tops of buildings in a greyish purple. The Day of Fallen Night has some stylized yellow and red flames at the top, and a sky in the different blue tones. The lower half is darker, there's the outlines of a forest in magenta & dark blue, a bright yellow spindly ornamental element and brighter teal and turquoise plants on the bottom. A photo of two square porcelain coasters side by side. The one on the left is only partly visible and painted with small lavender plants seemingly growing out of the corner of the coasters. The second one has tiny strawberries in the corners as well, connected by small leaves and little green dots. Two intertwined strawberries are in the middle of the coaster as the central element. A photo of 5 of the small bascetta stars I turned into Christmas tree elements. The top three have been made out of origami paper with different, intricate patterns. The one on the left is black and white, the second is kept on blue, teal & gold tones and the ones on the right is gold & white. The lower two are made out of semi transparent paper, the left one kept in red, orange & white. The one on the right is kept in red, yellow and white.
June 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Good morning to you from me and my new little friend. 🐦‍⬛♥️
I took a photo of a crow that landed right next to me, on one of my empty flower pots on the balcony. It's a little hidden behind the top of the balustrade, but their head is clearly visible and they're looking to the right - where the breakfast is. The sky in the background is clear and bright blue and you can just make out the tops of the trees in the backyard and other houses in the background.
April 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Listen, the center teens and I did a thing and I adore it so much, I need to share.

I LOVE it and I'm very proud of us. 🥰😍
Picture in bird view of the little spring diaorama the teens and I made today. We used a flat, round piece of wood and put moss in different shades of green on top of it. Then we used tiny wooden props to build a fence and a little bench on the upper half. In the front you can make out a basket and a little bucket, both filled with a little grass and moss and decorated with dried pink and rose colored flowers, and lavender. There are small wooden disks we put down to mark a path from the lower half of the diorama in between the two little fences up to the bench. We decorated the whole thing with more dried flowers, tiny flower pots and beds, and there's a pile of wood with a lantern sat on top on the left side of the fence. You can make out a couple of small glass flasks filled with dried flowers and glitter. Close-up picture of the left side of the diaorama. In the front is a little wicker basket filled with moss, dried white and pink flowers and dried lavender. In front of the wooden fence is the stack of wood with the lantern on top. A lady bug is crawling up that wood pile. Next to it are more of the dried pink flowers, arranged so they look like a bush. Behind the fence are tall dried flowers that look a bit like a hedge. Close-up of the right side of the diorama. There's also a fake little lady bug attached to one of the wooden disks that form the path. On the right side are a bunch of dried red berries, arranged like another bush. Behind it you can just make it one of the glass vials filled with gold and silver glitter next to the tiny white bucket. It's filled with more dried lavender and baby pink dried flowers. Between the fence and the path you can just make out a small flower pot filled with bright pink flowers. Behind the fence are tall white and red dried flowers forming another hedge. Close-up of the little bench we build out of some of the fence parts we had left over. We used lavender colored fabric to make a blanket for the bench out of it. With burgundy colored fabric we made a little pillow for the left side of the neck and a folded blanket for the right side of the seat. Next to the bench on the left are more tall red flowers arranged like a mini tree. On the right side we stacked more wooden disks on top of each other to form a little thanks. Some green fabric and white lace are draped over it like a tablecloth. On top of it sit a couple more of the dried red berries and another mini flower pot filled with yellow and white dried flowers. At the bottom another glass vial filled with colorful glitter is peeking out of the moss.
April 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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March was a really hard month overall. But the reading was good. I'm not sure I could pick a favorite, but the most enjoyable for me were Mechanics of Love, Moon Witch Spider King, Bookshops & Bonedust, Heir, Beasts of Way and Paola Santiago. But overall there wasn't a single book I didn't enjoy.
Picture of my March Reading in Instagram story format. The background is a book nestled into grass, with a lighter overlay for the cluster of book covers. There sorted into a 4 by 5 outlay, although the last line only has three book covers. The books I read are: 1. The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde 2. Madiyou by David Mayonga 3. Mechanics of Love by Meka James 4. Moon Witch Spider King by Marlon James 5. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree 6. Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi 7. You're The Only One I've Told by Meera Shah 8. Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett 9. A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne 10. Heir by Sabaa Tahir 11. The Undermining of Twyla & Frank by Megan Bannen 12. My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithewaite 13. That Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon by Kimberly Lemming 14. The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson 15. Over and Above by Annabeth Albert 16. Beasts of War by Ayana Gray 17. Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bishop 18. Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows by Tehlor Kay Meija
April 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Did the thing. Lower part of the park wasn't as crowded as feared 😌
I took the photo while sitting in the back corner of the local small park. The ground in front of me is barely alive atm, it's mostly mud with some tiny patches of grass poking through. Mostly you can see the sun shining through the bare crowns of the trees in front of me. There's a small path going from left to right in-between the trees, there are a couple of other people walking along the path on the right side of the picture. Other people sitting on other benches throughout this part of the park are barely visible behind the shrubs and other trees.
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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My February reading went much better than I expected tbh, considering my winter break program at the center was packed.

Still read a bunch of really great books, and also some that felt a little meh. Absolutely loved The Faithless and the rereads were very much needed. Good month overall. ♥️
My February Reading wrap up in a five by four grid. The background is a black corner bookshelf filled with a ton of books, the titles aren't really recognisable. The books are: 1. Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken 2. Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan 3. This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan 4. Issa by Mirianne Mahn 5. Handy by K.M. Neuhold 6. Touch of Excess by E.M. Lindsey 7. Jesus & John Wayne by Kristin Kobes du Mez 8. To Catch A Raven by Beverly Jenkins 9. Saint & the Queen by Desiree M Granger 10. The Faithless by CL Clark 11. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams 12. Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon 13. Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 14. Hurts To Love You by Alisha Rai 15. Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett 16. Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi 17. A Wolf Steps in Blood by Tamara Jerée 18. Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood 19. Wrong To Need You by Alisha Rai 20. The Improvisers by Nicole Glover 21. The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest 22. The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
March 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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This is the only thing I've allowed myself to look at yet and it's somewhat surprising for me but also really hard. It's confirmation that Germany as a whole is really fucking racist, but also a few more people than predicted actually aren't happy to go down the fascists route again right now.
Picture of the first exit poll predictions of the German cabinet directions. At the top there's a diagram showcasing majorities and seats by color. Beneath it is the list of all major parties with their colors and, logos and names on the right, plus their chancellor candidate. On the right is the amount of cabinet seats they are currently predicted to get plus how the percentage of votes they are predicted to get. First is the CDU with Friedrich Merz as their candidate with the color black. They are predicted to get 28,9% which means 210 seats. Second is the AFD in blue with Alice Weidel at the top. They're predicted to get 19,7%, so 143 seats. Third is the SPD in red with Olaf Scholz. Predicted to get 117 seats with 16,1% of the votes. Fourth is the Green Party in Green with Robert Habeck as their candidate. Predicted to get 96 seats and 13,2% of the vote. Fifth is The Left in pink with Heidi Reichinnek & Jan van Amen as their candidates. Surprisingly they're now predicted to get 63 seats and 8,6% of the vote. FDP in yellow and BSW in purple are missing the 5% cutoff limit according to this model and wouldn't get seats at all.
February 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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January Reading 📚

I've been hiding in books a lot. Also replacing doom scrolling & social media time with reading time is doing a lot of things. Insomnia does the rest.

Lots of good books & some new faves though, so that's good. At least something is.
A graphic of my January reads, all down as covers in a cluster of 5 by 6. The background are filled up black book shelves in dim lighting. The 30 titles shown are: Assist by Alexandria House Chasing You by EM Lindsey Thorn by Intisar Khanani As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian Snow Storm by EM Lindsey The Ballad of Never After & A Curse For True Love by Stephanie Garber Seven Devils by Elizabeth May & L.R. Lam Long Division by Kiese Laymon Cherry Gilbert Necromancer by Vita Ayala et. al. Godkiller by Hannah Kaner Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Starling The Kindred by Alechia Dow Boy Queen by George Lester Rogue Protocol & Exit Strategy by Martha Wells QUEER by Benno Gammerl Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay The Color of Vegetable by Cornelia Funke Zyla & Kai by Kristina Forest Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken Down Among the Sticks & Bones by Seanan McGuire Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.
January 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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I have nothing today except rage and despair, and I'm going to sit with it before picking myself up and doing more work tomorrow.

Sending you love and a pic of the cat next to a few books I plan to read next. ♥️
It's a photo of my black and white tabby cat stretched out on top of the radiator to sleep. The right paw is touching the stack of books I'm planning to read right next to him. Visible titles are Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak Forged By Blood by Ehigbor Okosun The Faithless by C.L. Clark Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon The Improvisers by Nicole Glover The Last Gate of the Emperor by M'Balia Makonnen The Attic Child by Lola Jaye The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith Friday I'm In Love by Camryn Garrett Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan.
January 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I've put all my "25 for 2025 - Read It or Unhaul It" books behind the back cushions of the couch, and the current TBR picks plus the February TBR right next to my reading space on said couch.

It's all a bit messy, but idc. I like it that way.
The books for my 25 for 2025 reading challenge are all peeking out from behind the back cushions of the couch. Visible are Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse, The Course of Saints, Threads that Bind, Reaper of Souls & Master of Souls, Harrow the Ninth, You've Reached Sam, Ziggy Stardust & Me, A Taste of Gold & Iron, The Keeper of Night, Moon Witch Spider King, Blood Like Magic, (Un)Popular Vote, Kaikeyi, Dreams Bigger than Heartbreak and The Ones We're Meant To Find. The picks from my TBR jar are stacked on the side table and those are: Down Among the Sticks & Bones by Seanan McGuire, Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, The Last Hour Between Worlds and Heir by Sabaa Tahir. The TBR stack for February is stacked a little haphazardly on top of the radiator. Those are: How To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins, Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby, Before I Let Go & This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan, Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bishop, Friday I'm In Love by Camryn Garrett, How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith, the Partner Plot by Kristina Forest, The Attic Child by Lola Jaye, Last Gate of the Emperor by Mbalia Makonnen, The Improvisers by Nicole Glover, Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon, Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood, The Faithless by C.L. Clark, Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun, The Lesbian's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes and Issa by Mirranne Mahn.
January 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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TBR shelves & stacks 📚

(At least most of it, I'm not contorting myself into a pretzel to get a pic of the former CD shelf I have repurposed to hold fantasy paperbacks 😂)

I'm really happy with this.
Photo of most of my fantasy TBR books stacked on top of my two small Sci-fi shelves, that are decorated with bright blue fairy lights. Here's a list of all the visible TBR titles from left to right: Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco, All This Twisted Glory & These Infinite, Threads by Tahereh Mafia, Beastly Kingdom by L. Penelope, Crown of Thunder by Tochi Onyebuchi, This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling, My Name Is Magic by Xan van Rooyen, The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski, Stormsong & Soulstar by C.L. Polk, Magic Has No Border Anthology, Out of the Blue by Jason June, Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong, The God & the Gumiho by Sophie Kim, A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods, For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga, The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller, A Fragile Enchantment & A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft, Never A Hero by Vanessa Len, Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen, Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri, Voyage of the Damned by Frances White, The Temptation of Magic by Megan Scott, Scarlett Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker, Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie, Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon, Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto, The Emperor & the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang, The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary Pearson, A Language of Dragons by S.E. Williamson, Until We Shatter by Kate Dylan, Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel, The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart, Sorcery & Small Magics by Maiga Doocy, To Cage A God by Elizabeth May, Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan, Quicksilver by Callie Hart, Darker by Four by June CL Tan, Of Jade & Dragons by Amber Chen, The Dagger & the Flame by Catherine Doyle, A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene, Chaos & Flame by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland, Monsters Born & Made by Tanvi Berwah, A Wild & Ruined Song by Ashley Shuttleworth and Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse. The 3 mini shelves built into the roof slope. List of books: Network Effect, A Desolation called Peace, Seven Mercies, Oceans Echo, If I See You Again Tomorrow, Annihilation, Station Eleven, The Only Light Left Burning, Rosewater Insurrection, Kaiju Preservation Society, Otherworldly, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come, Chain-Gang All Stars, Magodiz, How We End, At the End of Everything, Hammajang Luck, The Brightness between Us, Heavenly Tyrant, If I Have To be Haunted, Long Live Evil by, Little Rot, Godly Heathens, In The Dream House, The Changing Man, Bury Your Gays, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, House of Hunger, Where The Dead Brides Gather, Never Whistle At Night anthology, Most Ardently, The Spy With the Red Balloon, Bright Young Women, A Scatter of Light, Queerly Beloved, The Stationary Shop of Teheran, The Black Kids, Ceremony, The Bluest Eye, The Davenports, Velvet Was the Night, The Island of Missing Trees, The Love Songs of W.E.B. du Bois, Stalking Jack the Ripper, The Pairing, Best Hex Ever, Always the Almost, I Did Something Bad, One Last Shot, The Prospects, Hot Summer, The Boyfriend Subscription, Cash Delgado is Living the Dream, Hurts to Love You, Destiny's Surrender, Destiny's Embrace, Destiny's Captive, The Other Side of Disappearing, Not Another Love Song, Truly Madly Deeply, Only for the Holidays, That Summer Feeling, The Christmas Tree Farm, That Time I Got Drunk & Saved A Demon, At Her Service, Just For the Summer, Family Lore, The Dangerous Art of Disappearing, Loveboat Forever, Man O' War, This Is Why They Hate Us, The Marvelous, Into the Light, Ander & Santi Were Here, A Girl Like That, Simone Breaks All the Rules, Kick the Moon, Black Boy Joy anthology, The Hawthorne Legacy, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Detransition Baby, Against the Loveless World, There There, My Sister the Serial Killer. My stack of nonfiction books next to my reading chair under our little round window. The books are: The Biography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley, My Life in New Orleans by Louis Armstrong, Darling Days by iO Gillette Wright, Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates, African Europeans by Olivette Otele, Our Women On The Ground edited by Zahra Hankir, Superior by Angela Saini, We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib, The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Völkische Landnahme (German) by Andrea Röpke, Fake History by Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse, Sisters in Hate by Seyward Darby, I am Linus by Linus Giese, One Life by Megan Rapinoe and The Soul of Black Folks by W.E.B. du Bois. The little crime/thriller TBR stack on the side table next to my reading chair. The books are: The King Is Dead by Benjamin Dean, Promise Boys by Nick Brooks, Remain Silent by Robyn Gigl, Bad Things Happen Here by Rebecca Barrow, Rani Choudbury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar, The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb, Blackmail & Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala, Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley and War Cross by Marie Lu.
January 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I'm finally reading a Kristina Forest book again and it is not disappointing. She writes the sweetest things honestly. This is a slow slow burn YA romance and it's been so adorable and sweet so far, even with the heavy undertones and topics woven into it.
Photo of the paperback of Zyla & Kai sitting on my pulled up knees. It's an illustrated cover in pastel lavender tones with ferris wheel and a carousel in the background. The two Black MCs are in the foreground looking at each other, the FMC on the left side and the MMC on the right. She has shoulder length hair, is wearing a light blue blouse with a white collar, read politics and bright red glasses. His hair is buzzed short and he's wearing a light yellow shirt and is smiling slightly at the FMC.
January 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Both of us are sending you a ton of love today ♥️
My little tuxedo cat stretched out between my legs on top of a fluffy blanket. One of his paws is stretched up to my hip and he's asleep with his head resting in a little extra blanket nest on top of my right thigh.
January 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Currently reading QUEER. I'm really happy with it so far. It's about queer German history & I'm esp happy about the way Gammerl makes it clear from the very first chapter that there's no linear way to tell this history or an all encompassing narrative for the whole community in any time period.
January 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Also these streets
A screenshot of the map of Heroes of Might and Magic 2.
January 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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I grew up on these streets (with cheat codes)
A screenshot of the Holiday Island game grid, circa 1998. The goal was to create a holiday resort on an island or multiple islands and to be more successful than 6 other players. The more money you made, the more access to bigger and better buildings you got. A purely capitalist game, but I always used cheat codes because I just wanted to build stuff.
January 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Ack, fatigue hit before I could post all the things about the #MBkBingo.

I'll post the links and stuff, and hopefully I can add some explanations and rec ideas here tomorrow. ♥️
The bingo card for this book bingo is space inspired with a nebula in the background. I'll post the links to the more accessible versionn and Storygraph down below and hopefully can add the rest tomorrow.
January 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM