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oddrots
@oddrots.bsky.social
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Video game librarian. Fully consumed by the strange and unusual. Indie game champion. Fiber + pixel artist. Stale Youth of the Splatlands.

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You know, being in my Top 5 two years later ain't bad!
Spotify Wrapped list of My Top Songs: 1. Rain by Scattle 2. Need Your Love by Moon Hooch 3. Main Theme by Wrong Organ (from the Mouthwashing soundtrack) 4. KINGMAKER by Kickss 5. Opening by Jonathan Geer (from the Cook Serve Forever soundtrack)
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Of course to reach the Emerald City one must follow the yellow brick road: here lies a heap of yellow books I'm looking forward to reading in the near future plus a few I've already really enjoyed!
A pile of yellow books on a black tabletop with piles of other different colored books in the background. Yellow books featured include Butter by Asako Yuzuki, Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Ten Low by Stark Holborn, A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett, The Devil By Name by Keith Rosson, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman, Authority by Jeff VanderMeer, Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalt, and The Tea Dragon Society, The Tea Dragon Festival, and The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O'Neill.
June 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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I've pulled out some options for the first leg of the Amazing Readathon: a book with green on the cover is my ticket to to the Emerald City!

But now to just pick one.. 🤔
eight books placed on a table, all of which meet the prompt criteria to various degrees, most of which also satisfy one of the two bonus prompts (lgbtqia2+ author or characters, themes of isolation). titles: All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown, Strange Pictures by Uketsu, Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin, Swordheart by T. Kingfisher, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender, Awake in the Floating City by Susanna Kwan, and Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc.
May 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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The Incandescent is one of those rare works of fiction that I'm certain I will want to revisit in the future—maybe at a time when I need to find a new path or contemplate my place in the world at large, or when I simply need a reminder that not all children are devil's spawn.

Releasing today! 🪶
The cover for Emily Tesh's newly released fantasy novel, The Incandescent. The cover has a dark background and a gleaming golden line drawing of a phoenix in the foreground.
May 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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It took over two months to receive my Broken Binding Sci-Fi Sub invite—which is NOTHING compared to the Fantasy Sub, that one can take years!

I've been craving more sci-fi lately so this came at the perfect time, PLUS Doomsday Book by Connie Willis was already sitting in my virtual to be read pile
Part of the invitation to subscribe to the Broken Binding sci-fi subscription box which details the new edition of Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. A mockup appears for the dust jacket which depicts someone holding and looking at a scrap of fabric, a green pastoral landscape appears in the background. The reverse of the dust jacket depicts the same scene but now the cover is mostly dark blacks and purples, the land in the background is desolate and bleak but the image of the person in the foreground with the scrap of fabric remains the same. The final mockup is of the jacketless book which reveals a gold foil design with an hour glass as it's focal point. The fore-edge design of the book echoes the foiled bare cover with a stained glass motif. Below the book the endpaper artwork is revealed showing the mix of future and outdated technologies: a broken down wagon is being studied by a group of scientists huddled around computers and a group of investigators shine flashlights on an ancient murder scene.
March 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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This prioritization-based-on-#-days-past-watering-day strat might have actually *increased* the # of plants being neglected since I ended up only watering the most desperate.. Oops

Now we try grouping by how often each plant requires water. Having to water ~20 plants max at a time seems reasonable!
The list of categories in odd's SinceTimer app: "05 / new & ultra sensitive (24)," "06 / sensitive creatures (17)," "08 / cacti & friends (26)," "10 / syngonium city (20)," "11+ / philos live here (22)." The first number represents the maximum ideal number of days a plant can go without water, a title for the group follows, and the number trailing in parentheses represents the number of plants in that category.
March 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Watering has gotten to the point that I categorize each plant based on how many days past due for water they are.. (5, 10, 15+, etc.) These poor guys have been dealing with my bullshit for MONTHS 🥲
screenshot from SinceTimer app showing category names of "00 / watering day (42)," "05 / thirsty (27)," "10 / dire! (13)," "15 / ☠️ (19)," and "not as thirsty plants (5)"
February 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Coming in at a whopping 1:37 minutes in length, I just KNEW the backrooms was going to take the cake. It's a good song but it surely wasn't the one I spent the most time with..

That could only be @ashellinthepit.bsky.social's Ghost on the Road from the Pacific Drive soundtrack 😍

#spotifywrapped
My 2024 Spotify Wrapped card. It has a yellow background with black text and a blue and purple gradient at the top. StreamKitty's profile picture is at the top followed by a list of my top artists and top songs. My top artists were: 1. StreamKitty, 2. leon chang, 3. A Shell In The Pit, 4. Moon Hooch, and 5. Disasterpeace. My top Songs were: 1. the backrooms by StreamKitty, 2. Ghost on the Road by A Shell I'm The Pit, 3. Sky Mall by Vulfpeck, 4. Super Blinding Lights Would by Pete Frogs, and 5. Memory by Sidewalks and Skeletons.
December 5, 2024 at 4:37 AM
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prompt / title contains the term for a family relationship

hard mode / trees appear on the cover

Let me introduce the most *family relationship* book out there: a short story collection where nearly half the titles meet the h.m. requirement 👏 PLUS folklore from around the world!

#2025oddlotbingo
Showing off the cover of the short story collection, "The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers and Other Gruesome Tales," by Jen Campbell. The cover has a dark fox-like creature with empty white eyes around the title and trees and brambles around the border. Displaying the table of contents for Jen Campbell's "The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers and Other Gruesome Tales." Each item lists the name, page number, and the country whose folklore inspired the tale.
December 1, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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To celebrate my upcoming return to REGULAR content creation I'm happy to introduce the first ever ODD LOT BINGO CHALLENGE a book reading/movie watching/video gaming challenge created and hosted by me!

It runs from December 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025. You can join at any time!

#2025oddlotbingo
The gaming version of the 2025 Odd Lot Bingo Challenge board. It has a yellow/pink/blue gradient in the background and most of the space is taken up by a 5 by 5 grid of rectangles that contains the title of each prompt (the document linked in the post contains the names and details of these prompts). The name of the challenge appears next to the grid along with "<3 oddrots" at the bottom. The entire image is surrounded by a black border.
November 22, 2024 at 4:46 AM
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And last but not least! The first chapter of Jack Campbell's *In Our Stars* was action packed! The end of the earth! Time travel! A spaceship torn to shreds! An unlikely survivor! A space rescue! Aliens! A plan to save Earth from certain doom! Surely this pace can't continue the entire book.. but???
the book "In Our Stars" by Jack Campbell, the cover is mostly teal and salmon pink and depicts two figures in space suits (without helmets on): one stands defiantly, one is running with what I assume is a white space gun but looks more like a modem/router. in the background, stars dot the sky around a planet which seems to be disintegrating and action lines streak from the center of the cover
July 9, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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*Service Model* by Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of those stories that will live in your head rent free. There's something darkly hilarious about an android being annoyed at having to perform tedious, redundant tasks and then accidentally going rogue by discovering a (violent) solution to this problem.
the book "Service Model" by Adrian Tchaikkovsky, the cover is mostly green and black and depicts the silhouette of a robot servant holding a tray with a tea pot and cup in one hand. the foreground is also in shadow but seems to consist mostly of debris, in the background a moon rises in the sky between large buildings that look similarly derelict
July 9, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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*The Tainted Cup* by Robert Jackson Bennett felt the most unique out of everything I read: unique magics, unique yet relatable characters, unique ways to die (for example, in this first case, spontaneous arboreal combustion), etc. Very atmospheric. I most definitely want to read on!
the book "The Tainted Cup" by Robert Jackson Bennett, the cover is mostly black with gold illumination around the edges and depicts a goblet on its side with flowers bursting from it, the flowers each have a skull at their center. green ivy seems to grow from the spine of the book
July 9, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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*The Fireborne Blade* by Charlotte Bond has a rather short first chapter and yet there was time to slay a dragon, dissolve a foot, and establish a fantastically strong bond between knight and squire. So good! Released last month
the book "The Fireborne Blade" by Charlotte Bond, the cover depicts someone wearing armor with a dark cape swirling behind them, they are standing, presenting a blade to the reader, holding it from both ends. in the background a large, platinum-colored dragon peers towards the reader with one golden eye, its tail swirling around the boulders the figure stands upon
July 9, 2024 at 2:14 AM
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*The Warded Gunslinger* by Filip Wiltgren had me hooked IMMEDIATELY! The writing quality is top-tier and reading through the first chapter was like catching up with an old friend after a long absence: it felt like I've always known and understood this world and all its motivations.
the book "The Warded Gunslinger" by Filip Wiltgren, the cover depicts a desert scene with a cloaked figure in the foreground with glowing blue runes on their back and an old-timey six shooter in their hand. they walk through rippled sand towards some sort of space craft sitting in the background
July 9, 2024 at 2:06 AM
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Lev Grossman's upcoming release, *The Bright Sword*, is a girthy one but if the rest of the book is as interesting as the first chapter, it'll be well worth the time invested. I wanted a dark Arthurian epic and I think *The Bright Sword* is going to deliver! Releases July 17th.
the book "The Bright Sword" by Lev Grossman, the cover is mostly blue with a drawing of a black sword at the center which appears to be emerging from water, it passes through a light gold crown and black deer antlers seem to emerge from the sword. stars dot the blue background and the entire cover is encircled by black foliage
July 9, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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*The Lost Story* by Meg Shaffer has such an intriguing premise and the best prologue. It's quickly established that these two lost boys have experienced something horrific and otherworldly and I NEED TO KNOW MORE! This one is releasing July 17th!
the book "The Lost Story" by Meg Shaffer, the cover has a dark blue background and has an artful drawing of an old tree with red bark and green leaves and a large door at its base, a red crow flies beneath a moon that shines down upon the entire scene
July 9, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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The absolute best of the bunch was Johanna van Veen's *My Darling Dreadful Thing*! So quickly it was established that this story is going to be dark and creepy and AMAZING! Gothic horror at its finest; I got goosebumps from the first chapter alone! Plus, that cover art is killer!
the book "My Darling Dreadful Thing" by Johanna Van Veen, the cover is mostly black and depicts a gothic styled veiled person with a floral crown
July 9, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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Potting up season is going to be *so* satisfying this year.
A hand holding a small, three-leafed Monstera Deliciosa in a clear plastic nursery pot. Many THICC roots visibly snake through the soil. A plant stand with many more plants can be seen in the blurred out background.
February 25, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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My library book strategy is to borrow every book I come across that's on my to-read list (so, like.. around 50 atm) and then when deciding what to read next I just go for whichever book isn't going to automatically renew because someone else placed it on hold.

It's surely not the *worst* strategy..
A shelf of mostly science fiction/fantasy books, featuring 13 unread library books and "The Skull" by Jon Klassen.
February 23, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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Okay I'm giving myself until the end of the day to finish this book. I started The Moth Keeper in September of last year and I should have put it down ages ago.

DNF MORE BOOKS!
The cover of the graphic novel The Moth Keeper by K. O'Neill: a young wolf child holds their hands out to catch a flying glowing moth.
January 8, 2024 at 2:06 AM
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So far The Lost Apothecary is not at all what I expected (I was under the impression that this was more fantasy than historical fiction) but I'm really enjoying it nonetheless.

A strong start to 2024! Let's go!
The title page of Sarah Penner's novel, The Lost Apothecary. Surrounding the title, there is a block-cut style drawing of a glass bottle with a multifaceted glass stopper and a butterfly and beetle crawling on it.
January 3, 2024 at 7:23 AM
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I'm nearly done fixing up my game library spreadsheet and I.. I am SO sorry to any Steam friends that actually pay attention to their friend activity feed.

I seem to form new philosophies on how to best approach <insert task here> on the daily. 🥲
A screenshot of a list of one day's worth of games added to oddrots' Steam wishlist. There are around sixty games on the list which resulted in a wall of text on people's friend activity feed.
December 29, 2023 at 11:52 AM