Michaela
@piedpipercalls.bsky.social
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Michaela
@piedpipercalls.bsky.social
· Dec 21
2025 Rainbow TBR Challenge
This is for folks who wish to join Michaela in their challenge to read at least three books a ...
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I'm reading my physical TBR by color in 2025. Let's see if I can actually make a dent in it.
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People clown on those of us who are lactose intolerant for constantly eating dairy. All of my favorite foods put me in intestinal distress. Yes, I have dairy substitutes, but most of them either don't have enough fat to be creamy or fuck up the flavor. Do you want coconut flavored chowder? IDTS.
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
People clown on those of us who are lactose intolerant for constantly eating dairy. All of my favorite foods put me in intestinal distress. Yes, I have dairy substitutes, but most of them either don't have enough fat to be creamy or fuck up the flavor. Do you want coconut flavored chowder? IDTS.
It feels pointless to hope... I feel like we will be outbid immediately, but maybe not. Not if the vibes are right.
Anybody that wants to put out good vibes... My partner and I are putting an offer on a house today. I need like everyone to cross their fingers and toes for us because the market here is absolutely ass and finding a house in this condition at this price point in our area is actually insane.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It feels pointless to hope... I feel like we will be outbid immediately, but maybe not. Not if the vibes are right.
Anybody that wants to put out good vibes... My partner and I are putting an offer on a house today. I need like everyone to cross their fingers and toes for us because the market here is absolutely ass and finding a house in this condition at this price point in our area is actually insane.
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Anybody that wants to put out good vibes... My partner and I are putting an offer on a house today. I need like everyone to cross their fingers and toes for us because the market here is absolutely ass and finding a house in this condition at this price point in our area is actually insane.
Do you think there are Marcus the Worm from VR Chat fics?
Asks a person with an ao3 account and the knowledge/ability to look this up.
I just want to wonder for a little while. Let my mind try and conjure up what those would even be.
Asks a person with an ao3 account and the knowledge/ability to look this up.
I just want to wonder for a little while. Let my mind try and conjure up what those would even be.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Do you think there are Marcus the Worm from VR Chat fics?
Asks a person with an ao3 account and the knowledge/ability to look this up.
I just want to wonder for a little while. Let my mind try and conjure up what those would even be.
Asks a person with an ao3 account and the knowledge/ability to look this up.
I just want to wonder for a little while. Let my mind try and conjure up what those would even be.
When your uterus decides to trash the place. This is a terribly inefficient system. I'd like to speak to the manager.
a stuffed white cat is sitting on top of a box and asking why ?
ALT: a stuffed white cat is sitting on top of a box and asking why ?
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
When your uterus decides to trash the place. This is a terribly inefficient system. I'd like to speak to the manager.
SHHHH! I def. didn't accidentally schedule this for tomorrow and have to panic post it just now...
Anyway, if you can get a copy of this just to read La Huesera (the last story), it's worth it. However, we had some issues with the rest of it.
#booksky #translation #review
youtu.be/leCtCJkg_as
Anyway, if you can get a copy of this just to read La Huesera (the last story), it's worth it. However, we had some issues with the rest of it.
#booksky #translation #review
youtu.be/leCtCJkg_as
Talk about going out with a bang | Reservoir Bitches Review
YouTube video by Betwixt the Books
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
SHHHH! I def. didn't accidentally schedule this for tomorrow and have to panic post it just now...
Anyway, if you can get a copy of this just to read La Huesera (the last story), it's worth it. However, we had some issues with the rest of it.
#booksky #translation #review
youtu.be/leCtCJkg_as
Anyway, if you can get a copy of this just to read La Huesera (the last story), it's worth it. However, we had some issues with the rest of it.
#booksky #translation #review
youtu.be/leCtCJkg_as
Guys this is criminally under read right now. It needs more love. Rock bottom Rock Star Eddie and Dead End Depressed Steve find the love they walked away from 5 years ago. Actually so fucking good.
archiveofourown.org/works/705204...
archiveofourown.org/works/705204...
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Guys this is criminally under read right now. It needs more love. Rock bottom Rock Star Eddie and Dead End Depressed Steve find the love they walked away from 5 years ago. Actually so fucking good.
archiveofourown.org/works/705204...
archiveofourown.org/works/705204...
When I see someone online talking about a book that sounds amazing, but it hasn't been published in the US yet, and the "government" has made it so that I can't order it! I just wanna read the weird book where a woman eats her dead partner and is also a blazing indictment of capitalism!
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
When I see someone online talking about a book that sounds amazing, but it hasn't been published in the US yet, and the "government" has made it so that I can't order it! I just wanna read the weird book where a woman eats her dead partner and is also a blazing indictment of capitalism!
I have 3 hours of an audiobook left (on 3x speed while physically reading it at the same time because adhd is a bitch and accessibility tools are rad actually) that is due back at the library in 9 hours. Guess its time for a hot tea, a cozy blanket, and locking in.
November 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I have 3 hours of an audiobook left (on 3x speed while physically reading it at the same time because adhd is a bitch and accessibility tools are rad actually) that is due back at the library in 9 hours. Guess its time for a hot tea, a cozy blanket, and locking in.
Throwing this out into the ether in case anyone would want to do it.
Gretchen and I have a monthly (not quite a) book club. We meet over Zoom with bookish friends and discuss the things we've been reading for our channel. We are short 1 guest for November... would any of my moots be interested?
Gretchen and I have a monthly (not quite a) book club. We meet over Zoom with bookish friends and discuss the things we've been reading for our channel. We are short 1 guest for November... would any of my moots be interested?
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Throwing this out into the ether in case anyone would want to do it.
Gretchen and I have a monthly (not quite a) book club. We meet over Zoom with bookish friends and discuss the things we've been reading for our channel. We are short 1 guest for November... would any of my moots be interested?
Gretchen and I have a monthly (not quite a) book club. We meet over Zoom with bookish friends and discuss the things we've been reading for our channel. We are short 1 guest for November... would any of my moots be interested?
Me: -the will to write stirs after a nearly year long hibernation-
Also me: what fresh hell is going to happen today to swiftly snuff out my creative spark.
Also me: what fresh hell is going to happen today to swiftly snuff out my creative spark.
October 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Me: -the will to write stirs after a nearly year long hibernation-
Also me: what fresh hell is going to happen today to swiftly snuff out my creative spark.
Also me: what fresh hell is going to happen today to swiftly snuff out my creative spark.
I was just made aware that Steddie dropped like 60 places in the ship stats for last year... and I know everyone jumped on the 911 bandwagon but Jesus christ... 60 places! Next you are going to say we are 12 people in a giant warehouse full of cardboard cutouts of the friends we used to have!
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I was just made aware that Steddie dropped like 60 places in the ship stats for last year... and I know everyone jumped on the 911 bandwagon but Jesus christ... 60 places! Next you are going to say we are 12 people in a giant warehouse full of cardboard cutouts of the friends we used to have!
Last week was #bannedbooksweek and we celebrated by reading and discussing some banned children's books. Highly recommend this one for a giggle plus some important discussions around what you can do to help prevent book banning in your community!
youtu.be/rQmEqHo_914
#booksky #bookishpodcast
youtu.be/rQmEqHo_914
#booksky #bookishpodcast
Reading Banned Children's Books | Reading Round Table #24
YouTube video by Betwixt the Books
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Last week was #bannedbooksweek and we celebrated by reading and discussing some banned children's books. Highly recommend this one for a giggle plus some important discussions around what you can do to help prevent book banning in your community!
youtu.be/rQmEqHo_914
#booksky #bookishpodcast
youtu.be/rQmEqHo_914
#booksky #bookishpodcast
A new episode of our #readingroundtable #bookishpodcast comes out tomorrow... if you want a laugh and a sneak peak have a gander at the reel I just posted. Gretchen, @ghohmeyer.bsky.social , had a bit of a time with our #bannedbooks prompt. 🤣
www.instagram.com/reel/DP49gPV...
#booksky
www.instagram.com/reel/DP49gPV...
#booksky
betwixt.the.books on Instagram: "Warning! Volume, Language, and Spoilers for Damsel by Elana K. Arnold ahead. A new episode of #readingroundtable comes out tomorrow…"
Warning! Volume, Language, and Spoilers for Damsel by Elana K. Arnold ahead. A new episode of #readingroundtable comes out tomorrow (Friday 10/17) at 11am, where we all brought #bannedbooks to celebrate #bannedbooksweek. Unfortunately, Gretchen did not have a good time with her choice, but her pain is definitely entertaining. Be sure to watch this episode for more discussion of the unhinged things that happened in this book and more!#bookishpodcast #booktube #longformcontent #bookstagram #books #ya
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October 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A new episode of our #readingroundtable #bookishpodcast comes out tomorrow... if you want a laugh and a sneak peak have a gander at the reel I just posted. Gretchen, @ghohmeyer.bsky.social , had a bit of a time with our #bannedbooks prompt. 🤣
www.instagram.com/reel/DP49gPV...
#booksky
www.instagram.com/reel/DP49gPV...
#booksky
As a person who loves horror. I live and breathe it. There is absolutely one thing I cannot do.
Scarecrows.
It is the only thing that makes me immediately clam up and hide. Which sounds so pathetic but close friends have seen it happen in real time. I couldn't even tell you why. It's pathological.
Scarecrows.
It is the only thing that makes me immediately clam up and hide. Which sounds so pathetic but close friends have seen it happen in real time. I couldn't even tell you why. It's pathological.
October 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
As a person who loves horror. I live and breathe it. There is absolutely one thing I cannot do.
Scarecrows.
It is the only thing that makes me immediately clam up and hide. Which sounds so pathetic but close friends have seen it happen in real time. I couldn't even tell you why. It's pathological.
Scarecrows.
It is the only thing that makes me immediately clam up and hide. Which sounds so pathetic but close friends have seen it happen in real time. I couldn't even tell you why. It's pathological.
Reposted by Michaela
Light the jack o' lanterns and cackle like witches.
For on All Hallow's Eve, we open for pitches.
These Exquisite Nightmares - A Stranger Things Monster Fanzine. By adults for adults.
For on All Hallow's Eve, we open for pitches.
These Exquisite Nightmares - A Stranger Things Monster Fanzine. By adults for adults.
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Light the jack o' lanterns and cackle like witches.
For on All Hallow's Eve, we open for pitches.
These Exquisite Nightmares - A Stranger Things Monster Fanzine. By adults for adults.
For on All Hallow's Eve, we open for pitches.
These Exquisite Nightmares - A Stranger Things Monster Fanzine. By adults for adults.
This video has literally been ten months in the making and has gone through several iterations, just to break containment and become a multi-part series... sooo enjoy pt 1 of my thoughts on some of the best* #horror of last year.
*as voted by the Goodreads Choice Awards
youtu.be/5g5MhlsDd7k
*as voted by the Goodreads Choice Awards
youtu.be/5g5MhlsDd7k
Reading The Best Horror Books of 2024* Pt. 1 | Worth the Hype?
YouTube video by Betwixt the Books
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This video has literally been ten months in the making and has gone through several iterations, just to break containment and become a multi-part series... sooo enjoy pt 1 of my thoughts on some of the best* #horror of last year.
*as voted by the Goodreads Choice Awards
youtu.be/5g5MhlsDd7k
*as voted by the Goodreads Choice Awards
youtu.be/5g5MhlsDd7k
Definitely not our favorite read of the year... but @ghohmeyer.bsky.social and I are back to talk about Sour Cherry and check off a feminist text from our buddy reading challenge.
#literary #horror #bookreview #booksky #bookclub #readingchallenge
youtu.be/Jdj9koYU6wE
#literary #horror #bookreview #booksky #bookclub #readingchallenge
youtu.be/Jdj9koYU6wE
A feminist take on serial killers | Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou | Betwixt the Books Reviews
YouTube video by Betwixt the Books
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Definitely not our favorite read of the year... but @ghohmeyer.bsky.social and I are back to talk about Sour Cherry and check off a feminist text from our buddy reading challenge.
#literary #horror #bookreview #booksky #bookclub #readingchallenge
youtu.be/Jdj9koYU6wE
#literary #horror #bookreview #booksky #bookclub #readingchallenge
youtu.be/Jdj9koYU6wE
I've been working all year on a video where I read some of the best* horror books of last year. I wanted to have it up today for the start of October. It may not be up today as I'm still making my way through You Like It Darker... but soooooon.
*as voted in the Goodreads Choice Awards
*as voted in the Goodreads Choice Awards
October 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I've been working all year on a video where I read some of the best* horror books of last year. I wanted to have it up today for the start of October. It may not be up today as I'm still making my way through You Like It Darker... but soooooon.
*as voted in the Goodreads Choice Awards
*as voted in the Goodreads Choice Awards
The ability to 2x speed videos on almost every app is a great quality of life thing. I love it, dearly.
Unfortunately... my ability to listen to people talk at normal speed without getting bored is slowly diminishing.
Unfortunately... my ability to listen to people talk at normal speed without getting bored is slowly diminishing.
September 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The ability to 2x speed videos on almost every app is a great quality of life thing. I love it, dearly.
Unfortunately... my ability to listen to people talk at normal speed without getting bored is slowly diminishing.
Unfortunately... my ability to listen to people talk at normal speed without getting bored is slowly diminishing.
Why must it feel like my hips are no longer connected to my spine and the only thing holding my lower half to my upper half are my back muscles? I am not a fan of this sensation. -5/10 do not recommend.
September 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Why must it feel like my hips are no longer connected to my spine and the only thing holding my lower half to my upper half are my back muscles? I am not a fan of this sensation. -5/10 do not recommend.
Dearest #steddie peeps,
Can I humbly request some long-form fic recs to download as emotional support while AO3 is down?
Please and thanks!
Rec Tax:
god how lucky can a simple man be? By Atalia_Gold
God tier pining, hurt/comfort, slow burn & Cowboy Steve.
🔗👇
archiveofourown.org/series/4650013
Can I humbly request some long-form fic recs to download as emotional support while AO3 is down?
Please and thanks!
Rec Tax:
god how lucky can a simple man be? By Atalia_Gold
God tier pining, hurt/comfort, slow burn & Cowboy Steve.
🔗👇
archiveofourown.org/series/4650013
September 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Dearest #steddie peeps,
Can I humbly request some long-form fic recs to download as emotional support while AO3 is down?
Please and thanks!
Rec Tax:
god how lucky can a simple man be? By Atalia_Gold
God tier pining, hurt/comfort, slow burn & Cowboy Steve.
🔗👇
archiveofourown.org/series/4650013
Can I humbly request some long-form fic recs to download as emotional support while AO3 is down?
Please and thanks!
Rec Tax:
god how lucky can a simple man be? By Atalia_Gold
God tier pining, hurt/comfort, slow burn & Cowboy Steve.
🔗👇
archiveofourown.org/series/4650013
Every time I wake up from a nightmare (they tend to be hyper violent and filled with detailed gore/death) I feel like I should write then down because they would make banger horror stories but I'm too distressed at the time to do it. Plus I dont want to rehash it again. Literally shaking right now.
September 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Every time I wake up from a nightmare (they tend to be hyper violent and filled with detailed gore/death) I feel like I should write then down because they would make banger horror stories but I'm too distressed at the time to do it. Plus I dont want to rehash it again. Literally shaking right now.
Nearly spit out my tea laughing while watching the new @cultflav.com Blender Showdown when Bryn likened the modes on a blender as "the three genders"
So folks, tell me:
Are you Smoothie, Milkshake, or Salsa?
I'm salsa.
🔗 for folks who enjoy cooking content
youtu.be/v4nIP0EzwrI?...
So folks, tell me:
Are you Smoothie, Milkshake, or Salsa?
I'm salsa.
🔗 for folks who enjoy cooking content
youtu.be/v4nIP0EzwrI?...
Blender Showdown: Vitamix vs Breville vs Blendtec (and more...)
YouTube video by Cult Flav
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Nearly spit out my tea laughing while watching the new @cultflav.com Blender Showdown when Bryn likened the modes on a blender as "the three genders"
So folks, tell me:
Are you Smoothie, Milkshake, or Salsa?
I'm salsa.
🔗 for folks who enjoy cooking content
youtu.be/v4nIP0EzwrI?...
So folks, tell me:
Are you Smoothie, Milkshake, or Salsa?
I'm salsa.
🔗 for folks who enjoy cooking content
youtu.be/v4nIP0EzwrI?...
Me: -sees a video of a bat-
Also me: Remember when we were doing bat shifter Eddie/Eddie comes back as a bat fics? I miss that. Bats are adorable and despite the trauma, I think when confronted with a fuzzy lil injured bat Steve would nurse the hell out of that thing.
Also me: Remember when we were doing bat shifter Eddie/Eddie comes back as a bat fics? I miss that. Bats are adorable and despite the trauma, I think when confronted with a fuzzy lil injured bat Steve would nurse the hell out of that thing.
a black and white photo of a cat laying on its back in the snow .
ALT: a black and white photo of a cat laying on its back in the snow .
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Me: -sees a video of a bat-
Also me: Remember when we were doing bat shifter Eddie/Eddie comes back as a bat fics? I miss that. Bats are adorable and despite the trauma, I think when confronted with a fuzzy lil injured bat Steve would nurse the hell out of that thing.
Also me: Remember when we were doing bat shifter Eddie/Eddie comes back as a bat fics? I miss that. Bats are adorable and despite the trauma, I think when confronted with a fuzzy lil injured bat Steve would nurse the hell out of that thing.