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Nicky
@shanaqui.bsky.social
36-year-old reader, gamer, self-employed worker, frequent student. Ace, enby, Welsh, reluctant collector of anxiety disorders. They/them.

I do work for Beeminder, Postcrossing and Taskratchet, but this is a personal account.
The author A.C. Harper has an account on here which replies to stuff tagged with the #booksky tag in a weird LLMish way which often doesn't make sense, most recently to shill his books in a reply to my review of a manga that bears no similarity to them. Spammy and annoying; I recommend a block.
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It made my halloween to meet another Hua Cheng cosplayer in Limsa. 💖

#FFXIV #TGCF
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
He also once drove down to my uni with six giant Ikea hippos a la this one (though this is a picture from online, not one of mine, they're all sleeping at this hour, naturally) all strapped in the back seat, stood up on end, with (IIRC) several with sunglasses somehow affixed to their faces.
August 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Folks can also set them as the preferred bookshop and buy any books they like (doesn't have to be from a curated list).

And! If you do it this weekend, you'll be entered into a draw to win a £250 gift card.

Screenshots for guidance, or just visit the link and it'll be selected automatically.
July 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The exhilaration at perfectly completing the fight against the Chromatic Abbest was out of this world, especially as someone who is not great at dodging etc.

#expedition33
June 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The person in question has chosen to counter-accuse me of harrassment for my comment yesterday.

This thread on their blog is hidden so no one else can see my comments, so I can't make a Wayback Machine record of it.
May 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Just in case the harrassing transphobe kept commenting on my blog because they never saw my replies, I left a comment on THEIR blog.

I know they've seen it, because it was removed this morning.

Here's a screenshot I made of the comment. There's a Wayback Machine archived page showing it, too.
May 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only
May 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know:

openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

I never watched Buffy or House, but I recognise them, and you have to go a loooong way down the list after Daniel Jackson and Jimmy Palmer for characters I actually *know*.
May 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Blessings to the person working for the British Library shop who read my sad "my free bookmark with this month's British Library Crime Classic subscription book was bent... can I pay you to ship me a spare? I collect them" and sent me... this many.

I love you, whoever you are. You made my day.
April 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
How me and my co-tank in #FFXIV think we look vs how we actually look:
April 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Mostly posting this so I can link someone to it... gave Eirian a new hairstyle today in #FFXIV.
March 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I had a quick search online and I'm seeing easily £60k for a year's rent for a *smaller* space.

The GoFundMe description makes it seem that they're seeking funds to cover not just the next rent period, but to help ensure it's not just living quarter-to-quarter.

So it seems fairly reasonable...
March 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'm hoping to finish up reading Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales, over the weekend.

But for this evening, I'm working on my reread of A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation, a manga that claims not to be queer.

...

...

Uhhuh.
March 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Here she is with me at my MA graduation. I'm so glad I gave my family ticket to her. She was so proud.
March 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The Lego daffodil kit I got my wife came in handy, this year when we have no daffs. @ehlyah.bsky.social gave me daffs in time after all, despite the broken ankle!
March 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
What the fuck is happening in this game? I'm not hating it!

#WALvIRE
February 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Got me my Skyruin mount at last. 💙

#FFXIV
January 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Digital Devil Saga. And the sequel. I LONG to replay these games.
January 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#bookishcheckpoint: the TBR🍵

❥ last book added to your TBR: A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation, v10
❥ a book added for its cover: We Could Be Heroes
❥ next anticipated read: The Apothecary Diaries vol 2
❥ a book everyone should add to their TBR: A Gentle Noble's Vacation recommendation, v1
January 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Comfort-reading volume eight of A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation, and it continues to be definitely, tooootally not gay. Not gay at all. "Nibbling my best bro's fingers platonically because we're not gay" apparently a thing.

(Dialogue isn't important, just the character interactions.)

💙📚
January 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I want to say A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation vol 10, which came out yesterday, but despite scenes like THIS, everyone insists the series is not queer.

(COME ON though. Surely at LEAST these two have hopped into bed with Lizel. Judge and Studd's crushes seem canonical to me, too.)
January 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I am reminded that I never posted pics of the no-sew crochet project from hell I made for my sister.

A rare species approaches...
December 28, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Finally got the mount in M4S! #FFXIV
December 11, 2024 at 9:16 PM
You and your FFXIV character:
November 26, 2024 at 8:33 PM