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So Many Damn Books
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hey here are my favorite reads of 2025 so far, visually represented. Go listen to the whys and hows of whats:

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Book cover grid made up of these titles: A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton
Sky Daddy by Kate Folk Big Bad Wool by Leonie Swann Amphibian by Tyler Wetherall American Mythology by Giano Cromley Buckeye by Patrick Ryan On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle Wayward Pines Trilogy by Blake Crouch Book cover grid with the rest of my fave reads The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow The Colony by Annika Norlin
A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game by Dan Barry
We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
August 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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got behind on posting cocktail pics, here’s the drink I made inspired by @lenavalencia.bsky.social’s MYSTERY LIGHTS, you can listen to us chat about it right here:
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A grapefruit forward cocktail with light up ice cubes, in front of a pink moon, disco ball, sculptural glass, and Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG DRINK 1 ½ oz SAGE AND JUNIPER INFUSED TEQUILA ¾ oz GRAPEFRUIT JUICE ¾ Oz ORANGE LIQUEUR ¾ 0z LILLET BLANC ½ oz SIMPLE SYRUP 2 DASH SALT WATER SOLUTION Shake all ingredients together and stain into a glass of fresh ice, preferably one cube a flashing light activated by moisture. Chase the mystery, or else it might decide to chase you. (Inspired by Lena Valencias MYSTERY LIGHTS)
July 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Here’s the recipe for an alcoholic code red Mountain Dew I made up inspired by @jeannethornton.bsky.social’s A/S/L!
photo of the coder fuel cocktail, a violently red soda, in front of the book that inspired it, Jeanne Thornton’s A/S/L, and some tarot cards and a crystal and a game console peeking in the background Recipe card: CODER FUEL 1 ½ oz CITRUS OLEO-SACCHARUM ½ oz RASPBERRY SYRUP ½ oz FRESH CITRUS JUICE 2 oz VODKA ICE SELTZER Stir together your syrups and juice and vodka. Add in ice cubes and seltzer to taste. It's all you need to get to the next level, as long as someone else designs it first. (Inspired by Jeanne Thornton's A/S/L)
July 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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voting begins for the July Book Club title! You too can vote if you pay a dollar (or more) and join the Patreon:

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A poll for the book club, number relates to current votes Mice 1961 by Stacey Levine 4 • Incandescent by Emily Tesh 2 Realistic Fiction by Anton Solomonik. 1 Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey 1 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy 3 The Most by Jessica Anthony 0 Hot Girls with Balls by Benedict Nguyễn 2 Endling by Maria Reva Flashlight by Susan Choi 0 Old School Indian by Aaron John Curtis
June 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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bought this because I saw it in an instagram book stack
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
January 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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visited The Grolier Club’s “Imaginary Books” exhibit, it was quite enchanting, here are a few highlights
On the Use of Mirrors in the Game of Chess Milo Tenesvar First mentiened in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and a towel The world in the walls by Christopher plover, first mentioned in Lev Grossman’s The Magicians The Octarine Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, first mentioned in Pratchett’s The Color of Magic
December 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Here’s some fave reads from 2024, check out the recent episode to hear me talking the whys and howfors
Book covers: 50 beasts to break your heart, beauty land, worry, the bright sword, Margo’s got money troubles, fruit of the dead, James, the husbands, skunks, mystery lights
December 20, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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and the rest was history
Facebook memories post that says: On this day 13 years ago Christopher Hermelin Just got a microphone. I'm going to use it for a podcast. Yep.
December 13, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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check it out it’s the mocktail and the recipe I made for Emily Habeck’s Shark Heart. Go listen to the episode, it’s nice, link is in bio
a picture of a lemon limeade drink with a saline bottle next to it, next to the cover of Emily Habeck’s novel Shark Heart JUST ENOUGH SALT 1 oz SIMPLE SYRUP 1 ½ oz FRESH SQUEEZED LIME AND LEMON JUICE 5 oz COLD WATER CUCUMBER MINT ICE CUBES SALINE (TO TASTE) Make your saline, dissolve 1 part salt into 4 parts water. Crush cucumber and mint together, stir in equal amount of water, freeze in an ice cube tray. Build the lemon-limeade as usual, add saline to personal taste. The ocean is calling, but you don't have to answer just yet. (Inspired by Emily Habeck's SHARK HEART)
December 3, 2024 at 1:26 PM