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Kelsey
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BookTuber The Fancy Hat Lady Reads! Mostly SFF, eccentric hats, Sunshine the fancy BookTube cat. Stich & Bitch co-host with monthly livestreams rotating between our channels. she/her
www.youtube.com/@TheFancyHatLadyReads
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Planning to nominate and vote on the Hugo Awards? Better move fast!

The deadline to have a WSFS membership so that you have the right to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards is coming up on January 31.

Your WSFS membership is available here: www.lacon.org/register
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December 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
Earlier this year I had a gastroenterologist try to convince me that caffeine content from highest to lowest went:

coffee
black tea
green tea
matcha

Hahahahahaha.... (and no, I will not be cutting down on tea for my gut health, thank you)
courtneymilan.com Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d
So I can’t read this for Reasons, but the first picture shows someone with matcha and guuuuys matcha is just chock full of caffeine. It’s more caffeinated than coffee.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
3 out of 5 stars to How to Find a Nameless Fae by A.J. Lancaster on Goodreads:
#booksky 🪐📚
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Kelsey's review of How to Find a Nameless Fae
3/5:
www.goodreads.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
3 out of 5 stars to The Virtu by Sarah Monette (aka Katherine Addison) on Goodreads:
#booksky 🪐📚
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Kelsey's review of The Virtu (The Doctrine of Labyrinths, #2)
3/5:
www.goodreads.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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reactorsff.bsky.social
Announcing a BRAND NEW Gilded Age fantasy of ballrooms, bargains, and bloodshed from the one and only @nghivo.bsky.social!! The Scarlet Ball commences October 2026 🩸
Announcing The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo - Reactor
A Gilded Age fantasy of ballrooms and bloodshed, arriving October 2026
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December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
New #booktube video: All my series in progress I want to continue reading!
#booksky 🪐📚
youtu.be/LFfleLpW8WU
Book Series I Want to Continue Reading (2025)
YouTube video by The Fancy Hat Lady Reads!
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December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
If I had to confess to secretly liking one of this skating season's terrible '90s rhythm dance programs in a guilty pleasure sort of way, it would be Lopareva/Brissaud's Eiffel 65/Daft Punk mashup. They are always so funky and weird, and they just kind of embrace it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRb...
#9 Evgeniia LOPAREVA Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA ID S RD CSPOL2025
YouTube video by PFSA Skating broadcast
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November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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2 out of 5 stars to The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan on Goodreads:
#booksky 🪐📚
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Kelsey's review of The Gracekeepers
2/5: This is probably better than a two-star book, but I really didn't like it. Read it if you like sad people on boats, I guess.
www.goodreads.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚

www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
50% off ebooks the world SALE kinda half-assed and barely visible use code UGHFINE
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
I have once again become negligent in posting my Goodreads reading updates here on Bluesky. This thread is a catch-up of everything I've read from the start of September until now.
#booksky 🪐📚
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
I love Wakaba Higuchi's Wonder Woman free skate so much, it breaks my heart that she's injured in her final season and may never get to skate it to its full potential.
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
Stitch & Bitch November liveshow in an hour on my channel! (with @kalanadi.bsky.social @bookfinch.bsky.social and @bookishdi.bsky.social ) Join us as we chat books, crafts, media, and more!
youtube.com/live/pYHEHpH...
Stitch & Bitch - November 2025
YouTube video by The Fancy Hat Lady Reads!
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November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
Of the titles available in the US, I have read and can recommend both Saint Death's Daughter (still need to read the sequel!) and A Theory of Haunting. Get some cheap ebooks here!
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 29d
Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!

So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale

Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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HEARTBREAK INCORPORATED Alex de Campi GOTHIKANA Runyx BLESS YOUR HEART and ANOTHER FINE MESS Lindy Ryan THE HACIENDA, VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE and THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ Isabel Canas IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL and THE DEATH I GAVE HIM Em X. Liu SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER and SAINT DEATH'S HERALD C. S. E. Cooney THE IMMORTALITY THIEF Taran Hunt WANDERERS Chuck Wendig SINOPHAGIA edited Xueting C. Ni GORSE and RAGWORT Sam K. Horton WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE Lorraine Wilson THE NEEDFORE MK Hardy RED RABBIT Alex Grecian THE DARK BETWEEN THE TREES by Fiona Benson THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, THE GRIEF OF STONES, THE TOMB OF DRAGONS and A THEORY OF HAUNTING Katherine Addison THE LIAR OF RED VALLEY Walter Goodwater THE VENGEANCE Emma Newman SIGN HERE Claudia Lux BENEATH THE RISING, A BROKEN DARKNESS, THE VOID ASCENDANT and THESE LIFELESS THINGS Premee Mohamed NORDIC VISION ed. by Margret THE RITUAL CRIME UNIT THE HIDDEN LEGION and THE SILENT EMPEROR by Snorri Kristjansson
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
My channel, this Sunday!
bookfinch.bsky.social Reija - The Book Finch @bookfinch.bsky.social · Nov 12
Next Sunday, November 16th join us again for a couple of hours of crafting and strong opinions.
Regular Stitch & Bitch time, with the usual crew. 😘
@kalanadi.bsky.social @thefancyhatlady.bsky.social @bookishdi.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/pYHEHpH...
Stitch & Bitch - November 2025
YouTube video by The Fancy Hat Lady Reads!
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November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
For someone who neither cares much for Thanksgiving nor wants to travel for it this time of year, I get really irrationally upset over not being invited to anyone's Thanksgiving.
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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trickyc66.bsky.social
This is the place that sells teas inspired by The Locked Tomb series and DOES NOT do any h*rry p*tter teas AT ALL, how cool is that???
www.fridaytea.com/collections/...
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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devoeas.bsky.social
The ISU not allowing songs released in December 1989 or January 2000 for the "90s dance party" theme BUT ALLOWING "90s style" AI-generated music is such a WILD choice #GPFigure #FigureSkating
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
two minions wearing goggles and overalls are waving their hands in the air .
Alt: GIF of yellow Minions celebrating
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
Just when I thought the '90s rhythm dance theme couldn't get any worse...
ginadalfonzo.bsky.social Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social · Nov 4
⛸️ This weekend at #SCI25, we heard what it sounds like when skaters -- with official permission -- use music generated by A.I. In short: not great. There's a good story here: www.patreon.com/posts/mrazko...
Mrazkova and Mrazek's AI-Generated Rhythm Dance is Plagiarized 100% Verbatim | Figure Skating for Baseball Nerds
Get more from Figure Skating for Baseball Nerds on Patreon
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November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
What is this cursed new metric in YouTube Shorts analytics, and why do I have none of it??? 😭 😅
A screenshot from a YouTube Studio analytics page showing something called Hype. It shows that my video has zero hype points and also zero hypes. The heck is a hype?
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
A few days ago I posted my "10 Before the End" TBR for the rest of the year on TikTok! (now also on YouTube as a short)
#booktok #booktube #booksky 🪐📚
www.tiktok.com/@thefancyhat...
10 books to read before the end of 2025! #booktok #sff #tenbeforetheend #tbr
TikTok video by Kelsey 📚🧚‍♀️👒
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November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
Pretty great day for a #IVoted selfie!
Selfie of me in a witch hat that’s way too big to fit in frame and a back coat with decorative buttons with a “Halloween Voter 2025” sticker indicating that I voted early today in New York City’s election.
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
Pumpkin carving has begun!
Photo from above of a jack-o-lantern in progress. The top has been cut off with an angled zig-zag pattern and the top is set back on askew so that it sits atop the pumpkin rim.
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
The promised book haul is finally here! #booktube #booksky 🪐📚
youtu.be/HikypSHZr9g
SFF Book Haul: Feb.-Sept. '25
YouTube video by The Fancy Hat Lady Reads!
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
thefancyhatlady.bsky.social
On the ISU commentary for the Grand Prix, in addition to the mispronounced names...
gwollman.bsky.social Garrett Wollman @gwollman.bsky.social · Oct 27
(Like seriously, the dude was saying "People's Republic of Korea" all weekend. There are no North Koreans at ISU competitions other than sometimes World Champs, and that's the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea". South Korea is, in official usage, just "Republic of Korea".)
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM