A few of my favorite looks from today's Easter Bonnet Parade! #EasterBonnet #EasterBonnetParade #NYC

My hat and outfit for today's Easter Bonnet Parade! I was there for a little over an hour before the rain started to be too much.

I believe it is good for the soul to be the weird thing someone saw on the subway every once in a while (Easter Bonnet Parade photos to come.)

Stitch & Bitch is a group liveshow series on YouTube that is hosted in rotation by myself and my co-hosts @bookishdi.bsky.social, @kalanadi.bsky.social, @bookfinch.bsky.social, and sometimes @breereadsbooks.bsky.social. We chat about what we're reading, crafting, watching, and more!

#HugoAwards nominations are closing soon, so this is my last-minute eligibility announcement that I have two things eligible in Best Fancast: the Stitch & Bitch liveshow series and my BookTube channel The Fancy Hat Lady Reads!

Today on my channel! We've got a lot to talk about on our March Stitch & Bitch livestream what with awards season, etc. We'll be discussing books, crafts, media, and more! 2:00 Eastern, check your time zones if you're in a country where the clocks haven't changed. youtube.com/live/NIynpuO...

2:00 Eastern today! I am just two days post-surgery and will be joining on audio only, but definitely need to talk about the Olympic figure skating! (and books and stuff)

I’m awake and doing well following my surgery! I’m gonna not be online until I’ve had a chance to watch the figure skating though because I don’t want spoilers. 😉

The monthly liveshow I co-host with @kalanadi.bsky.social, @bookfinch.bsky.social, @thefancyhatlady.bsky.social, and @breereadsbooks.bsky.social, Stitch & Bitch, is eligible for Best Fancast this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

During the Olympics??? Don't they know figure skating fans need those Etsy witches to send healing and luck to their favorite skaters?!? (This is a joke, obviously this hurts people's businesses no matter when it happens, but also this is a real thing skating fans have been doing this season.)

Camera cut to JD Vance in attendance after Chock/Bates skated their rhythm dance in the team event. Boo. Hiss. Hope he hates 90s music and was suffering. ⛸️

4 out of 5 stars to The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

4 out of 5 stars to Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 5 by Kamome Shirahama on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

3 out of 5 stars to Whiskeyjack by Victoria Goddard on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

3 out of 5 stars to The Mirador by Sarah Monette (aka Katherine Addison) on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Personal health update: I will be having a laparoscopic surgery next Friday with an estimated recovery time of 2 weeks. This has been planned for months, and I will have a family member here to help me, but I expect to be a little absent from social media/booktube for a bit.

I haven't watched the new ice dance documentary on Netflix yet (it just dropped yesterday) and don't know how much of this it gets into, but thought I should share this link where some fans have compiled some background info on one of the three teams featured: skatingaccountability.notion.site

There are couple different people who keep coming up on my TikTok fyp, one talking about film and the other about theatre, and it's been bugging me how wildly familiar they seem. Finally did a bit of internet sleuthing and realized that's because I went to college with both of them. 🤦‍♀️

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia!

I am thinking it's a pajama livestream sort of day.

Stitch 'n Bitch is back today! Come join me, @bookishdi.bsky.social , @bookfinch.bsky.social , and @thefancyhatlady.bsky.social at 11 PT/1pm CT/2pm ET/10pm EET, for all the chat about crafts, books, and media we've been enjoying: www.youtube.com/live/gB-72YY...

stop what you're doing and let Amber Glenn take you to church #USPrevagenChamps #figureskating

Here it is: 10 Favorite Authors from 10 Years on BookTube. #booktube #booksky 🪐📚 youtu.be/SWBN-Zlq3eM

Hey, so it's the 10-year anniversary of my BookTube channel today, and I have a celebratory video filmed before Christmas scheduled to go live in approximately... 15 minutes. I have just woken up and am aware that world events have... sure done a thing while I was asleep. Sorry for the bad timing.

4 out of 5 stars to Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I have decided that even though I am now in Michigan I’m going to pretend I’m still on the west coast and give myself until 3am to finish my last book of the year. Shh, don’t tell anyone. 😉 #booksky

3 out of 5 stars to East by Edith Pattou on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

It's the third year I've made this roasted vegetable hummus platter for Christmas at my vegan dad's house. It's way too complicated a recipe to manage in my apartment kitchen at home, but a very delicious holiday tradition, and very photogenic!

New #Booktube video: my anticipated SFF releases for the first half of 2026! #booksky 🪐📚 youtu.be/GpRJhHdcSBg

The Bloomingdale’s Christmas windows are… festive, I guess?

Update: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvAc...

Stitch & Bitch December livestream in an hour! We'll be on Di's channel chatting books, crafts, media, and more! I'll be wearing a seasonal hat! #booktube #sff www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRBO...

Need something to watch while doing last minute gift wrapping? Join @kalanadi.bsky.social, @thefancyhatlady.bsky.social, @bookfinch.bsky.social, @breereadsbooks.bsky.social and I for December's Stitch & Bitch! We go live at 11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET / 9pm EET www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRBO...

4 out of 5 stars to The Incandescent by Emily Tesh on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

HANDS OFF NYC! NO TROOPS - NO ICE! Sun, Dec 14, 1-2pm Trump Tower NYC 5th Ave was closed to traffic today creating a pedestrian-only zone. Rise and Resist took the street and sent a clear message to ICE that their agents aren’t welcome in NYC! FIGHTING FASCISM WITH ALL THE JOY THAT WE CAN MUSTER

It's my annual TikTok video of all the books (mostly SFF) I'm giving to people for the holidays this year! As usual, if you are one of my regular holiday giftees, best to avoid this one for spoiler reasons. 😉 #booksky #booktok 📚🪐 www.tiktok.com/@thefancyhat...

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

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)

3 out of 5 stars to How to Find a Nameless Fae by A.J. Lancaster on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

3 out of 5 stars to The Virtu by Sarah Monette (aka Katherine Addison) on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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 🩸

New #booktube video: All my series in progress I want to continue reading! #booksky 🪐📚 youtu.be/LFfleLpW8WU

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...

2 out of 5 stars to The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan on Goodreads: #booksky 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess use code UGHFINE or you could just buy them! up to you 📚 www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks

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 🪐📚

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.

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...

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!