I finally got my 2025 favorite books posted 🥳 definitely an odd mix of dark romance and historical books lol writingbookishnotes.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/m...

I don’t understand why Oregon isn’t wearing their school colors. lowkey want them to lose based on that alone

Today’s Quarterfinals Menu (ET) 12PM—🍊Orange—ESPN Oregon vs Texas Tech 4PM—🌹Rose—ESPN Alabama vs Indiana 8PM—⚜️Sugar—ESPN Ole Miss vs Georgia

the question is will I get this blog post published for my favorite books of 2025 out today? well I will if I can get to my iPad (ever tried to update a Wordpress post on your phone? absolutely heinous) and not be distracted by playoff football lol

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City.

I made it with an hour to go 🙂‍↕️

Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper debating which of them is Ilya and Shane earlier in the NYE broadcast?? lol

maybe that Oregon coach was right and you don’t want to be a 1-4 seed and get the first round bye

Fun new year's thing you don't usually get to see. @tsnofficial.bsky.social's social team uploaded some graphics they had made and didnt get to use. It's like a look into the t-shirt boxes in the loser team locker room.

lol @ this targeted ad on reddit while I’m looking up football

oh yay I put in an order for an expensive bag preorder then changed my mind and the money is finally back in my bank account 🙂‍↕️ I can now use that for a different bag though what bag I’ll use it for…I don’t know yet

Today in CFB bowl madness: GIANT CHEEZ-IT DRAGON 🧀🐲

okay now I’m one short of last year’s count. what should I read 🤨

INTO THE CEREAL BOWL

I love the whimsy of college football

who could ever guess selling a dozen cupcakes starting at $73/box or a single cupcake starting at $6.50 wouldn’t be a sustainable business model (but it really does suck that they gave employees one day notice before New Year’s)

it’s been very interesting seeing publishers making their upcoming 2026 posts on instagram because I have never seen them post about some of those books before in my life

why didn’t I choose shorter books when I was like, let’s finish more books before the end of the year 💀

everyone on threads and instagram bullying the Team Canada Olympic social media account until they make the Heated Rivalry fleece is kinda funny

hey so maybe authors have taken special edition kickstarter books too far now. author annotations and artwork in a book you can only see in blacklight?? who reads physical books in the dark with a blacklight/uv flashlight?? 🥴

tried to limit myself to post my new-to-me books but it was hard because only half my reads this year were romance and 58% of books were re-reads lol thanks to @bandherbooks.bsky.social for this graphic!

THE GAME IS OVER

oh? it’s like that? I understand Yuna so much more now because Ilya leaving for Shane?? my mind can’t comprehend it now lmao

if I were in San Antonio right now, I would be at the Alamo Bowl but alas

the music city bowl delivered some last minute drama 😌

see I’m conflicted because if it’s an author I autobuy, I don’t mind a single sentence selling point. but if it’s an author I’ve never read before, I do pick the book based on their ig trope graphics 😔 (I KNOW, I’m afraid I’m part of the problem lolsob)

okay I usually do ignore discussion posts on the fantasy subreddit for books I like because there’s a bunch of naysayers on that sub BUT this discussion point for the book of the month (The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson) made me laugh

finished totaling up my spreadsheet of what I spent in books this year and LOL I think the goal for next year is to spend half that (or even less)

Awful, awful news. Her essay was magnificent: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

💔💔💔

I know he signed fast but 662 signatures in less than 23 minutes?? 😨

lol not my credit card sending an email with a 2025 wrap up saying how much I spent this year. who asked for this??

took a chance and emailed a publisher if a book series hardcovers really were OOP and they came back with a “go check abebooks and better world books” lol okay will do 🫡

“how do you get your book recs” oh, just browsing ebay for a book and other books pop up in the search

Jared Verse blocks the Falcons FG attempt and returns it for a TD, flashes the peace sign at the Falcons bench on the way by

Jared Verse peacing the Falcons bench *at midfield* during his blocked FG touchdown is hilarious

realizing at this late stage maybe I don’t know the difference between the LA Rams and the LA Chargers

people can charge whatever they want but a new sub box charging $115 before shipping for only 2 paperbacks with a block sprayed edge and not even hardcovers with stenciled edges..? maybe the enticement is the character cards that sell retail for $15? $20 each and 2 will be included but good lord

Derek Klena joining the Savannah Bananas is the most random news of the day for me personally lol

I guess the 2026 picks are out for the new kickstarter

Nothing says Bowl Season like two conference rivals playing in Alabama for a statue of Vulcan with a bare butt The Birmingham Bowl, aka The Little 🍑 Bowl!

side eyeing a publisher for doing a whole ~first comes love then comes marriage~ with books in the background where the book teasing marriage infamously does not have the characters getting married!!

oh I guess the Goodreads wrap-up email is out and not counting to the end of year for some reason

making my own life difficult by deciding that I do in fact want hardcovers that are out of print 🥲 I don’t even need 1st/1st signed editions but that’s all that’s available on the market and I don’t want to pay that

Cover illustrations I did for novel《二見許平生》（扒一扒反派洗白攻略）Thai edition! Written by 醉又何妨 and published by Clover Book Publishing🥰

I know people are turning to hockey books right now after watching Heated Rivalry but I am currently back here (also I want to finish 4 more books before the New Year so…) lol

trying a lot of top recommended authors in a certain subgenre and idk maybe I’m choosing all the wrong ones but the books and their longstanding popularity have me like 🤨 …this is already the best that have withstood the test of time??

that was a bananapants last two minutes of the game. all those dropped catches

San Antonio should get a second bowl game. That is the official editorial position of the Sickos Committee.

LOL. The Bears with a pick-six on the opening play from scrimmage!