This bonus challenge of ours has been floating for several years. We finally managed to complete it. It was a fun experiment where we taste-tested our favorite authors. Do they have good taste when it comes to recommending books as well as writing them? #booksky www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecQX...

I know I'm in a minority, but I hate oral medication and would take all medication via shots if I could. (Definitely didn't just take a shot of cough medicine and have to stop myself from gagging for a good minute or so after ... and that's with a liquid, pills are 10x worse)

Husband brought home plague AGAIN! AND NOW. not only am I sniffly and have a sore throat, but I popped a blood vessel in my eye sneezing. AND I'm supposed to he packing this week so we can move and clean next week! He had a fever on day 2 and 3 so I'm expecting to be miserable tomorrow.

I want to get this in a poster size and then put it in a frame that lights up like a marquee. The lighting? Stunning. The poses and facial expressions? Chef's Kiss. Damn dude.

Husband was sick last week ... and i just woke up with a sore throat... Why must this man always bring plague upon this house!

Love when I get hate comments on my videos that are just a man pointing out something "negative" about my appearance. Oh no, I, "a woman", have a beard. No shit. Thanks so much for your engagement Dan. (I dared to talk about black history month, so I know why it showed up but still)

Well, here are my two cents that no one asked for... I'll ramble at you about the publishing industry and how the systems can exacerbate and reinforce the discrepancy in diverse authors. #booksky youtu.be/F_7q86KQFGk

All I can think while listening to this is that in 400 years it hasn't changed at all. Which is both comforting and incredibly distressing. Comforting, in that life goes on and it gets better. Distressing, in that it eventually always comes back to this.

I... don't think I've seen any non-black bookish content creators talk about black history month reads yet this year ... and I've been getting so many good recs from the black creators I follow or who the algorithm lets grace my feed ... but still ... Recs appreciated if you have them.

Papers signed. Debt acquired. House purchased.

This has been so lovely to read over the past week (or so). Neurotic Cat Dad Steve and Temporary* Cat Sitter Eddie. There is a laminated color coded guide for the cats. Said cats do a little match making. Wholesome AF. (Cat is beginning to lose all meaning) archiveofourown.org/works/782801...

Signing paperwork for the house tomorrow... I'm gonna throw up.

Teacake, bud... don't describe your erections as a teen as powerful. Unless it was busting through your fly like the Kool-aid man, then by all means. (This book sure is written by a man.) We've had 1 Naomi pov chapter out of 16 and it was just some character background. I want more.

I'm almost halfway through Cold Storage (the book). While the dialogue is delightful I was feeling like it suffered from "cinematic writing" a.k.a it feels like someone narrating a movie to you rather than a book. I check the author info: he's a famous screenwriter.

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

BABES WE CANNOT FAIL OUR STEVIE LIKE THIS!!!! OUR QUEEN!!!! THE PRETTIEST PRINCESS OUT THERE!!!! SHES GOING TO BE SO SAD PLEASE!!!!!!

I will never stop appreciating that as a fandom we've decided that Stevie Harrington is T H I C K. Whether gender swapped or trans, she is a curvy lady and Eddie and I would both like to use her as a chew toy. Please and thank you.

I'm going to read this book ... because we need to talk about the editing problem in the industry and I'm not comfortable talking negatively about a book I haven't read. It's one thing to DNF and move on but if I'm going to hold it up as an example of horrible editing, it needs to be read. Fuck.

We aren't sure we've ever had an episode this successful. Everyone enjoyed their books. Grab a drink, put us on in the background, and take this as a sign to pick up that book you keep telling yourself you'll read next but never do. #booksky #bookishpodcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=F14X...

Dear Beatles Jesus Quinn, Why are your locks so luscious? Who gave you such a bouncy blow out? Xoxo Michaela P.S. The beard looks pretty good, too.

Fellas, is it bad that feeding myself is such a chore that I often just don't do it. It feels logically bad but it has become a "this task is endless and soul crushing and I would rather walk into traffic than do that AGAIN". Eating the food 10/10 love it... making the food -9000/10.

I've never wanted to DNF a book on page 1 before. This is an ARC I requested and I feel bad for not reading it ... but also I feel like it is worse for me to read it and review it 1⭐️ because the grammar and syntax are so bad it is actually unreadable. IMO. I am absolutely baffled. Editor where?

What if I just vibe-read all of 2026. I'm normally someone who sets myself at least one, if not more, challenge or resolution... but what if I just let myself go where the wind takes me? What then? youtu.be/Tpx713r4FP0

Can I interest you in some S tier fics in these trying times? Free to a good home. This community often reminds me of how endlessly creative humanity is and that at the end of the day, it all circles back to two dorky idiots in love.

Stand up, fight back.

Ow? Ow. But also -chef's kiss- Idk why my kryptonite is people realize how they have overlooked Steve and taken him for granted when confronted with the possibility of losing him. It gets me every time. Really beautiful and so, so sad.

I am all for, showing the reality of what is happening on the streets. The world needs to know and a lot of the resistence is being censored... but can we also give a trigger warning of, hey you are about to see someone die at the front ... please. Jesus christ.

Face reveal, wrong answers only. (Except my husband has done a side by side comparison of my baby photo and this little cat and it is uncanny... I'm just a chunky little guy.)

I'm not crying. You're crying. For anyone who loves single dad Steve and Rock Star Eddie. -emphatically gestures toward this fic- archiveofourown.org/works/71966586 I ate it up. Delicious. The hurt/comfort of it all. Also, 🥵 for those who are into that.

I would say drink every time I say "highly recommend" but I don't want to be responsible for someone's liver failing.

This video has been three weeks in the making, but if you have about an hour to listen to me yap about my favorite #steddie fics of the year, I would love to share them with you. If you would prefer not to hear me prattle on, I'll link to a spreadsheet with all the fics' links in the thread below.

-unhinged giggles- I was approved for the e-ARC!

Will I remember to download some stuff before this happens... Survey saaaaaaays: Who are you kidding? No.

I am getting frustrated that all of the apps are slowly morphing into tiktok-likes. I don't need 4 apps that do the same thing. I would like it better if YouTube put the shorts stuff elsewhere and if I didn't have to scroll past 17 reels on Instagram to get to a singular photo.

So... as part of buying a home, the fha loan we are getting has a required home owners course you have to take (to get a better interest rate and access to down payment assistance programs, etc.) and let me tell you... This is the most AI voice ass online course I have ever experienced.

It is finally here! If you are a reading challenge person and want to join @ghohmeyer.bsky.social and I, enjoy! #booksky #readingchallenge #2026readingchallenge #bookishcontentcreators ⬇ Tracking graphic for folks who like those and link to the storygraph challenge for digital folks.

My husband took it and got the same result. Happy to represent the Alpha for Alpha community. Just two depressing Alphas being sad together.

Dedicating an entire question in the omegaverse quiz to asking if the quiz taker would consider themselves to be cringe feels a little odd... I'm taking an omegaverse quiz, that feels answer enough. Brooding? I'll have you know, I have a delightfully upbeat personality! Whimsical even!

What is the opposite of FOMO? I feel like the more people are doing/watching/reading a thing the more I want to hiss and avoid it... even if I know I will enjoy the thing. It's probably related to the pathological demand avoidance but idk.

Me, a person who bookmarks every finished fic they read, going through all of my bookmarks from last year to make a rec video, looking at the sheer number of tabs now open: Um... I probably should have done quarterly recs.. Does it makes sense to do 1 video with 30+ recs in it? Is that too many?

... I had to do a double take because I could have sworn that was Billie Joe Armstrong. Am I crazy? Is he bringing back the blonde for Cold Storage Promo?

I love when art shows up on my feed because when I stop to look at it and experience an emotion ™️ it feels kind of like I stumbled into a museum and am staring up at a painting without realizing that was where I was going. Anyway. Love this.

When @ghohmeyer.bsky.social and I actually complete our annual reading challenge for once! If you want to hear us talk about all of the books we read this year to fit our most ambitious reading challenge yet: -gestures at video- #booksky #booktube #readingchallenge #wrapup youtu.be/11dt2rQOunM

Had to delete tiktok off my phone. It has thrown me into actual shock multiple times in the past two-ish weeks. IDK how it simultaneously feels like the most sanitized algorithm and then just wild card throws in sounds with slurs and jewelry with 1930s evil German political party symbols at me.

My husband brought plague upon our home. -sniffles- Heckin rude.

I've struggled to sit in front of the camera and talk lately, so here are some of the 2024 new releases that I read but didn't talk about when I definitely should have. Not my absolute favorites of the year, but they might be yours! #booksky #booktube #honorablementions youtu.be/WFzncxYaBE4

Update: I am clean. Back to my dark cocoon.

You know the mental health is bad when you have to sit for... going on 10 minutes now... to build up the will to take a shower. I am in migraine mode which isn't helping. Moving my head feels absolutely awful right now and all of the lights are off. I just want to be clean.

They are smoking in here. I'm so fucking tired of this. I just want to make myself some egg salad and take a nap and I can't because there are strange men smoking in here.