What I read in January, a month of travel & road trips! ❄️🌟 #booksky 📚💙

"The Wedding Witch" by Erin Sterling. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love Sterling's other work (Ex Hex is an all-time fave romance) but this one just didn't hit with me. Wanted a little more slowburn development at the start. Felt too focused on the time travel plot than witchiness. Cute winter vibe read! #booksky 💙📚

How much money can #booksky (& the Clarabelle crew) raise for California wildfire relief this weekend? 🔥📚💙📚🪐📚🌶️ GoFundMe links & donation tracker in the comments, plus a way to get your posts boosted 🚀 on my feeds as a 'thank you' for helping Angelinos in need.

Recent reads - 2 books that deal with romance, heartbreak, and trauma in very different ways yet still representative of their eras. Looking forward to reading more Baldwin. Giovanni's Room ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Happy Place ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #booksky 📚💙

ATTENTION: I am starting a charity bundle to benefit victims of the Southern California wildfires. Game (and other) makers, please submit your projects so we can do some good. There is a call for submissions of projects through the 18th, please share widely! FAQ below: itch.io/jam/californ...

My love letter to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - talking about love, loss, neurodivergent otherness, & found family 💙🖤❤️🧡 www.dailycal.org/arts/film-an...

My 2024 reading wrap-up :) #booksky 💙📚

3.5 ⭐️ "Illuminae" by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff I wish that I loved this more. The concept and format are amazing but the story is character-driven w/ flat protags. "Snarky teenager" dialogue & writing...not for me. Interesting worldbuilding. Won't finish the trilogy. 📚💙🪐📚

Fable vs. Storygraph vs. Goodreads? I made a Storygraph last month & love the data visualization but all of my friends are on Goodreads & it's tough to have the same socialization on Storygraph. I've heard good things about Fable, especially w/ book clubs - any strong preferences on #booksky? 💙📚

4.5 ⭐️ "The Three-Body Problem" by Cixin Liu. Stunningly well-crafted and thoughtful but a little scientifically dense - a challenging read for sure. Amazing sci-fi with mystery and heart. I will now be taking an intro to physics course to better understand the sequels lol. 💙📚 #booksky

4 ⭐️ "The Kiss Curse" by Erin Sterling. Perfectly good lighthearted romantic witchy fun. Really loving the contemporary spooky & silly witches and looking for more books along these lines! 🧹🪄 💜 🐈‍⬛️ #booksky 💙📚

4.5⭐️ Toxic yuri...😢 💙📚 #booksky

4⭐️ Fake relationship with a slowburn romance that feels...really REAL! I love how Miles is just a nice chill guy and Daphne is a passionate, slightly high-strung librarian. I relate to her strict Whiteboard calendar and inability to socialize (very AuDHD-coded). Cozy summer vibes 💙📚 #booksky

2.5 ⭐️ I wish that this book grabbed me as much as it promised to. Although the premise is a bit dark for my romantic sensibilities, I was hooked through the 1st half but slogged my way through the 2nd. Wasn't rooting for the relationship & ironically disappointing, rushed ending. #booksky 💙📚

Everything Glittered by Robin Talley 3.5 ⭐️ Highly recommend! A genuinely intriguing murder mystery with a cast of naive, lovable teenage sapphics in the roaring 20s. Such a fun story that takes a lot of care examining historical queerness and misogyny. Fast-paced & thrilling! 💙📚 #booksky

My thesis was accepted! I am now a UC Berkeley Master of Design :) Best Christmas gift ever lol

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If you're looking for a TREAT for unsettlingly cheap (ow my bones!!!!11), look no further than CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED point and click comedy adventure video! game! LATER ALLIGATOR! $3.59 on US eShop buff.ly/41ObAoF $2.69 Steam buff.ly/3rONZUJ Prices so low that you feel despair for me and my choices

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 fan event was amaaazinggg

If you see this, post something toothy

Just finished my thesis presentation!! Not sure how I feel but at least that's over with haha - next stop, submitting my paper & our final exhibition this Friday :)

Just read the first chapter of "Blood Meridian" for our book club meeting tonight and wow... I've never read anything quite like it. A genuinely challenging read but already so much bizarre depth to the violence of the West. Super interesting & curious to know more about the Judge & Toadvine. 💙📚

Say hello to the Party Pet, a digital companion to help you meet new friends and have deeper conversations! Created for our final project in our Theory of Tangible User Interface class at UC Berkeley. Made with Arduino :)

Say hello to the Party Pet, a digital companion to help you meet new friends and have deeper conversations! Created for our final project in our Theory of Tangible User Interface class at UC Berkeley. Made with Arduino :)

Paintings of Neopets characters created in 2023.

Student influencers discuss mental health, social media and life-work balance: As a historical center of technological research and development, it’s no surprise that students at UC Berkeley have grown up immersed in social media...

I had such an amazing time speaking with the production crew of #TheBoys ...while waiting for season 5 to drop, check out just what it takes to suit up the supers!! www.dailycal.org/arts/film-an... #AmazonTheBoys #PrimeTV

“The holiday season can often be challenging for LGBTQIA+ folks,” West said. “That is something that is at the front of my mind every time I walk out onto a stage, knowing full well that the audience is filled with queer people.” www.dailycal.org/arts/theater...

Delighted to share 5 of my favorite #boardgames as a lifetime dedicated family games player!!! What games are you playing this winter & have you tried any on my list? :) www.dailycal.org/five-board-g...

🐯🌾 I WILL SURVIVE THE NIGHT. PREYTIGER. a game about being a tiger? 🐅🐈🐇 🧡 PLAY HERE ❴ #games | #itchio, #indiedev ❵

Delighted to share 5 of my favorite #boardgames as a lifetime dedicated family games player!!! What games are you playing this winter & have you tried any on my list? :) www.dailycal.org/five-board-g...

Alright, let's see how big this gets! ❤️ 1 Like = 1 Video Game Book 📚

Crystal Methyd at a Drag Queen Christmas in San Francisco last night ❤️🧡💛

“The holiday season can often be challenging for LGBTQIA+ folks,” West said. “That is something that is at the front of my mind every time I walk out onto a stage, knowing full well that the audience is filled with queer people.” www.dailycal.org/arts/theater...

Some of my favorite looks from Drag Queen Christmas last night 😭🫶

I had such an amazing time speaking with the production crew of #TheBoys ...while waiting for season 5 to drop, check out just what it takes to suit up the supers!! www.dailycal.org/arts/film-an... #AmazonTheBoys #PrimeTV

Just finished reading "A Gentleman in Moscow" and LOVED IT. Does anyone know of any other witty historical fiction in the same vein?

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Student influencers discuss mental health, social media and life-work balance: As a historical center of technological research and development, it’s no surprise that students at UC Berkeley have grown up immersed in social media...