My 16-year-old got pulled over driving home from a New Year's Eve party. According to him, "The cop seemed disappointed that I wasn't drunk or high." On the one hand, I'm proud of him for making good choices. On the other hand, what was he doing that made the cop think he might be?

Top Nonfiction ’25
 The Limits of Expertise (Dismukes, Key) A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Douglass) Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Tyson) America is in the Heart: A Personal History (Bulosan) Think Again (Grant) 💙📚


Best Comics

 '25 Star Trek: Lower Decks - Warp Your Own Way (North). The Human Target, vol. 2 (King). 

Fantastic Four, vol. 2: Four Stories about Hope (North). Reckless, vol. 2: Friend of the Devil (Brubaker). The Expanse: Dragon Tooth, vol. 3 (Diggle). 💙📚

Top Fiction '25: 1. Memory / Komarr / A Civil Campaign 2. The Winter of Our Discontent 3. Nemesis Games / Tiamat’s Wrath / Leviathan Falls 4. The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook / The Butchers’ Masquerade / The Eye of the Bedlam Bride 5. Bookshops & Bonedust / Legends & Lattes 💙📚

December has been a great month for reading. #1 in mass market fiction: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride #1 in small market & self-published fiction: Waking the Merrow #1 in comics: Warp Your Own Way #1 in non fiction: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry 💙📚 @mattdinniman.bsky.social @ryannorth.ca

All the stories in 'Welcome to the Monkey House' are, at least, very good. Some are excellent. One is the best I've read all year. 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

'Criminal' is very good at what it does. What it does is not for me. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My wife gifted me 'Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.' She has excellent taste in books, if not in men. 💙📚 @neildegrassetyson.com www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Working on my book is like going for a run. I have to muster some will to get going, but I love it once I'm in the zone. And when I'm finished, I feel like a million bucks! 💙📚

I think my fellow former cargo pilots will find this book fascinating. Others, perhaps not so much. 💙📚 #Aviation www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Jon Batiste is a national treasure. open.spotify.com/track/18WHAo...

This is what I call Christmastime.

I'm closing out 2025 on a high note. 'Warp Your Own Way' is a masterpiece disguised as a lark. 💙📚 🪐📚 🖖📚 @ryannorth.ca @chrisfenoglio.bsky.social #StarTrek #LowerDecks www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I have the house to myself, so I'm using the quiet time to write a huge flowchart to help myself navigate 'Warp Your Own Way.' No matter how much cool stuff I do in my life, I'll always be a massive nerd at heart. 💙📚 🪐📚 #LowerDecks #StarTrek @ryannorth.ca

Man oh man. I loved 'City of Bones.' 💙📚 🔍📚 #Bosch @michaelconnelly.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

This week, this place will be a zoo. #FitSky

They get me. 💙📚

I was up with @michaelconnelly.bsky.social's "City of Bones." In the novel, Det. Bosch comes to the station early, hoping to snag a John Q. Donut. My wife & I liked the idea. Before our sons awoke, we delivered donuts to our local ER, PD, and FD. And so, a new Christmas tradition is born.

‘Columbus Day’ offers everything I’m looking for in a light military sci-fi adventure. 💙📚 🪐📚 #ExpeditionaryForce www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Author Mary Robinette Kowal does it again with ‘The Fated Sky.’ I can’t imagine being a fan of science fiction and not loving this book. @maryrobinettekowal.com #LadyAstronaut 💙📚 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Have you ever pity-purchased a book from a local writer, only to discover that it’s actually good? That’s basically what happened here. 💙📚 @jlsalerno2.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Hotel Gyms of the World: Los Angeles

I’m all caught up on Dungeon Crawler Carl. At least, until the next book is released this spring. @mattdinniman.bsky.social #PrincessPosse #BookSky www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

'The Death of Caesar' is a good book for those unfamiliar with Roman history. For those familiar with the subject, it's a solid refresher. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

When your “to read” shelf was almost empty, but there was a sale at the Friends of the Library bookshop. 💙📚

I’ve just learned that the Supergirl movie is an adaptation of @tomking.bsky.social’s masterpiece comic, a loose retelling of “True Grit.” So, if you’ve ever wondered, “What if ‘True Grit,’ but with a pretty blonde lady instead of John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn?” then this is the movie for you.

I don’t get an Anton Ego - ish thrill from panning an amateur novelist’s work. I just call ‘em like I see ‘em. 💙📚 #FantaSky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Commercial gyms in L.A. are weird. Seems like everyone here looks like they’re dressed up for a night at the club. I like gyms with a little less glamour and a little more red-faced sweatiness.

'The Expanse: Dragon Tooth, Vol. 3,' sticks the landing. I strongly recommend this series to lovers of 'The Expanse.' @andydiggle.bsky.social 💙📚 🪐📚 #TheExpanse #ScreamingFirehawks www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

If you'd like to read The Ramayana but don't want to learn Sanskrit, 'Scion of Ikshvaku' is here to scratch that itch. 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Killer Mermaids of Narragansett Bay? Sign me up! 💙📚 #HorrorSky #RISky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

‘The Eye of the Bedlam Bride’ is the funniest book I’ve read since ‘A Civil Campaign.’ I loved it. @mattdinniman.bsky.social #BookSky #SciFiSky #DungeonCrawlerCarl www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

Now that’s a motivational poster!

November's best book was 'Leviathan Falls,' by James S.A. Corey. So many writers embark on long, multi-volume sagas, only to peter out or crawl up their own backsides near the finish. 'Leviathan Falls' sticks the landing. 💙📚 @abraham.bsky.social

Christmas at the Vanderbilts' place.

How’s your evening going, Bluesky? 💙📚

Goddamnit, @mattdinniman.bsky.social. Uzi Jesus? I put down the book and laughed for a solid 5 minutes. “I am the way, Mother****er.” Aaahahahhahahah!

Can you imagine being the FBI agent sent to interview @captmarkkelly.bsky.social? "Senator, as you know, I've been sent here to discuss allegations that you encouraged service members to <checks notes> obey the law." "That is correct." "Thank you for your time, Senator."

'Vitalerium: Descent into the Void' is like a time-lapse of a new writer's development. You can see him getting better with every page. 💙📚 🪐📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My fellow snobs will gasp in horror, but it is what it is. I should have read an abridgment. 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I had fun with ‘Providence Supernatural Crimes Unit.’ Recommended for Rhode Islanders who are willing to roll with a developing writer’s growing pains. #BookSky @authorchad.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I just finished 'Leviathan Falls,' the concluding novel of the series 'The Expanse.' And oh, oh, my heart. This is how you do it. 'The Expanse' belongs in any conversation about the great epics of science fiction history. 💙📚 🪐📚 #TheExpanse @abraham.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I feel awful when I one-star someone's first novel. It's hard to write a novel! Respect! But I think more aspiring writers would benefit from the adage, "Your first novel is for your drawer. Your second is for an agent. Your third is for publication." 💙📚

If you haven't read a 'Reckless' book before, 'Follow Me Down' is a great place to start. And trust me: you really want to start. 💙📚 🔎📚 #Reckless @seanphillips.bsky.social @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

@adamgrant.bsky.social's 'Think Again' presents a clear and compelling argument for intellectual flexibility. This is a worthwhile book. 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Spending a chilly Veterans Day curled up with a Harry Bosch novel? That's my kind of holiday. 💙📚 🔍📚 #Bosch @michaelconnelly.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

They call it Rhode Island Comic Con. I call it RI Indie Fiction Con. 💙📚 💙🪐

If you haven't read any books in the series "Dungeon Crawler Carl," don't start here. If you're caught up, you'll find that "The Butcher's Masquerade" ranks among the series's best outings. 💙📚 🪐📚 #DCC #DungeonCrawlerCarl #PrincessPosse @mattdinniman.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Happy N7 Day, BlueSky! #FemShep #MassEffect

I plodded through much of 'Song of Solomon,' only to be dazzled by the brilliance of some of its passages. 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...