chugging an Alani and getting all my belches out now. I have a gown to wear tonight...

I would feign shock, but I'm honestly not that great of an actress. I feel like my accent of "no fucking duh," would peek out

I review the 1st and favourite of my Jolabokaflod gifts, Whispers of December by @maisiemyersauthor.bsky.social ❄️❄️ www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

I don't understand men. How do you absorb heat for your lizard body when you shower in water that is not the temperature of a thousand burning suns? Makes no sense

and a merry jólabókaflóð to you ❤️💚❤️💚

my most recent "drop everything and finish this book" read was The Poet Empress by Shen Tao. To be released this coming January. See my full, spoiler free review on Bookstagram www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

NetGalley adding direct upload for Kobo devices makes me happy

finished up Needle Lake by Justine Champine ❄️❄️❄️ It went in a completely different direction than I thought it would, but I'm not mad about it 😄

Christmas shirt for the boy

my little book loving heart is fluttering. Going to see @travisbaldree.bsky.social at the end of the month and Karina Halle at the beginning of December❄️❄️

things that drive me crazy: A big box bookstore moving in and crushing all the indie bookstores around it so they have to close. To then replace 75% of their stock with overpriced home goods for beige loving millennial women. I just want to get something that isn't a new release before Christmas...

In case anyone was wondering (you weren't) I went as a shark for Halloween

Once Christians tie their faith to partisan politics they eventually have to defend the indefensible. Pledge all your allegiance to Jesus Christ and let the politicians fend for themselves.

trying to figure out my new '12 books in 12 months' challenge picks for the upcoming year. So far I have: Red Rising Summer Sons The Serpent and the Wings of Night Tigana The Will of the Many To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Moth 10,000 Doors of January The Raven Boys Above Final Girl Support Group

Thought I knew what I was getting into with my latest read, new release Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland 🌊🌊🌊Was instead pleasantly surprised. Read my full spoiler free review over on IG

Upcoming release alert!🚨🚨🚨 Recently read This Gilded Abyss by @rebeccathorne.bsky.social (coming out next week) and loved it, See my full spoiler free review over on IG www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

Say what you want about how much this year sucks, but I haven't had anyone try to sell me an NFT "to raise funds for the environment" in months.

Canada

Highlighting another vacation read, but this time it's a two-for-one 🦇❤️ The Alvin Alonso's Secret Files duology, The Reluctant Incubus and Incubus Vampire Slayer, by Alex Woolfson. See my spoiler free review on IG www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

Happy Friday, today I'm highlighting one of my vacation reads: Cry, Voidbringer by @artofelaineho.bsky.social ⭐⭐ an immersive and unique fantasy with some amazingly unique characters www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

better late than never! Choosing my 12 books in 12 months book for October🎃 www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

Monday, Monday, after almost 3 weeks off on vacation... 😵 So much to catch up on

I'm back from my trip. Scotland was super fun and I can't wait to go back and eat all the Cullen Skink and chicken pies

Sharks and Marine Protected Areas in the Northeast Pacific

Today I learned that anaesthesia was originally intended for women giving birth but the church banned its use for that for a very long time because sky daddy said girls are icky sinners

I don't want to brag or anything, but today I got to drink whiskey before eating lunch 😎

Candy apple 👻🍎 Another color study!

Getting to know some of the locals in Scotland

Did I mistakenly read book two in a series before book one? Yes. Do I now want to go back and read both one and two in order before the conclusive book three comes out? MY GOD YES! See my spoiler free review of Cathedral of the Drowned by @nathanballingrud.bsky.social up on my IG

October is coming, and with that comes all the spooky new releases! Like this one, The Graceview Patient by @caitlinstarling.com 💉🩸 An atmospheric medical horror showcasing an amazingly unreliable narrator See my full spoiler-free review on IG www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

in case it's not obvious. I'm really bad at this whole sleeping thing people keep raving about

throwing another kind of off-beat vampire book your way. Vampires at Sea by @pickyourpotions.bsky.social An unexpectedly insightful story about emotional vampires on a cruise 🚢🦇 See my full spoiler-free review on IG www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

Entering into fall? Perfect time for some dark academia horror 🍂👤 Atlas of Unknowable Things by McCormich Templeman. See my full spoiler-free review on IG now www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

Wandering the seawall with my favourite sidekick

Finished Savage Blooms by @stgibson.bsky.social and I think it's neck and neck with A Dowry of Blood as my favourite work by her. See IG for my spoiler free review 💐🖤 www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

recently read A Mouthful of Dust, book 7 in @nghivo.bsky.social 's Singing Hills Cycle series. I think this is my favourite one yet 💀🍖 www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

just played Smash or Pass: Warhammer 40K Primark edition, at @ryanmcgechaen.com 's request. Currently working on my Corvus and Sanguinis fanfiction

We Are Always Tender with Our Dead by Eric LaRocca. Not really my cup of tea, but it is poignant and beautifully written. See my full spoiler free review on IG www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

maybe one of the weirder books I've read this year, but incredibly imaginative and excellent all the same. See my full spoiler free review for A Blood as Bright as the Moon by @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social over on my IG www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

Tripped over my own shoes and twisted both my ankles... This sounds like a joke, but it's not. I am that uncoordinated 👍

Greener💚

I'm trying to make sense of the Vancouver mayoral office and parks board replacing a charity event with paying royalties to a TERF

Human impact on the ocean will double by 2050, UCSB scientists warn | The Current 🧪🦑🌎

I love a good dark academia. @bookbent.bsky.social 's new novel The Belles (coming out on the 9th) helped get me out of my reading slump. Read the entire thing in one sitting💖 Read my full spoiler free review over on IG www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

one bonus to having long green hair is you can always tell when the hair in your food isn't yours when you're at a restaurant😰

slowly but surely making my way through Mistborn by @brandonsanderson.com in amidst all my obligation reads. So far I'm really enjoying it. Even ran into a fan with Cosmere related tattoos while I was out at brunch. Apparently I really need to get to The Stormlight Archive💖😂

recovering from a busy weekend with a cozy book. With Stars in Her Eyes, the latest by @andieburke.bsky.social 🌠📚📖 Coming out September 16th, 2025 See my full spoiler-free review on IG www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

This past week and weekend was crazy busy for me. Best of the West, cocktails with friends, people visiting, live shows. I feel like I am due some hermit time

read Archer Sullivan's upcoming release, The Witch's Orchard, in one sitting. I just could not put it down. Fantastic small town mystery novel set in rural Appalachia 🍎🍏 💀 See my full spoiler-free review on IG www.instagram.com/abrittlebee/...

was off running for 2 weeks due to an ankle injury. Finally get back to it last week, and then yesterday I injure my other ankle while running. My body is just not made for this... apparently