Baris Alrisul | she/her

SO happy this won, even though there were a lot of awesome options in the category. I had just finished reading it in a book club a couple of weeks before the Hugos, and it was one of the best reads of the year. Nuanced, well-paced, with great characterization and world building. Well deserved win!

Things I learned last night: Hugo awards are HEAVY. I was honored to be one of the ushers at last night's Hugo awards, and my arms are definitely sore today. Still, it was worth it, to get to be a part of honoring so many people I admire!
#worldcon #hugo #hugoawards

It's on Amazon Prime. Not sure if it would also be available elsewhere, since it's older, but that is where I watched it.

I've definitely reached for Kanve of Snowflakes a few times already. Afternthanksgiving it will be time for Whoop and Sugar Cookie Snow White.

THEY DOXXED EA-NĀṢIR

#myart #sapphicsparkles #commission

...of course this means that book is going to once more eat my brain. I don't have time to reread a book of that length right now. Clearly, it is time to hunt down fanfiction.

Super late to the party, but: the tv show adaptation of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is GOOD. It kept my favorite parts of the book, but also made cuts that were good for characterization and pacing. A+ would watch again!

REREADING

- A Taste of Gold and Iron by @alexandrarowland.bsky.social

Complete. Now it is fresh in my mind when my friend gets to certain parts.

- The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by @kjcharleswriter.com

Only reread The Caldwell Ghost, but I had to introduce my friend to it!

After a couple days of having company, I am back with today's reads:

NEW

Black Water Sister by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social

Through chapter 12. Continues to be fascinating!

The Reanimator's Soul by @authorkaraj.bsky.social

Just read the intro. Excited to continue!

She Gets the Girl: no progress

Today's (technically yesterday's) reads:

NEW

No progress on anything again.

REREADING

- A Taste of Gold and Iron by @alexandrarowland.bsky.social

Partway through chapter 11. You would think a reread wouldn't make me stay up too late reading. And yet...

The world building on this one was just *chef's kiss*.

Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!

This has been on my list for a hot second, but my library doesn't have the audiobook. Would you recommend buying it?

Ugh, I keep buying too many fragrances.

*buys more fragrances*

Besides from BPAL? I love getting people gifts from Wick Apothecary on Etsy. (www.etsy.com/shop/WickApo...) Their candles are so lovely, and don't set off my scent allergies.

Hello, I am such a reader! I read all flavors of queer romance, including MM.

Reposting to help more artists see this! I love Lee Welch's books, and they deserve lovely covers.

A card depicting an angry polar bear holding a person in his grasp. There are icebergs in the background and at the top, it reads: "A Happy Christmas."

The holiday season is upon us, so it's time to start sharing weird AF Victorian Christmas cards!

First up... whatever this is 😂

There's a whiff of Star Wars to this one!

YouTube video by Dev Parmar Covid Vaccine Funny Animation Cat Version

Current status:

Just to be clear: got my flu shot, the new covid vax, & the pneumonia vax. I have not become an anthropomorphic cat.

During a recent interview with @vanityfair.com discussing her newest film ‘The Wedding Banquet’, actress Kelly Marie Tran came out as queer:

“I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m a queer person…”

I just heard that @bsky.app only has 20 employees, all remote.

Um…guys? Wellness check on the BSky gang. You guys okay? Y’all need pizza or something? What a week you must be having!

Angled rocks jutting out from sand

Rocks imaged by the Mars Perseverance Rover on Sol 1336.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

An elephant (who happens to have mouse-like ears, but we'll allow that) illustrated with a tower strapped to its back with brown leather b uckles, and the tower is full of soldiers, and it is also surrounded by people engaged in active war. He looks very irritated. The illuminator used blue, green, ochre, and red to draw and shade the characters, which each have their own expressions. The background is blue with Xs on it.

Hey, elephant. I feel you. I, too, feel the weight of a lot of men's bad decisions on my back right now.

(Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764 - 1226-1250, Bestiary)

My friend posted the best typo ever, that he had had "a temporal power outage" yesterday. I was like, "your TIME was offline!?" and now that's a thing. I'm fully going to be blaming things on temporal outages from now on.

Today's reads:

NEW

No progress on anything. It was a busy day.

REREADING

- A Taste of Gold and Iron by @alexandrarowland.bsky.social

Partway through chapter 5. As always, I love Evermere, and identify far too much with Kadou. Someone give that poor boy some anxiety meds.

Neuron embroidered on a-line skirt - skirt is burgundy-ish, neuron body is green with yellow center, axon is light blue, dendritic projections are orangish pink. I wore this at the recent Child Neurology Society meeting so you might recognize it if you were there!

This is a neuron I embroidered on a skirt

A rose, sprinkled with snow.

Good morning, Bluesky. There is beauty in the world, if you look for it.

This was me with @kjcharleswriter.com . Not only did finding her extensive catalogue introduce me to new favorites, but recommendations from other fans of hers added a TON of books to my to-read list.

I genuinely LOVE when I see a twist coming in a book. It makes the payoff all the more satisfying when it comes!