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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Just finished this and highly recommend it if you are in the mood for a romance that has enough weight to keep it grounded without ever feeling truly angsty. Anita Kelly is so good at balancing realistic fears and worries with gentle optimism and heart; this might be my favorite of theirs yet

Paperback of Among the Wildflowers by Anita Kelly

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Nine shots NINE SHOTS Go Habs go, but holy moly boys

Screenshot of the Montreal Canadiens’ app showing the final score of their game vs the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning had 29 shots on goal through the game. The Canadiens had 9

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

At Mom’s for the next several days

Stainless steel kitchen sink, with various soap bottles and scrubbies, and dishes drying to the side. Above is the window, with a floral printed curtain thing across the top which doesn’t have any function beyond looking nice. There are flowers in vases on the windowsill: lilies of the valley, cornflowers, and a yellow iris. Out the window is the neighbor’s house

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Screenshot for when they inevitably delete this lmao

Post by TSN that says, “UCLA WINS ITS FIRST NCAA NATIONAL TITLE IN PROGRAM HISTORY WITH A DOMINANT 79-51 WIN OVER SOUTH CAROLINA!
#MarchMadness”

Unfortunately instead of a photo from this game, we have instead a screenshot of an eBay listing for a 1985-86 season Mario Lemieux hockey card, with a sold price of $1049.45, wow

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Not the Colapinto-And-Go penalty!!

Chyron from the Australian Grand Prix showing a penalty announcement from the stewards, but instead of saying “stop and go penalty” for driver Colapinto, it says Colapinto-and-go penalty

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

They don’t know anything about hockey or politics

Two fuzzy kitties, one solid black and one tortoiseshell, spooning and snoozing on a outer space patterned blanket

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My hockey watching companion, who did not mind all the yelling that happened just a bit ago

A little black kitty curled up on the sofa, looking at the camera with a politely interested expression

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I think Damian Clara should be allowed to throttle his teammates actually

Score bug for the Finland Italy men’s Olympic hockey game. 10:52 left in the second period, Finland has 5 goals in 28 shots, Italy has 0 goals in 2 shots

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

December books read, 2 of 3:

Hardcover of Rose/House by Arkady Martine

Trade paperback of The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John LeCarré

Trade paperback edition of All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles

Ebook edition of Game Changers: Volume 1 by Rachel Reid, containing the novels Game Changer, Heated Rivalry, and Tough Guy

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

And finally, last but not least and better late than never, books I finished in December, post 1 of 3:

Ebook edition of Naughty or Nice? Santa Daddy by Hannah Murray

Ebook edition of Sharing His Submissive by Hannah Murray

Trade paperback edition of Ha’penny by Jo Walton

Trade paperback edition of Half a Crown by Jo Walton

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

November books read, 3/3:

Ebook edition of Copper Script by KJ Charles

Ebook edition of In His Hands by Hannah Murray

Ebook edition of The Shame Game by Hannah Murray

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Okay I started this project last year and it bothers me to leave it unfinished so, here are the books I read in November, post 1 of 3:

Vintage paperback edition of The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett

Hardcover of Queen Demon by Martha Wells. There is a puff of wind emoji over the library branch location sticker

Ebook edition of That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

Ebook edition of That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

And now here before I forget are the books I read this month, which I am actually posting about before the month ends, hooray:

Hardcover of Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

Paperback edition of The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by KJ Charles

Paperback copy of They Called It Passchendaele by Lyn MacDonald

Paperback edition of Spectred Isle by KJ Charles

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Last one, including the table of contents since this was a short story anthology. I highlighted the ones I particularly enjoyed, but they all were quite good!

Paperback copy of Zegaajimo: Indigenous Horror Fiction, edited by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

Table of contents for the anthology:

2 - Introduction
8 - Nighthawk by Tyler Pennock
16 - Wahkohtowin by Dawn Dumont
30 - A Season for Everything by Francine Cunningham
48 - Mouthlesss by Richard Van Camp
74 - The River Gives What the River Gives by D.A. Lockhart
94 - Water Torture by Drew Hayden Taylor
108 - interment by David A. Robertson
118 - Black Silk Suit by Karen McBride
134 - The Keeper of the Bones by Daniel Heath Justice
160 - The Harvest by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler
170 - Offerings by Waubgeshig Rice
178 Contributor Biographies

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

More September reads. All about that mass market paperback this month

Paperback copy of A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant

Paperback copy of A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant

Paperback copy of A Woman Entangled by Cecilia Grant

Paperback edition of The Chronicles of Chrestomanci Volume I, containing Charmed Life and The Lives of Christopher Chant, by Diana Wynne Jones

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Somehow not only September has come and gone but now October has too. What is time?? Anyway here’s what I read in Sept, post 1/2–

Paperback copy of Corambis by Sarah Monette

Hardcover of The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb

Hardcover of Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell. There is a lion emoji over the library branch location sticker

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

MANY classics in the notes here, but I hadn’t seen this one yet so—

tumblr post by user raisinchallah from April 5 2023 that reads, “attention this is your captain speaking chag sameach pesach to all celebrating and a reminder do not open the airlock to greet elijah the vulcan rabbinic council ruled that opening the door to the room where the seder is occurring is sufficient elijah can get on a starship just fine himself he just likes to be personally invited in to your seder we dont need another incident like last year thank you”

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

And here’s what I read in August —

Trade paperback of Scales of Gold by Dorothy Dunnett

Trade paperback of Priest by Sierra Simone

Hardcover of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh. There is a UFO emoji over the library branch location sticker

Revised edition of City of Bones by Martha Wells. There is a rock emoji over the library branch location sticker

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Reading is one of the ways I stay sane, and remember that there’s a lot in this life that makes me happy too. I’m always reading something. Here’s what I read in July—

Paperback of The Murderbot Diaries volume three, by Martha Wells, containing Fugitive Telemetry and System Collapse

Paperback of Murderbot book 6, Network Effect, by Martha Wells

Hardcover edition of The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar. There is a tree emoji over the library branch location sticker

Trade paperback of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera. There is a door emoji over the library branch location sticker

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Okay, well, uh. I spent my afternoon looking at cool plants and flowers at the conservatory so here’s a few pictures of that instead

A room in the conservatory decorated to look like a South American jungle. There is a coconut coir sculpture of a sloth in the foreground and way in the background in a sculpture of a jaguar

The entrance to the desert room at the conservatory, featuring lots of different types of cacti, some spiky agave, prickly desert dwelling trees, and a glass sunburst sculpture by Dale Chihuly hanging over it all

The Japanese garden at the conservatory. There is a pine tree, a Japanese maple, and a koi pond

The turtle pond at the conservatory. There are a lot of water lily pads, cattails and other grasses, and, if you zoom in, a turtle resting on a log

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

FREE: bodyguard romance that is real big on consent & pining and really against gentrification: I liked it! BURY: felt like a successor to Siren Queen in some ways, extremely fun with lots to think about, ie, Chuck Tingle’s classic way SHOT: adorbs, and obvious Brown knows her hockey

Paperback copy of Free Fall by Kathryn Nolan

Hardcover copy of Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

Paperback copy of Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

HARVEST: Profoundly moving, and easily one of my top books of the year already SIREN: Whew another banger! Will be thinking about this one for a while too DROP: a worthy, twisty, unsettling sequel to The Tainted Cup, with a mystery that kept me guessing GENTLEMAN: thoroughly charming

Hardcover of When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris. There is a violin emoji over the library branch location sticker

Hardcover of Siren Queen by Nghi Vo. There is a film projector emoji over the library branch location sticker

Hardcover copy of A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett. There are leaf emojis over the library branch location stickers

US paperback edition of A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Sharing my black cat to add to the small black cat luck in this thread. May we all be able to bask happily in a sunbeam surrounded by our favorite things

A black cat sprawled belly-out in a sunny spot on the carpet. He is surrounded by colorful feathery cat toys

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Also, just finished this book today and liked it tremendously. It’s about queerness and identity and family, and the ways those we love can cause us harm, and help us heal (and how sometimes the harm and the healing comes from the same people). Will be thinking of this one for a while

Hardcover edition of WHEN THE HARVEST COMES by Denne Michele Norris. There is a violin emoji over the library branch location sticker

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

May books! 2/2 (thoughts in next post)

Trade paperback edition of THE OTHER SIDE OF DISAPPEARING by Kate Clayborn. A compass emoji covers the library branch location sticker

Hardcover edition of BUT NOT TOO BOLD by Hache Pueyo. A spider emoji covers the library branch location sticker

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Oh Pittsburgh voters get fun stickers this year

An “I voted” sticker for Allegheny County, bisected by a silhouette of the Pittsburgh skyline, that says “I VOTED N’AT” with black and gold accents

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

They appear to have deleted the op so I’ve only got the first part

Screenshot of a post by Beverly Smith: “I think all schools are a scam after high school. I graduated high school top of my class after dropping out for half a year to do me. Didn't go to college and I work in corporate sales and about to start a consultancy. You can learn a job in 2 weeks being on the job unless it’s Nasa or somethin.”

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I see your void cat and offer my own!

A solid black cat sitting on the floor looking up at the viewer. Aside from his eyes, which are very big, he has no distinguishing features other than “black cat shaped creature”

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Seven titles total this month, woo!

Trade paperback edition of The Broposal by Sonora Reyes. There is a cactus emoji over the library branch location sticker

Hardcover copy of Mélusine by Sarah Monette. There is a ghost emoji and a hole emoji over the library branch location stickers

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

April reads! Some real bangers this month, for me at least —

Paperback edition of A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

Volume two of The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, containing the novellas Rogue Protocol and Exit Strategy

Hardcover edition of The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison. There is a dragon emoji over the library branch location sticker

Hardcover edition of Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson. There is a alligator emoji over the library branch location sticker

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

related, a post I saw today

screenshot of a tumblr post by @/xvelvetcoffinx from March 28: backshots this, backshots that, i would like to be taken out back and shot

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

New profile picture! Detail of a jousting shield I saw at the Met. I relate to the owl’s expression of haunted exasperation

A late 15th century jousting shield on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It depicts a rather haunted looking owl perched on a beam, with some flowers and a coat of arms below. Around it is a stylized banner which reads (in German), “Though I am hated by all birds, I nevertheless rather enjoy that.”

Official Met description of previously noted jousting shield. It reads, “Jousting shield with owl. Wood, pigskin, burlap, gesso, and paint. Hungarian, made about 1500. Purchase, Bashford Dean bequest, 1969 (69.196). This shield bears the arms of the Tänzel and Rindscheit families and a motto in German, which humorously reads, ‘Though I am hated by all birds, I nevertheless rather enjoy that.’”

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

March reads! Weirdly stressed that I only finished two books in the entire month (I started another one but am still working on it). But yk what, who cares! I read these two and they were really good!

The Vintage paperback edition of The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett

Trade paperback edition of The Murderbot Diaries Volume 1, containing the novellas All Systems Red and Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Oh to be a small void in the sunshine surrounded by one’s toys

An all black cat laying on a brown rug, belly up, in a sun beam so he has rusty highlights. He is surrounded by colorful feather toys and looks supremely content

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I feel it is important to note that the same exhibit, on all things Heinz, also featured this art piece. Tbh if they sold versions of this in the gift shop I would probably buy one

A larger than life ketchup bottle suspended upside down from the museum ceiling, and spilling out a cascade of bright red (plastic) tomatoes into a bushel below. It is rather lurid, though certainly eye catching

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Vaguely horrifying historical Heinz mascots spotted at the museum today — they uh sure don’t make em like they used to!

Display case containing a grinning tomato headed figure wearing a tux, monocle, and top hat, gesturing to a keystone shaped Heinz branded analog clock. It is unsettling to behold

A similarly attired tomato headed guy in a museum display case, now astride a bottle of Heinz ketchup and wielding a can of Heinz tomato juice. The figure is grinning in a nefarious manner and extremely unsettling to behold

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

@flameswallower.bsky.social sent me a copy of his latest book!! Thank you, Briar, I am excited to read it :D

Paperback copy of LUPUS IN FABULA by Briar Ripley Page

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

February books read! 2/2–

Hardcover copy of THE GRIEF OF STONES by Katherine Addison. There is a rock emoji over the library branch location sticker

Hardcover copy of WITCH KING by Martha Wells. There is a smiling devil emoji over the library branch location sticker

Paperback copy of ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

February books read! Seven books this month, go me. 1/2–

Hardcover copy of BEGGARS’ BEDLAM by Nabarun Bhattacharya, translated by Rijula Das. There is a sparkler emoji over the library branch location sticker

Trade paperback copy of NEON GODS by Katee Robert. There is a new moon emoji over the library branch location sticker

Trade paperback copy of THE ART OF CATCHING FEELINGS by Alicia Thompson. There is a baseball emoji over the library branch location sticker

Trade paperback copy of THE TAKEDOWN by Lily Chu. There is a compass emoji over the library branch location sticker

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six @fourtwo-ohsix.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

New profile pic: Momcat, sitting on my bed looking both cozy and unimpressed. I liked my little cartoon guy but haven’t been feeling especially cartoonish lately