#i did dnf a baseball romance at 42% bc i was just uninterested

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (2-8 Apr 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 jsyd extras (not playing a part #2) (biblionerd07) - 105K of alt-POV/extra/post-epilogue scenes

😊 The Edification of Steve Harrington (ChronicRabbit) - 44K, steddie post-canon divergent everybody lives slow burn

😍 One of Many Great Fires (delgaserasca, author; , narrator) - 126K, spirk AU; Jim shows up on Vulcan for an arranged marriage with T'Pring to solidify a treaty & Spock ends up tutoring him on Vulcan culture. Excellently written, absolutely DELICIOUS slow burn

🥰👂‍ Cabin Pressure: Molokai (John Finnemore, author; Stephanie Cole/Roger Allam/Benedict Cumberbatch/John Finnemore, cast)

🥰👂‍ Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 3 (Newcastle to St. Petersburg) (John Finnemore, author; Stephanie Cole/Roger Allam/Benedict Cumberbatch/John Finnemore, cast)

🥰 Put Down in Words (paintedrecs) - 203K, sterek college AU - very slow burn, angsty, lots of emotional depth, plus an adorable dog

💖💖 +109K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

The Adventure of the Opal Necklace (beautifulduckweed) - KJ Charles: multiple ships, 9K - rollicking KJC mashup crack featuring some cursed opals

A Sense of Identity (DaaroMoltor) - DCU: SuperBat, 21K - love love love a good identity porn fic

Deep Sea Diving (AidaRonan) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 5K - reread, forever fave - never not in the mood for fat thirst trap Bucky & besotted Cap!Steve

🖋️🖋️ plus these articles/essays that were really good 🖋️🖋️

How an Alleged Con Man Tore Apart One of the Nineties’ Biggest Bands

Tracing the Affinities Between Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi and C.S Lewis’ The Magician’s Nephew

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Maine Cabin Masters - s7, e14-16

Moana

Ted Lasso - s3, e4 [x2]

Great Art Explained: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

Dirty Laundry - s2, e1-4

Hot Ones - Kieran Culkin Fires Sean While Eating Spicy Wings

Game Changer - s1, e4

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

It's Been a Minute - Fighting back against spams, scams and schemes

Richmond Til We Die - Maximilian Osinski • Zava on Ted Lasso

Welcome to Night Vale #225 - Renegotiations

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Museum of Clean

You Must Remember This - 1989: sex, lies and videotape: Rob Lowe and James Spader (Erotic 80s Part 12)

⭐ The Sporkful - Are You Eating Chipotle Bowls Wrong?

You're Dead To Me - Atlantis

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Arrows Across America

Shedunnit Book Club - The Golden Age Autopsy

Switched on Pop - The Shakira Conspiracy

Reformed Rakes - No Love Lost: Romance BookTok's Dubious Reputation

99% Invisible #531 - De Fiets Is Niets

Vibe Check - Go Outside and Touch Some Grass

Richmond Til We Die - Tackling Homophobia in Football (with Lou Englefield)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Yellowstone Zone of Death

Ologies with Alie Ward - Chickenology Part 2 (HENS & ROOSTERS) with Tove Danovich

ICYMI Plus - Buying Concert Tickets Online is Still a Hellscape

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Lady Liberty’s Little Sister

Song Exploder - Yaeji "Passed Me By"

Our Opinions Are Correct - Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction: "Difficult Geniuses"

Into It - Are We Into the 'Barbie' Trailer, Fading Taylor Swift Merch, and a New 'Moana'?

Endless Thread - The Lullaby

You're Dead To Me - The Jacobites

🎶 MUSIC ��

Fun & Funky

Guitars & Good Times

She Bop: '80s Ladies

Classic Feel-Good Pop

my Greatest Showman playlist

Classic Disco Hits

Presenting Kelly Clarkson

Presenting Miranda Lambert

Elle King