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mixedmetaphors.bsky.social
reader, writer, vegan, techie, shiba inu, mixer of metaphors. He/him. I'm a sucker for a line in a book that functions both as a well-crafted, character-defining piece of poetry and also as meta-textual code for how the overall story works.
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Right, #Booksky, used to get 100's of replies to these on Twitter so.... My day job is buying books for 34 libraries, help me and my customers out by telling me the best fiction book(s) you've read in 2025. Rules: can be any genre and doesn't have to be new, but NOTHING self-published gogogo! 📚

Does anyone ever use the word scrupulous without the un?

I'm spending the day liking every single post on BlueSky to singlehandedly counter any declining engagement trends. Take that, journalists.

One of my favorite bands. Amazing to see such a huge project coming out. Will need to drive to Boston or Providence to see the release show.

Every time I read an Ann Leckie novel I feel like I'm in a Jane Austen comedy of manners + Robert's Rules of Order + space. Lots of parliamentary procedure, etiquette involving the proper distribution of tea and cake, and also aliens and robots. (To clarify: this is complimentary.) 🪐📚

A short scene: Mom: Can you buy X on Amazon for your dad? [Explains it nonsensically.] Me: You mean this? [Sends her a URL] Mom: No. Me: This? [Sends her a URL] Mom: No. Me: This? [Sends her a URL] Mom: No. Me: Just forward me the link instead of describing it in code. Mom: What do you mean?

Question: is speculative fiction a distinct category from science fiction, or is it just a fancy euphemism with 100% overlap? Magic realism is its own genre, with different rules/conventions from fantasy. But every time I hear something called speculative fic, it's just a synonym for sci-fi. 💙📚

From a real conversation: Me: Do you need a waiver for Reiki? @charlottesmithson.bsky.social: No, but you do need a waver. 🤣🤣🤣 #pun #charlotteisqueenofpuns

"Because he longs for an impossibility, because the families follow different religions, because her father could emerge on the terrace at any time, drag her in." Contributor @sudhab.bsky.social's new flash in Ghost Parachute takes time to yearn. Read it here: buff.ly/hbjiK0J