stephybara
@stephybara.bsky.social
Reader, sportsball enthusiast, library supporter. Baking, going for walks, carrying on. You might know me as starfishchick. she/her
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Now I need a strategy to not let them disappear into the black hole of my StoryGraph/GR to-read list!!
January 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Now I need a strategy to not let them disappear into the black hole of my StoryGraph/GR to-read list!!
You’re finally cozy!!
January 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
You’re finally cozy!!
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First thought: how many bonus episodes of @ifbookspod.bsky.social will this lead to?
December 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
First thought: how many bonus episodes of @ifbookspod.bsky.social will this lead to?
Ummm @mimismartypants.bsky.social this book is turning out a lot darker/more intense than I expected so fyi. (I recommended it based on about 1/3 completion.)
December 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Ummm @mimismartypants.bsky.social this book is turning out a lot darker/more intense than I expected so fyi. (I recommended it based on about 1/3 completion.)
As a gift of sorts, a book recommendation: “Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats” by Courtney Gustafson.
December 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
As a gift of sorts, a book recommendation: “Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats” by Courtney Gustafson.
My father-in-law famously wrote a “family update” letter, printed it out, scanned it, and send the scan as an attachment. 🤷♀️
December 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My father-in-law famously wrote a “family update” letter, printed it out, scanned it, and send the scan as an attachment. 🤷♀️
Stop driving. Sleep.
December 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Stop driving. Sleep.
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I've had a few people say to me (on the heels of watching Heated Rivalry) that they wished there were sapphic hockey romances, and folks... let me tell you the good news about
@kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social!
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@kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social!
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Books | Kelly Farmer
Books by Kelly Farmer, author of Queer Contemporary Romances
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December 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I've had a few people say to me (on the heels of watching Heated Rivalry) that they wished there were sapphic hockey romances, and folks... let me tell you the good news about
@kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social!
www.kellyfarmerauthor.com/books
@kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social!
www.kellyfarmerauthor.com/books
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@rosemarymosco.com a jeopardy contestant today is wearing a pigeon sweater!
December 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
@rosemarymosco.com a jeopardy contestant today is wearing a pigeon sweater!
No true crime nerd in the past 40+ years ever tried to connect them? I doubt it.
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
No true crime nerd in the past 40+ years ever tried to connect them? I doubt it.
Daily Mail claims to have the image … www.dailymail.co.uk/news/crime-d...
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Daily Mail claims to have the image … www.dailymail.co.uk/news/crime-d...
So what paper, what date? They’re telling me not one person found this info in 70+ years? What’s the evidence that it was one of the only motels that had a bathtub?
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
So what paper, what date? They’re telling me not one person found this info in 70+ years? What’s the evidence that it was one of the only motels that had a bathtub?
Exactly. There were accounts of a man in a specific area desperate for a motel with a bathtub and in all these years no one knew there was a Zodiac Motel there? How did “AI” *discover* that? We have known how to look at old newspapers for a long time, no? If AI found it it is digitized…
December 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Exactly. There were accounts of a man in a specific area desperate for a motel with a bathtub and in all these years no one knew there was a Zodiac Motel there? How did “AI” *discover* that? We have known how to look at old newspapers for a long time, no? If AI found it it is digitized…
It was known a man was desperate for a motel room with a bathtub right before a very gruesome murder with no scene ever identified but no one looked at a list of motels in the area and saw “Zodiac”? Does the LA library or archives not have historic business listings, phone books, etc?
December 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It was known a man was desperate for a motel room with a bathtub right before a very gruesome murder with no scene ever identified but no one looked at a list of motels in the area and saw “Zodiac”? Does the LA library or archives not have historic business listings, phone books, etc?
Apologies, that was meant to include a screen grab.
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Apologies, that was meant to include a screen grab.
Wait, am I supposed to believe that there were accounts of a man in a specific area desperate for a motel with a bathtub and in all these years no one knew there was a Zodiac Motel there? How did “AI” discover that? We have known how to look at old newspapers for a long time, no?
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wait, am I supposed to believe that there were accounts of a man in a specific area desperate for a motel with a bathtub and in all these years no one knew there was a Zodiac Motel there? How did “AI” discover that? We have known how to look at old newspapers for a long time, no?
These sound fun! Have put them on hold at my library!!
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
These sound fun! Have put them on hold at my library!!
Give Toronto City Council your comments about the Ontario Science Centre here: secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Give Toronto City Council your comments about the Ontario Science Centre here: secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
😂 I hope he’s playing The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973).
P.S. Nancy’s usual sidekicks are Bess (girly) and George (tomboy).
P.S. Nancy’s usual sidekicks are Bess (girly) and George (tomboy).
December 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
😂 I hope he’s playing The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973).
P.S. Nancy’s usual sidekicks are Bess (girly) and George (tomboy).
P.S. Nancy’s usual sidekicks are Bess (girly) and George (tomboy).
It was on last year’s list too - people love (or think they are going to love) Atomic Habits.
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It was on last year’s list too - people love (or think they are going to love) Atomic Habits.
Three of the most checked-out books from Toronto Public Library this year are @ifbookspod.bsky.social books…
blogs.tpl.ca/bookbuzz/202...
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What Toronto Read 2025 |
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December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Three of the most checked-out books from Toronto Public Library this year are @ifbookspod.bsky.social books…
blogs.tpl.ca/bookbuzz/202...
blogs.tpl.ca/bookbuzz/202...
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Have you read Candy's essay, "Heated Rivalry: The Unbearable Lightness of Having a Dump-Truck Ass" yet? https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/heated-rivalry-the-unbearable-lightness-of-having-a-dump-truck-ass/
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Have you read Candy's essay, "Heated Rivalry: The Unbearable Lightness of Having a Dump-Truck Ass" yet? https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/heated-rivalry-the-unbearable-lightness-of-having-a-dump-truck-ass/
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A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."