James Malloy
@malloyable.bsky.social
Remarkable | Adaptable | Approachable | Malloyable
📖 Story Teller, 😛 Goofball, 📊 Professional Improver.
Time Magazine Person of the Year 2006
📖 Story Teller, 😛 Goofball, 📊 Professional Improver.
Time Magazine Person of the Year 2006
Men only want one thing and it's a Suzuki mini truck
February 13, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Men only want one thing and it's a Suzuki mini truck
"AI is essential to the modern workplace"
AI:
AI:
February 10, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"AI is essential to the modern workplace"
AI:
AI:
One problem might be that in his new action film he's not trying to be the every man. He's trying to be Tom Cruise in Minority Report.
January 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM
One problem might be that in his new action film he's not trying to be the every man. He's trying to be Tom Cruise in Minority Report.
Without any context I saw the greatest Reddit comment.
January 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Without any context I saw the greatest Reddit comment.
Ahem. I rest my case.
January 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Ahem. I rest my case.
This is KG-XX or "Kage"
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
This is KG-XX or "Kage"
Then for a third tier I list tropes, tags, elements - whatever you want to call thems for most books.
These are not from 2025 exclusively but just to get a taste of what I write.
These are not from 2025 exclusively but just to get a taste of what I write.
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Then for a third tier I list tropes, tags, elements - whatever you want to call thems for most books.
These are not from 2025 exclusively but just to get a taste of what I write.
These are not from 2025 exclusively but just to get a taste of what I write.
The way I classify books is first by Genre (Sci Fi, Fantasy, etc) and then by sub genre. These get a little more specific. I also let books have more than one sub genre.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The way I classify books is first by Genre (Sci Fi, Fantasy, etc) and then by sub genre. These get a little more specific. I also let books have more than one sub genre.
Some other interesting stats, I track whether a book is standalone or in a series. Obviously since what I was doing was reading a big series a lot of my books were middle series books. I did count all the individual Cosmere series as their own series for this purpose.
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Some other interesting stats, I track whether a book is standalone or in a series. Obviously since what I was doing was reading a big series a lot of my books were middle series books. I did count all the individual Cosmere series as their own series for this purpose.
A few years ago I realized that I couldn't name a favorite book (or really many books at all) that I'd read recently written by non-male authors so I started tracking it to make an intentional effort to fix that.
Obviously reading a ton of Brandon Sanderson skewed my stats for 2025.
Obviously reading a ton of Brandon Sanderson skewed my stats for 2025.
January 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
A few years ago I realized that I couldn't name a favorite book (or really many books at all) that I'd read recently written by non-male authors so I started tracking it to make an intentional effort to fix that.
Obviously reading a ton of Brandon Sanderson skewed my stats for 2025.
Obviously reading a ton of Brandon Sanderson skewed my stats for 2025.
In terms of ratings, I think I did ok. I'm pretty tough when it comes to giving out a 5 star rating. For context, I've only ever given three books a 5 star rating and it ends up being about 1 per year.
Brandon Sanderson tends to be good for me but not great so all the 3 stars makes sense.
Brandon Sanderson tends to be good for me but not great so all the 3 stars makes sense.
January 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
In terms of ratings, I think I did ok. I'm pretty tough when it comes to giving out a 5 star rating. For context, I've only ever given three books a 5 star rating and it ends up being about 1 per year.
Brandon Sanderson tends to be good for me but not great so all the 3 stars makes sense.
Brandon Sanderson tends to be good for me but not great so all the 3 stars makes sense.
Because I almost exclusively listen to audiobooks, here is how that same chart breaks down in hours (presented cumulatively)
I can't believe I listened to 491 hours of books last year. That's almost a month straight of listening.
I can't believe I listened to 491 hours of books last year. That's almost a month straight of listening.
January 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Because I almost exclusively listen to audiobooks, here is how that same chart breaks down in hours (presented cumulatively)
I can't believe I listened to 491 hours of books last year. That's almost a month straight of listening.
I can't believe I listened to 491 hours of books last year. That's almost a month straight of listening.
Here is how it breaks out by when I started the book. I kept to a pretty good one book a month rate. Around May I was reading the Mistborn books which are short and by September was deep into 50 hour long Stormlight archive novels so I slowed down a little.
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Here is how it breaks out by when I started the book. I kept to a pretty good one book a month rate. Around May I was reading the Mistborn books which are short and by September was deep into 50 hour long Stormlight archive novels so I slowed down a little.
Similarly, most of the books I read were Fantasy continuing to mess with my own internal view that I'm mostly a sci fi fan who reads some fantasy on the side.
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Similarly, most of the books I read were Fantasy continuing to mess with my own internal view that I'm mostly a sci fi fan who reads some fantasy on the side.
A big caveat to address off the bat is that I spent most of 2025 reading almost every Brandon Sanderson Cosmere book so there isn't a ton of diversity of author here.
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
A big caveat to address off the bat is that I spent most of 2025 reading almost every Brandon Sanderson Cosmere book so there isn't a ton of diversity of author here.
You know me. Always returning to my native profundities like sliding along beneath the surface at the speed of sound.
January 6, 2026 at 12:29 PM
You know me. Always returning to my native profundities like sliding along beneath the surface at the speed of sound.
Really the dead give away should have been that One Last Adventure is an obvious anagram for Dracula Enters
January 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Really the dead give away should have been that One Last Adventure is an obvious anagram for Dracula Enters
When you take the "Tony Stark build this in a cave, out of scraps" meme too seriously.
January 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
When you take the "Tony Stark build this in a cave, out of scraps" meme too seriously.
I don't know what the problem was. I saw the driver parked in my parking lot. The door to the apartment complex is unlocked during the workday. He didn't try very hard.
December 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I don't know what the problem was. I saw the driver parked in my parking lot. The door to the apartment complex is unlocked during the workday. He didn't try very hard.
They're not sure but they have a really strong gut feeling.
December 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
They're not sure but they have a really strong gut feeling.
The twist is that Brainiac will be an emotionally stunted man with an ensemble of quirky friends. The movie will be set to a wacky modern soundtrack. Brainiac will have a weird little animal companion and while the movie won't be overtly sexist it will feature a lot of suspiciously sexist choices.
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The twist is that Brainiac will be an emotionally stunted man with an ensemble of quirky friends. The movie will be set to a wacky modern soundtrack. Brainiac will have a weird little animal companion and while the movie won't be overtly sexist it will feature a lot of suspiciously sexist choices.
I'm not sure I understand the direction Gunn is taking this movie in.
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I'm not sure I understand the direction Gunn is taking this movie in.
Sam Altman also apparently doesn't understand how people raised children without ChatGPT so it wouldn't at all surprise me to learn he doesn't understand who his competition is.
December 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Sam Altman also apparently doesn't understand how people raised children without ChatGPT so it wouldn't at all surprise me to learn he doesn't understand who his competition is.
This is the pitch for an indie TTRPG if I've ever seen one.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This is the pitch for an indie TTRPG if I've ever seen one.