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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzer (544 pages)

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:50:52 GMT

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When they say that this is not who we are as a country, don't believe them.

This was a good read. Opened my eyes to how the US had/has treated South American countries, specifically El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala and the people who were seeking asylum in the US. Same story, different administrations.

I am very grateful for how the author told the story through multiple POVs regarding the points in which he wanted to cover. Definitely suggest this.

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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:28:03 GMT

I think I'm going to make an effort to return here again. It's getting too much on socials again.

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The Origin of Mating Marks (1477 words) by quirkyslayer

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:27:00 GMT

The Origin of Mating Marks (1477 words) by quirkyslayer
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Higurashi Kagome/Inuyasha, Higurashi Kagome/Sesshoumaru, Higurashi Kagome/Kouga (InuYasha), Higurashi Kagome/Naraku (InuYasha), Ayame (InuYasha)/Higurashi Kagome
Characters: Higurashi Kagome, Inuyasha (InuYasha), Kouga (InuYasha), Sesshoumaru (InuYasha), Naraku (InuYasha), Ayame (InuYasha)
Additional Tags: Crack, Sexual Content, Tentacle Sex, Cliche
Summary:

Kagome has an odd obsession with fairy tales that involve mating marks.

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the doubling pot (107867 words) by Mlle_Heloise

Tue, 19 May 2026 05:37:11 GMT

the doubling pot (107867 words) by Mlle_Heloise
Chapters: 28/28
Fandom: James Bond (Craig Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James Bond/Q, Q & Madeleine Swann, James Bond & Mathilde, Mathilde & Q (James Bond), Madeleine Swann & Mathilde
Characters: James Bond, Q (James Bond), Q's Cats (James Bond), Mathilde (James Bond), Madeleine Swann, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Long-Term Relationship(s), Living Together, Domestic Fluff, Domestic Bliss, Mystery, Non-Linear Narrative, Reunions, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, James Bond Takes Care of Q, Past James Bond/Madeleine Swann, Light Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Family Fluff, Family Bonding, Relationship Discussions, Romance, POV Alternating, Happy Ending
Summary:

The moment that James steps through the front door, he is sure of one thing: a mystery is afoot.

Years after James' retirement, he and Q have moved and are happily settling into their new home. All seems well until one day, James comes home to discover a series of strange clues which point to something being awry.

Irony is taking over a month to finish a 250 published book and then reading a 100k 00Q fanfic in less that 24 to 48 hours lol

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2026 Book #10: Full-Rip 9.0 by Sandi Doughton (290 pages)

Mon, 18 May 2026 18:05:18 GMT

Full-Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest by Sandi Doughton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Sea (100 words) by Gia279

Thu, 07 May 2026 07:30:37 GMT

Sea (100 words) by Gia279
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Characters: Stiles Stilinski
Additional Tags: Horror, Drabble, Witch Hunts
Summary:

Prompt words: brand, wander, sea

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I Promised (433 words) by ziazippy5379

Tue, 05 May 2026 00:12:39 GMT

I Promised (433 words) by ziazippy5379
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Characters: Eliot Spencer (Leverage), Parker (Leverage), Alec Hardison
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Last words, Angst, no happy ending
Series: Part 5 of Soulmate Fics, Part 6 of Leverage Dying Moments
Summary:

A world where your soulmate's last words are written on you.

Eliot knows it's time.

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Set Apart (314 words) by tsukinofaerii

Mon, 04 May 2026 18:55:34 GMT

Set Apart (314 words) by tsukinofaerii
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragonriders of Pern - McCaffrey, Marvel
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Tony Stark
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion
Series: Part 1 of Brown Rider
Summary:

A dragonrider can never go home.

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Last Scene (160 words) by Zit

Mon, 04 May 2026 08:22:15 GMT

Last Scene (160 words) by Zit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: James Bond (Craig Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: James Bond/Q
Characters: James Bond, Q (James Bond)
Additional Tags: Angst, Drabble, Hanahaki Disease, Character Death, no happy ending, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, Not Beta Read, We Die Like James Bond

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Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:41 GMT

The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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I enjoyed reading this.

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Well well well. . .

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:31:49 GMT

I keep meaning to update but then time gets away from me and suddenly it's 2 hours past the time I should be in bed. Had some tests done this week just to see where I am at for my nurse practitioner and uhhhh, not good. Not terrible, but not good. So yeah. Have to make some changes to my eating, which was already in progress, but I guess I have to be more aggressive and ugh, sucks. But it is what it is. Especially if I want to live past my father (he died in 2008 at the age of 56) and my mother (alive and turning 71 this year).

Anyway, I've removed the mobile game that took up so much of my time from my phone and disabled the other one so here's hoping that means I have better time management haha. I'm also trying to use socmed with intent, rather than just opening the app. Such as checking on a specific account that I follow or posting daily whimsy. I am hoping it means I get inspired to do more, such as pick up podficcing again. I had an amazing anon message on tumblr about it and now I've been thinking about it frequently and even asked permission to do a podfic of a short 00Q fic (less than 2k words) to kind of ease my way back. Last one I posted was May of 2023. Nearly 3 years. And the one before had been posted in August of 2022. So we will see how it goes.

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Our House (1333 words) by j_gabrielle

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:27:07 GMT

Our House (1333 words) by j_gabrielle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Skyfall (2012) - Fandom, James Bond (Movies), James Bond (Craig Movies)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: James Bond/Q
Characters: James Bond, Q
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Domesticity, Don't copy to another site, do not copy to another site
Summary:

Friday nights after work on the couch watching the telly and laughing, mornings spent waking up to him and him alone, taking care of him because he forgets to do it when he’s too caught up making sure everyone else it safe.

He wants to no longer be alone.

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This is a given, an offering

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:17:02 GMT

Just doing my archive thing, as I do every Saturday and Sunday, and I'm currently mapping out what media the Sleep Token large fan-run discord st-media channel has and I am almost through 2022. The most recent entry I reached included a link to a video uploaded to YouTube from one of the first dates of the 2022 North American tour they were on opening for a band called In This Moment with Nothing More and the Cherrybombs. And I watched it (again probably but a year or separated) and they all doing more chaotic versions of what they do now on stage is so much fun. IV for example, his movements are a little more restrained but I see it on this stage in St. Louis in 2022 and III is always chaotic lol.

Anyway, here's that delightful video of The Offering from St Louis in 2022.

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la petite mort (3896 words) by howlingmoonrise

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:32:11 GMT

la petite mort (3896 words) by howlingmoonrise
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Barbie - All Media Types, Dracula - Bram Stoker, Dracula & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Barbie Roberts/Dracula
Characters: Barbie Roberts, Dracula
Additional Tags: Crack Treated Seriously, Vampires, Barbie References, Barbie's multitude of careers, Blood Drinking, Vampire Slayer(s), Podfic Available
Series: Part 1 of Howl's BCCU (Barbie Crackships Cinematic Universe)
Summary:

“Well,” she says, long and drawn out, and from the glint in her eyes he can tell this is some kind of inner joke, kept from him. “I’ve been a diplomat, and a race car driver, and a chef, and an astronaut, and a veterinarian--”

“An astronaut,” he repeats dryly. He wants to call her on her lie - but. But. How strange. There’s no indication of a lie: no rise in temperature, no quickening of her pulse, no change to her eyes, nothing.

She laughs. “You don’t know the half of it."

Oh my god I loved this!

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All Roads Lead To (13155 words) by theappleppielifestyle

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:22:08 GMT

All Roads Lead To (13155 words) by theappleppielifestyle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner
Additional Tags: Fate & Destiny, Identity Reveal
Summary:

After Obadiah's betrayal, Tony hides in the depths of the Midwest to become a mechanic.

The Avengers come into his life anyway.

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Shadows sway to light up my life

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:15:26 GMT

Here I am, setting up my little end of the blog blurb, and then I forget what I was going to post. Haha.

Started out my day having to clean my drink bottle because I found suspicious discoloring and yeah, it needed to have the lid cleaned because oops, I cleaned the main body by hand (I have stickers on it) but didn't pay attention to the rest of the apparatus. So yay. I also broke my self-ban on buying snacks from the little snack mini-market at work because I suddenly had a craving for chocolate mini-donuts and the protein pretzels so yeah.

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Reading: Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green [Goodreads][Storygraph]

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Last Watched: 2000 Mt St Helen Fury
Last song listened to: Spiritbox - Rotoscope

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2026 Book #6: The Long Game (Game Changers, #6) by Rachel Reid (414)

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:57:34 GMT

The Long Game by Rachel Reid
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this sequel to Heated Rivalry so much. The communication, the caring, the love, and so on. My heart is so full.

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Blog update

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:15:14 GMT

Changed my profile again. Didn't change the main icon. But I decided to go more gentle.

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2026 Book #5: Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:18:36 GMT

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite (240 pages)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I don't really know how to rate this. It felt slow to start, but then as I reached the climax, I needed to know. And even then, I wasn't sure who I wanted to. . .not win, but survive maybe.

Definitely grotesque and gory and even poignant in its way.

Like do I suggest you read or warn you not to.

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Something is lifting the bones

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:03:23 GMT

Finished "You Deserve Good Gelato" by Kacie Rose and I loved it. Now I'm working on "Exquisite Corpse" by Poppy Z Brite. It's a vastly different subject and fiction. A friend I made in the Sleep Token fandom who's friendship has now extended beyond it recommended it. It's very dark and gruesome and gory, so read at your own risk.
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Reading: Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite [Goodreads][Storygraph]

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Current Fanfic: N/A
Last Watched: Natural Science - Mount Rainier
Last song listened to: Sleep Token ~ Infinite Baths

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impostor syndrome (4478 words) by arahir

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:47:04 GMT

impostor syndrome (4478 words) by arahir
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Among Us (Video Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Crewmate/Impostor (Among Us)
Additional Tags: Enemies to Lovers, elite impostor falls for dumbass crewmate, A Story, about love, About death, about VENTS
Summary:

Dumbass crew newbie hides in the vents and makes a friend. In unrelated news, local impostor is having a really weird day.

"You've got something there," Green motions to Black's chest, which has a splat of dark liquid across it.
"It's… oil. From the, you know. The rear axial. Distributor." He waves at a panel on the wall, a panel which Green thought was an extra trash chute, but evidently not.
"Thanks," Green says, and means it. "Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one who actually cares about getting us all out of here alive, you know?"

Still a favorite fic of arahir's. Never played the game but watched a few playthrough's on YT for context AFTER I read the fic and read a few others for fun after this. A classic, for sure.

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You Deserve Good Gelato by Kacie Rose [244 pages]

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:31:48 GMT

You Deserve Good Gelato by Kacie Rose
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I highly enjoyed reading this. It was heartfelt, funny in places, poignant, genuine, and overall lovely. Sometimes you follow people on social media and the face they present to the world is a mask, but Kacie is who she has always presented herself to be and I appreciate that so much.

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You imploding is the outcome, your running systems failed

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:54:56 GMT

So. I am wayyyyyyy off on my schedule this evening. I ended up staying late at work trying to finish a report because it's due the day I get back from my mini-vacation this weekend. I took Friday through Tuesday off and the report needs to be returned Wednesday. I have the majority of it completed but there are these four accounts I have to resolve altogether and it's a pain in the ass. And on that note, it's typical that I plan to be out of office for 3 days plus 2 weekend days and I suddenly get inundated with the work I wanted to have the week or two weeks prior. Typical. I have a few items (over 100) to key tomorrow, which in theory shouldn't take that long, but I still have to finish the report among other things. If push comes to shove, I can finish the report up Wednesday by end of business and send it out, I'd just prefer not to.

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Trying to Read: You Deserve Good Gelato by Kacie Rose [Goodreads][Storygraph]

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Current Fanfic: N/A
In the Background: ASMRMagic - ASMR Pure Ear to Ear Lid Sounds (one of my fave OG ASMRtists)
Last song listened to: cut hands - deftones (Trigger warning for flashing and snakes)

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just hear the words i don’t say

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:17:53 GMT

Trying to make posting here more of a daily habit so it's been written into my schedule that I want to have and that I'm trying to have. So, hi, once again.

Set up all my monthly posts so if you're curious, here is my Read in March 2026 post and my To Do List - March 2026. I'll try to remember to post them at the end of what posts I make for easy finding (as if it's something anyone really wants to see hahaha - sigh). I added a few private posts, such as the daily schedule I'm trying to keep as well as fully fleshed out my 2026 goals post. I'll reveal the schedule at the end of March if it works, or if it changes. And the goals one will be for the end of the year, when I do a recap. Some things I want to keep to myself for the time being.

Speaking of my self-proposed schedule, if I don't post on DW on any given day, it's because time ran out. Yesterday I had wanted to post but I was trying to update my calibre fanfiction archive with email updates while the site was up, as well as get some reading done, so I ran out of time. Plus, I was about an hour and a half behind all day with my personal schedule, so I had to move some things around and DW was a casualty.

In reading, which has made a poor showing for me this year, I've been working through Kacie Rose's "You Deserve Good Gelato". She's a travel influencer who kind of fell into it because she met her fiance while on a solo trip to Italy and now lives in Italy with him. I initially had a video of hers come across Tiktok when I first was on it and I've enjoyed her recounting her cross-cultural hilarities and missteps. She has a lovely written voice and she comes through as genuine and funny and relatable. I've enjoyed it and have about 25% left, I think.

I was going to write about my massive music playlist, including artists I love and want to listen to but that will have to wait along with the story of the new exercise/yoga ball I got. Not much today as I was trying again to add more fanfiction to my archive and got delayed getting to my DW update time slot. OH and I should also tell you that despite being an atheist, I've joined a pretty rad bible studies under Monte Mader. It's fascinating. And I'll expound on that later.

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Trying to Read: You Deserve Good Gelato by Kacie Rose [Goodreads][Storygraph]

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In the Background: N/A
Last song listened to: burn down my house ~ Architects

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