Dog On It Author: Spencer Quinn Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Medium: Hardcover Length: 305 Pages Genre: Mystery Synopsis Meet Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog on It, who works alongside Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator. In this, their first adventure, Chet and Bernie investigate the disappearance of Madison, a teenage girl who may or may not have been kidnapped, but who has definitely gotten mixed up with some very unsavory characters.

Dog On It by Spencer Quinn

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ / 5
Medium: Hardcover
Length: 305 Pages
Genre: Mystery

Decided to pick the brush back up last night

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Random doodles

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2025 in Books 2025 was another good year of books. I continued reading more in the world of fantasy, with more science fiction and mystery/thriller books sprinkled throughout. It was a good mix of continuing series that I've had ongoing, but also finding enough standalone books to keep things interesting. I also found myself to be a lot more critical of books if I didn't enjoy them as much.

My 2025 in Books

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Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

Rating: ⭐1.5 / 5
Medium: Hardcover
Length: 464 pages
Genre: Fantasy Thriller

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The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Author: Stuart Turton Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ 3.5 / 5 Medium: Audiobook Length: 16h 42m Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis Evelyn Hardcastle will die at 11:00 pm every day, until Aiden Bishop can identify her ki…

I guess wordpress never did the autopost? New book bloggg
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Author: Stuart Turton
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ 3.5 / 5
Medium: Audiobook
Length: 16h 42m
Genre: Mystery/Thriller

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Random sketches. Been playing a lot of Pokemon recently and Mawile has been my bestie. I called her Ariana because of the ponytail
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Been a minute since I picked the sketchbook up so just did some practice stuff today, including these two
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From the adventofcode community on Reddit: [2025 Day 10 (Part 2)] Bifurcate your way to victory! Explore this post and more from the adventofcode community

This was the explanation of Day 10 Part 2
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After struggling with day 10 part 2 for the last 8 hours, I got the answer, thanks to some great explanations on reddit about their approaches
The biggest achievement out of this is I used Rust, a language I've never used before but have been wanting to learn
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Note to self: when implementing a BFS solution to a code problem, don't forget the check if you've already visited a node, otherwise things can get exponential and slowwwwww
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Butter by Asako Yuzuki Author: Asako Yuzuki Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Medium: Hardcover Length: 464 pages Genre: Fiction, Thriller Synopsis Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors.

Book Review: Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ / 5
Medium: Hardcover
Length: 464 pages
Genre: Fiction, Thriller

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Babel by R. F. Kuang Author: R. F. Kuang Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Medium: Audiobook Length: 21h 45m (544 pages) Genre: Historical Fantasy Synopsis Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel.

Author: R. F. Kuang Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ / 5
Medium: Audiobook
Length: 21h 45m (544 pages)
Genre: Historical Fantasy

Just realized I never posted this one. This was probably my favorite prompts page
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Cafe doodles #art

Couple more pages of prompts
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More watercolor art prompts
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I'm behind on posting coz of travel. These are the first four days of prompts: ghost, raven, fairy, horror
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I started an inktober-like prompt list, doing then in watercolors. First prompt was ghost
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Couple more rough curricular paper watercolors
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Found some pastel color pencils at the cafe
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Reyna and Gekko in casuals with Wingman, Thrash, Dizzy and Mosh

Casual Day at Gekko's

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My Death Author: Lisa Tuttle Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ 4.5 / 5 Medium: Paperback Length: 93 Pages Genre: Horror(ish) Fiction Synopsis A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre parallels between her life and her subject’s—in this chilling and singularly strange novella by a contemporary master of horror and fantasy. My Thoughts (Spoiler-Free) I had to read this book twice to fully appreciate it.

New Blog Post: My Death by Lisa Tuttle

⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ 4.5 / 5 | Horror(ish) Fiction

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When you gotta leave the Christmas party early coz work never stops
KJ is a lot less happy about it than Viper
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Late birthday watercolor for @crymsonfire.bsky.social
She said it's gotta be under 10 minutes so it's very rushed (And I probably went a couple minutes over anyway)
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Cafe breakfast vibes
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The trees from a few days ago got a watercolor upgrade 🤭
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Watercolor coffee and flowers

Watercolor in this rough disk paper
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Summer trees

Fall trees

Just some lil trees
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She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 / 5 | Historical Fantasy

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 / 5 | Historical Fantasy

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