She sleeps like this on purpose. There are THREE pairs of my shoes in that pile. #CatsOfBluesky Silly Artikitty.

Reading matters

Why does fiction matter?

Because stories can sharpen the way we understand other people.

A meta-analysis found that reading fiction has a small but positive effect on social cognition. Including our ability to interpret emotions, motives, and inner lives.

⏰📚💙📚🎧 #books #reading #fiction

Cat! #CatsOfBlueSky #CatsOfBSky

Off to add another book to my TBR...
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I don't care how true it is, people need to stop saying 90s and vintage in the same sentence...
#Vintage #1990s #BornIn84 #ImNotOldYet...

Read number 4 of the year is taking its time. I read the first half after I got it at The Siren Book Club at YALC at London Fil. & Comic Con. @shannonjspann.bsky.social

Him: What Movies are on our list that are romantic?

Me: The most romantic we've got is Easy A, Folie a Deux, Barbie, and A Knights Tale.

#MovieChoices #ActuallyRomantic #Not

Here for THIS.

Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped

Book 3 of 2026 is an #AmazonFirstReads I got, I don't know when. I've been really bad at reading these and have about 12 still to read. This has had a good start to it though! #GoldenAgeOfMagic #LuanneGSmith

More cosplay stuff... #CosplayersOfBlueSky #JynErso #JynErsoCosplay #RogueOne #TenYearsOfRogueOne #TenYearAnniversary

Cosplay things again - at @megaconlive.bsky.social
Jyn and Krennic meet a tame wampa! #MegaconLondon #Wampa #StarWars #RogueOne

New day, new book. This time a reread because I needed something totally different to the Empire series. @joannechocolat.bsky.social's Blackberry Wine fits the bill beautifully.
#TBRPile

This is actually my second copy. I leant my gorgeous hardback to someone and never got it back. 😭

Finished @misterkristoff.bsky.social's Empire of the Dawn this evening, my first book of the year. I don't think anything will live up to that for at least a year. A deceptive, devious, deadly book which had me on the edge of my seat every time I thought I had the measure of the plot. #TBRPile

A ginger cosplayer in Star Wars Combat gear based on the outfit that Jyn Erso wears in Rogue One. Grey shirt and flying jacket with a brown body warmer, gloves, trousers and boots. She's standing in a suburban garden on a grey winters day.

Just costume things. #JynErso #MegaconLondon @megaconlive.bsky.social

Trying to read 3 books a month this year - because in 2025 I read 31. I'm starting with this monster of a tome (768 pages!), and will try to review when I'm done! #TBRPile

You'd have to ask my partner who was the one who was complaining!

We're Cosplayers & Crafters, and I work in a school so glitter doesn't add the positive slant you're looking for here... 😹

A very fluffy black and white cat is curled up on a white teddy upholstered footstool in almost a perfect circle, only broken by her tail and one paw sticking out. The stool is standing on a honey coloured laminate flooring.

Everytime the stairs get hoovered, there's a conversation about floof fur, and it always ends with the same statement.

"We are not shaving the cat."
#CatsOfBlueSky #DistractoCat #ArtemisCat

This furball though...

In decorating news, half of the room is somewhat passable painted!

SO excited to have my heart broken by #EmpireOfTheDawn when @misterkristoff.bsky.social manages to murder with words (and sharp objects) his way through what will no doubt be another 60p+ page rollercoaster ride!

The Waterstones Exclusive Edition of EMPIRE OF THE DAWN is now on sale!

Black sprayed edges, signed by yours truly, limited quantities.

GO FORTH:

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Painted the second coat of the ceiling today! So proud of it. #ValsparPaint #DIY

A longhaired cat lies on a brown short pile carpet in front of a grey blue couch and under a wooden coffee table. The cat is black and white and is laying with only the tip of her front paw visible under her chin. She is looking at the camera as though fed up.

Have you seen my cat?

She's not missing, she's just gorgeous & honestly if you haven't, you're missing out.
#CatsOfBsky