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named for Gordon Ramsay and Ramesses II

  • Ram
  • Rams
  • Ramby
  • Rammy
  • Chicken
  • Mr. Cat
  • Kitten
  • Tuna Face
  • Ramazon Prime
  • Ramzan
mar 9 2020 ∞
mar 9 2020 +

—poetry

—food

jun 22 2025 ∞
jun 22 2025 +

January

  • The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro | ★★★★★
  • Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson | ★★★★☆
  • There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak | ★★★★★
  • The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning | ★★★☆☆
  • Worry by Alexandra Tanner | ★★★☆☆
  • One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware | ★★★★☆
  • Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison | ★★★★☆
  • Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler | ★★★☆☆
  • The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton | ★★☆☆☆
  • Starling House by Alix E. Harrow | ★★★★☆

February

  • The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey | ★★★★☆
  • Devil Is Fine by John Vercher | ★★★★★
  • We Spread by Ian Reid | ★★★★★
  • Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward | ★★★★☆
  • Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su | ★★★★☆
  • Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley | ★★☆☆☆
  • Gliff by Ali Smith | ★★★★★
  • James by Percival Everett | ★★★★★
feb 21 2025 ∞
jul 7 2025 +

2021

  • alcoholic drink: negroni or milk punch
  • ancient civilization: Minoan
  • animal: black cat
  • artist: Sandro Botticelli
  • beach: Achlia-Galini
  • cheese: blue
  • chocolate: dark
  • classical song: Moonlight Sonata
  • coffee: iced salted honey latte
  • color: emerald
  • dish to make: short rib ragu
  • dessert: chocolate pot de crème
  • element: water
  • flower: peony
  • food: fatteh
  • fruit: pear
  • gemstone: emerald or ruby
  • gelato: stracciatella
  • Greek food: tiropita
  • holiday: Christmas Eve
mar 24 2024 ∞
mar 24 2024 +

January–June

  • There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
  • On Beauty by Zadie Smith
  • Chlorine by Jade Song
  • Boy by Nicole Galland
  • Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
  • Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
  • We Used to Live Here by Markus Kliewer
  • Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
  • James by Percival Everett
  • The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  • You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
  • Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

close calls

  • The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Cheddar Luck Next Time by Beth Cato
  • The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
  • Devil Is Fine by John Vercher
  • Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
  • The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
jul 7 2025 ∞
jul 7 2025 +
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named for Nadja from What We Do in the Shadows

  • Nadj
  • Nadjy
  • Nacho
  • Nut
  • Nut Baby / Baby Nut
  • Baby Sweets
jun 22 2025 ∞
jun 22 2025 +
  • climb @ Café Bloc
  • visit Mount Royal Chalet
  • walk around Chinatown
  • walk around Old Montreal
  • visit underground city (enter at square victoria)
  • do the view point at the port
  • year-round maple taffy : Marché Place Jacques-Cartier/ Cabane à Sucre
  • visit Becca's neighborhood
  • whisky at Pub L'Île Noire
may 20 2025 ∞
may 21 2025 +
  • a pun in the title: Cheddar Luck Next Time by Beth Cato
  • a character with red hair: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
  • title starts with the letter "m": Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley
  • title starts with the letter "n": Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
  • plot includes a heist: Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley
  • genre one: set in spring: Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods (fantasy)
  • genre two: set in summer: Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (lit fic)
  • genre three: set in autumn: The Clique by Lisi Harrison (young adult)
  • genre four: set in winter: The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey (thriller)
  • author's last name is also a first name: Worry by Alexandra Tanner
  • a prequel: Charmed and Dangerous by Lisi Harrison
  • has a moon on the cover: Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
  • title is ten letters or less: Woo Woo by Ella Baxter
  • climate fiction: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
  • includes latin american history:
  • author has won an edgar award:
    • Agatha Christie, Tana French, Jesse Q. Sutanto, Rick Riordan, Ken Follett, Michael Crichton, Gillian Flynn, Stephen King, Karin Slaughter, Alyssa Cole, Anthony Horo...
may 12 2025 ∞
jul 7 2025 +

i can't put it into words or fully understand why, but i find my mind returning to them and i find myself feeling them

  • Primavera by Sandro Botticelli
  • Pulaski at Night by Andrew Bird
  • babbling brook sounds
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  • The New Pope season 1
  • Bratislava, Hungary
  • cacio e pepe and riesling in Brno
  • Late Spring by Yasujirō Ozu
  • being underwater
  • Fleabag
  • mountains
feb 6 2021 ∞
aug 23 2021 +
  • April
  • The hope spring brings
apr 30 2023 ∞
apr 30 2023 +

for us

for me

may 30 2025 ∞
jun 22 2025 +

shopping

arts

may 17 2025 ∞
may 17 2025 +
  • The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
  • Devil Is Fine by John Vercher
  • We Spread by Ian Reid
  • Gliff by Ali Smith
  • James by Percival Everett
  • On Beauty by Zadie Smith
  • You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
  • Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
  • We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
  • Chlorine by Jade Song
  • Boy by Nicole Galland
  • Wordslut by Amanda Montell
  • The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
  • The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peter
  • Cheddar Luck Next Time by Beth Cato
  • The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  • Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
  • When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà
  • Gulf by Mo Ogrodnik
  • Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
mar 28 2025 ∞
jun 29 2025 +
  • Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
  • The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
  • Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
  • Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
  • Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
  • A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • Lavinia by Ursula K LeGuin
  • The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
  • Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
  • Invitation to a Banquet by Fuchsia Dunlop
  • My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
  • Elephant Rocks by Kay Ryan
  • Meditations in an Emergency by Frank O'Hara
jun 6 2023 ∞
apr 30 2025 +