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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/13/2026
141st read of 2026:

Used by the Unicorn (Monstrous Deals #6) by Ami Wright

This is delightful and sexy erotica. Yes, the horn gets used.

Extremely sex positive and pro-sex worker, as Jade becomes an escort, and at her first job-related sex party, she meets Stirling (her fated mate), and the two have main-attraction sex. Jade takes this job because she’s recently pregnant and needs money to stay away from her evil (human) ex.

While this is certainly erotica, it also covers Jade joining Stirling’s herd (including sex with the other unicorn people), Stirling adopting the kid, and another unicorn having a baby too.

3/5 stars

#Bookstodon #MonsterRomance #Romancelandia

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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/13/2026
retooted The Latest Kate
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/13/2026
Spent 5 hours in the ER to get my cut finger glued back together. 😔
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/13/2026
retooted Mallory Sinn
#TransMusicMonday
Artist: Forestine (they/them, @forestine )
Why?
Forestine has been a pillar of the electronic music community on Mastodon / Fediverse for years, and their music not only really brings on an ambience, but has great texture to it too.
Where to start?
Their album "Mending" is great to just put on and let it envelop you as you do crafts, vibe with friends, or sit around a bonfire.
https://forestine.bandcamp.com/album/mending
I also really encourage people to check out some of their sets from Drone Days past and present, as part of the Earth Modular Society. This has been one of the cooler music projects happening in the cool parts of the internet that still exist.
https://youtu.be/T5-UtoJ_KfM
#TransMusic #QueerMusic #Trans #Transgender #Queer #ElectronicMusic #DroneDay
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/12/2026
140th read of 2026:

The Pool Boy (Nashville Neighborhood #2) by Nikki Sloane

The homophobia that the back cover copy trades on is nasty. (I’m glad I didn’t read it.) Yes, this book does open with Erika walking in on her cis husband being railed by his (cis male) boss. On her birthday.

Sloane’s unfolding of that story (Erika divorces him), her subsequent romance with Troy, and her relationship fears are not homophobic. She never once has a homophobic panic. Her new relationship fears, stemming from her marriage, center on Troy’s commitment and fidelity. Which, if someone cheats on you, the problem is the cheating, not the gender of the person they cheated on you with.

Erika and Troy's sex was smoking hot. There was longing, desire, and building to feelings all perfectly laid out.

For an age gap, I appreciated how it played out. Including the cringe gross when Troy’s mom (Erika’s best friend) goes on and on about how “this new guy” better sex Erika up. Everyone’s lives were appropriately changed once the relationship became public knowledge.

I wasn’t expecting the country music star angle. I wanted Erika to be a little more involved in the music. I kind of expected Erika and Troy to duet on a song she wrote instead of Troy and definitely-not-Taylor-Swift, which would make more sense for the real world, but we’re in romance world!

Will these two be HEA? Maybe not, but a solid HFN.

4/5 stars

#Bookstodon #ContemporaryRomance #Romancelandia
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/11/2026
retooted Loose Leaf Queer
Every day is coming out day when you're trans.
I remember many of the joyful reveals that people in my sphere of influence have had about their identity in years past.
I need all of us to come out of this alive. And I hope we get to do that while growing into ourselves.
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/10/2026
138th read of 2026:

Love Letters: Vita and Virginia by Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

Harold, they're lesbians!*

Some human behaviors are entirely unchanging.

Virginia and Vita as writers who always think the other won't like their work, and then they get into a fight the one time Vita doesn't like what Virginia wrote.

Virginia and Vita as lovers who never quite have their fully realized physical passion. But they're obsessed with each other, and Vita declares she's not falling in love. Virginia is also so jealous.

I adored how much Vita loved Orlando, and how vain she was about it.

(*This Harold knew.)

My favorite part is when Vita drops by and misses Virginia, who is out on a walk. Vita says she didn't call beforehand because it's so rude to interrupt life with phone calls! As if dropping by randomly isn't interrupting. IDK, maybe they had this right, and we have it so wrong.

I sniffled at the end, even though it was spoilers for history from 80 years ago that I already knew.

4/5 stars

#Bookstodon #Memoirs #VirginiaWoolf

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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/10/2026
Okay I need recommendations for #StarTrek podcasts.

Star Trek podcasts I like/liked: Women at Warp & Starter Trek

Must know about Star Trek & also be smart about the world and media literate. I enjoy humor. I want critical thinking & critique with an underlying love. I don't need celebrity.

Also must actually be listenable in podcast format. I have stuff to do like chores & gardening. I don't want to/can't watch a video.
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/10/2026
retooted Davi Ottenheimer
"There was a significant drop-off in the solve rate for the group that had access to an AI tool"
https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/using-ai-for-just-10-minutes-erodes-your-ability-to-persist-at-hard-things/
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/10/2026
retooted Theo
@alice @lcamtuf #DrawACat
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/9/2026
137th read of 2026:

Fan Service by Robin Jo Margaret

Cute, sweet, fun, and pro sex worker. (The cis human woman is an OnlyFans star.)

I think this is the first monster romance I've read where a monster (minotaur here) is explicitly trans in the way human culture thinks about transness. In this case, a trans guy, and oddly, it was one of the best portrayals of a post-HRT trans masculine body having explicit sex that I've read.

While these three still have a few things to work out, including that the cis male minotaur is aromantic and how that will play out as feelings deepen, I found this ended in a satisfying way on its own.

3/5 stars

#Bookstodon #MonsterRomance

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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/9/2026
Do NOT do this. Do NOT give Claude (or any AI) access to your business or personal information. AI will keep and leak your data, unless you have enterprise company money for enterprise plans, but more importantly enterprise money lawyers to sue them.

Wildly irresponsible of Freshbooks, whose main customer base is SMBs and freelancers/contractors.

#NoAI
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/9/2026
136th read of 2026:

Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997 by Alvin Orloff

An immensely readable story of friendship, art, and gay sex in the 80s and 90s in San Francisco during the HIV/AIDS pandemic. I felt so much for Alvin by the end, as I too had a soulmate friend who died, and I would trade it all to have them back.

While Alvin is open about how he didn't really do any activism and wasn't a movement leader, the art he and Diet made is the joyous stuff we live for, and that matters too.

4/5 stars

#Bookstodon #Memoir #LGBTQBooks

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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/8/2026
retooted Marge吴静玫
Anyone got any good puffball recipes?
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/8/2026
retooted Ben Zanin
A very happy World Lesbian AND/OR International Octopus Day to all who celebrate
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/8/2026
135th read of 2026:

Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On by Jenny Owen Youngs & Kristin Russo 🎧

The whole time I listened, I kept asking myself who the audience is. I’m unsure whether a non-podcast listener would be interested in these two women’s lives. As a podcast listener, I got most everything on offer here from the show itself. I’m sure part of the publication pitch, besides the huge built-in podcast audience, was the (now not happening) Buffy reboot.

I certainly empathized with Kristin’s and Jenny’s journeys. Kristin’s recounting of her miscarriage in particular was probably the best memoir part.

Ironically, my then-girlfriend got me into Buffering with the pitch of two wives who loved Buffy so much they started a podcast and wrote great songs to go along with every episode. She and I split (after 10 years) around the same time Jenny and Kristin did.

I highly recommend the audiobook if you pick this up. You’ll want to hear the incredible episode songs for context.

3/5 stars

#Bookstodon #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #BtVS #Memoir

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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/7/2026
134th read of 2026:

And The Crowd Went Wild (Chicago Stars #11) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

SEP’s character work makes Dancy and Clint absolutely charming and lovable. SEP pulls the forced proximity trope and takes them out of their “regular” lives so they can be Dancy and Clint, not a Hollywood actress and a famous football player. The use of Darcy’s dress was perfect.

Dancy’s arc was extremely solid, but Clint could’ve used more work. She had the sparkling, loud problems, like her light-up dress, but he’s had the deep ones simmering in the background. Ashely’s death from the previous book (Clint’s ex-girlfriend he was suspected of killing, who died in his house) was the most unraveled thread. Seems like a big missed opportunity for his character.

Also, another contemporary romance where I wondered what would really happen when they went back to their regular lives.

3/5 stars

#Bookstodon #Reading #Romancelandia #Romcom

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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/7/2026
retooted jwz
Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people?
Me: You park your car at the top of a hill. You leave a note on the dashboard that says "please be good" and then you pull the parking brake. The car careens down the hill, smashes everything up, and you put out a press release saying "My car ignored my instructions! It hallucinated! It went rogue!" Your insurance company not only believes you, but invests $100 million in your company.
Mom: Jesus Fucking Christ
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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/6/2026
133rd read of 2026:

Late Eclipses (October Daye #4) by Seanan McGuire

My favorite in this series so far. October finally realizes how she fits into her world and finally seems to learn (a little) how she needs others.

A good mini culmination of the background plots and themes. It allows October to level up as a character and gives this world a tiny realignment for future books.

4/5 stars

#Bookstodon #UrbanFantasy #Fantasy

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Theotheowrites@nerdfight.online
10/6/2026
My partner: I'm really upset when you reclean the kitchen counters after I've cleaned them.

The cat behind us jumps up on the counter. (Where she's not allowed.)

I turn around, grab the cat, and present her to him.
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