2026!
Dec. 31st, 2025 03:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
toothpastepancakeHappy New Years Eve, everyone! 2025 has been… filled with a lot of ups and downs, but it ended up being the best year of my life so far. I'm so grateful I stayed alive to see it!
In 2025, I finally started treatment for a 20-year-long treatment-resistant depression that actually worked. I had tried every widely available drug, including off-label usage, and still could only think about how much I wanted to die every day. Finally, I started a newer one, Auvelity in combination with ketamine treatment, and that's the thing that worked. Now I don't want to die! It can still be hard sometimes, but I am so, so proud of myself for hanging on and getting through it. I'm so glad I'm not 24/7 death anymore.
In 2025, I learned a goal that I have always wanted to: self-host my own websites. Goodbye Neocities! I just built my own personal website in Ruby on Rails. I self-host Archive of our Own and expanded the code to have new features. I host a bunch of different websites. I have always wanted to have the ability to do these things, but I never saw myself as capable enough to even try. A lot of this is due to encouragement from my wonderful friends—you know who you are. If you have helped, encouraged, guided, cheerleaded, or even listened to my ramblings on these silly nerd topics—thank you. Seriously.
In 2025, I found people who I trust to truly love and care for me. This is a feeling I haven't had since I was about 18. Many of my friends before were highly judgemental and mean to me--they also didn't even notice when I disappeared from my old social media accounts. (I don't have irl friends because I'm housebound lol). I feel like I have a solid group of friends now. I'm so grateful for each and every one of my friends—and for you all too even if we've never talked before!
In 2025, I got an amazing bird who I love to bits and pieces!! Gotta get her in for a nail trim. Love you, Saira.
In 2025, I wrote 127.8k words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the most productive year of writing I have ever had. A lot of it is because I started doing fic exchanges this year, and I've had so much fun with those!!
My 2025 has been great. I hope you have all had a wonderful 2025, and will have a wonderful 2026.
And finished this one too
Dec. 29th, 2025 11:51 pmtellshannon815
Book in a series: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62226126-the-last-devil-to-die
Multiple POVs: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136276174-the-search-party
Female author: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210795013-here-one-moment
Friendship: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196764063-the-day-after-the-party
Name in the title: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197627190-the-reappearance-of-rachel-price
YA: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174163045-the-dare
Biography/memoir: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211163702-kingmaker
Scifi/fantasy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36630924-here-and-now-and-then
Book from TBR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28016509-the-girl-before
With a woman protagonist: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200638897-the-fortune-teller
Ebook/audiobook: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204587595-her-majesty-s-royal-coven
Set somewhere you've been: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13614116-natural-causes
From the library: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/179312410-has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter
Free space: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60092195-the-shadow-cabinet
Thriller/suspense: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213900857-the-footage
Over 300 pages: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73062.Scarlett
Crime/mystery: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217002158-with-a-vengeance
LGBTQ+: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60218498-one-last-stop
Anthology: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63874788-in-these-hallowed-halls
POC Author: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40317428-my-sister-the-serial-killer
Banned book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22628.The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower
Non human POV: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529907.Whisker_of_Evil
Movie / TV tie in: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23843001-sins-of-the-father
Recommended: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216371549-the-pretender
Classic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129915654-pride-and-prejudice
Substitution list:
*Author you've never read before - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64417442-the-final-party
*Book older then you are - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/483103.The_Seven_Dials_Mystery
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216857140-spellbound
*Graphic novel or Comic - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213477761-fate
*Pet or Animal Companion - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61171523-the-cat-who-caught-a-killer
*A main character over the age of 30 - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201465867-you-are-here
*Under 100 Pages - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63945326-the-gift
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203416581-a-novel-love-story
*Translated https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61448964-g-kungen
*Humour - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/206033088-why-we-were-right
*Non- fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237892424-now-what
*With a Blue Cover - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62792245-five-bad-deeds
*Horror or Paranormal - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200780517-bury-your-gays
*Colour in the Title - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31453016-the-blue-pool
*Seasonal Read - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208447806-the-summer-dare
*Book made into a film or tv series - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36306720-the-perfect-couple
*Historical (fiction or non-fiction) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27153431-katherine-of-aragon-the-true-queen
*Number in title - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61653791-four-found-dead
*Female author - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35528896-the-treatment
*Three word title - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37819454-three-days-missing
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17465108-felt-christmas-decorations
*Written by an author from your state or country - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34500823-the-shadow-queen
*Animal on the cover - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215807488-cat-s-people
*Disability or Mental health - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52033886-silent-night
*Read a book from the year you were born - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46019.The_Skull_Beneath_the_Skin
*Mythology - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202104248-the-end-crowns-all
*Title begins with first letter of your name - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40770941-her-pretty-face
*Dystopian - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214471703-sunrise-on-the-reaping
*Book mentioned in another book - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29292832-the-woman-in-cabin-10
*Diverse reads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56425440-last-night-at-the-telegraph-club
*One word title - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218455872-sleep
*Award Winning/Bestseller - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54860229-the-mirror-the-light
*Disabled Author - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36538483-the-brightsiders
*Non-western Setting - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63247547-last-resort
*Set in your state/country - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39926632-her-last-move
*Title is at Least Five Words Long - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203019749-things-don-t-break-on-their-own
*indigenous author - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60839741-bad-cree
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62715477-fire-and-blood
*Set at a school/university (my old one, in fact)- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219491276-when-we-were-killers
*No sex/romance - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44752307-loveless
*Re-read - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51901147-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes
My Goodreads is here, feel free to follow: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46625765?ref=nav_profile_l
Book bingo 2026
Dec. 29th, 2025 11:39 pmtellshannon815Doing this again:
Substitution list:
*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*Classic/Retelling
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Non-Human POV
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Number in title
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*Indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Re-read
Substitution list:
*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*Classic/Retelling
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Non-Human POV
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Number in title
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*Indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Re-read
My fandomtree
Dec. 28th, 2025 08:14 pmkingstokenI realized I never got around to promoting my own ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fandomtrees, so here it is. I'm asking for anything other than icons (fic, art, podfic, etc), and the fandoms I'm asking for are: The Great Mouse Detective, Sherlock Holmes (both Granada and the Rathbone films), Our Flag Means Death, Dead Boy Detectives, Doctor Who, and podfic for any fandom I've written for.
fandomtrees, so here it is. I'm asking for anything other than icons (fic, art, podfic, etc), and the fandoms I'm asking for are: The Great Mouse Detective, Sherlock Holmes (both Granada and the Rathbone films), Our Flag Means Death, Dead Boy Detectives, Doctor Who, and podfic for any fandom I've written for.
Little Update
Dec. 24th, 2025 08:20 pmmerydianHi! I finished the fall semester out so I've had a bit more time to catch up on some TV, especialyyyy since I have been quite sick so I can't really do much else.
I also have been making more tweaks to my website - I changed the url name, redid the whole design, and made a shrine page for Brigid O'Reilly from Cloak & Dagger that I'm very proud of so far.
Anyway, here are the shows I've been checking out recently.
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I also have been making more tweaks to my website - I changed the url name, redid the whole design, and made a shrine page for Brigid O'Reilly from Cloak & Dagger that I'm very proud of so far.
Anyway, here are the shows I've been checking out recently.
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Finished My 2025 Book Bingo! Plus Fourth Quarter Reading Wrap-Up
Dec. 23rd, 2025 08:29 pmkingstokenI finished my 2025 Book Bingo card! I am very late finishing this year, and I almost thought I wouldn't complete it in time. With everything going on in my real life it was very hard to concentrate on reading. Thank God for short books and audiobooks, I could listen to those while I was doing other things like cleaning, sorting, packing, etc. Also, the 2026 card is ready, so go check that out if you haven't seen it.
Behold my complete card!
( Reading Wrap-up )
Behold my complete card!
( Reading Wrap-up )
2026 Book Bingo Card!
Dec. 22nd, 2025 08:33 pmkingstokenIntroducing the 2026 Book Bingo Card!
Don't forget if you are having trouble filling some of the squares you are allowed two substitutions and two wild cards, substitutions are substituting one category for another, I'll post a substitution list below, wild cards can be any book you want, including fanfiction, the fanfiction should be over 50,000 words and fanfiction can only be used once for a wild card square.
Substitution list:
*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*Classic/Retelling
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Non-Human POV
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Number in title
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*Indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Re-read
Don't forget if you are having trouble filling some of the squares you are allowed two substitutions and two wild cards, substitutions are substituting one category for another, I'll post a substitution list below, wild cards can be any book you want, including fanfiction, the fanfiction should be over 50,000 words and fanfiction can only be used once for a wild card square.
Substitution list:
*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*Classic/Retelling
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Non-Human POV
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Number in title
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*Indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Re-read
2026 Book Bingo Brainstorming
Dec. 20th, 2025 08:10 pmkingstokenWow, the end of the year approaches, which means planning for next year's book bingo! (Good news, I'm very close to being finished my bingo card, only one square left to go, which I'm pretty sure I can read/listen to one book before the end of the year.)
This is the list with substitutions from last year:
*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*From your TBR
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*YA/Children's
*ebook/Audiobook
*Classic/Retelling
*Female Author
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Banned Book
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Crime/Mystery
*Non-Human POV
*Author you've never read before
*Book older then you are
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Graphic novel or Comic
*Pet or Animal Companion
*A main character over the age of 30
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*Humour
*Non- fiction
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Book made into a film or tv series
*Historical (fiction or non-fiction)
*Number in title
*Female author
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Set at a school/university
*No sex/romance
*Re-read
*A favourite author blurbed it
*Figures without facial features on the cover
*First Person POV
*Job/Profession in the title
If you have any suggestions please comment on this post and I will add them to the list. Then in a few days I will make the 2026 Bingo card!
This is the list with substitutions from last year:
*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*From your TBR
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*YA/Children's
*ebook/Audiobook
*Classic/Retelling
*Female Author
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Banned Book
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Crime/Mystery
*Non-Human POV
*Author you've never read before
*Book older then you are
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Graphic novel or Comic
*Pet or Animal Companion
*A main character over the age of 30
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*Humour
*Non- fiction
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Book made into a film or tv series
*Historical (fiction or non-fiction)
*Number in title
*Female author
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Set at a school/university
*No sex/romance
*Re-read
*A favourite author blurbed it
*Figures without facial features on the cover
*First Person POV
*Job/Profession in the title
If you have any suggestions please comment on this post and I will add them to the list. Then in a few days I will make the 2026 Bingo card!
Tags:
- events: toku shipping week,
- exchanges: candy hearts,
- exchanges: tokuhols,
- exchanges: yuletide,
- fests: fandomtrees,
- fic: blessed maiden au,
- media: kamen rider gotchard,
- media: kamen rider zeztz,
- media: ultraman omega,
- rambles: artist edition,
- rambles: aus,
- rambles: events,
- rambles: iconning,
- rambles: watching,
- rambles: writers edition