My media this week (5-11 Jul 2026)
📚 STUFF I READ 📚
😍👂 Of Monsters and Mainframes (Barbara Truelove, author; Gail Shalan, Emana Rachelle, Chris Devon, Zura Johnson, Charlie Albers, Cary Hite, Eve Passeltiner, narrators) - so much fun! Clever fusing of classic horror/scifi allusions to sentient spaceship AIs and stuff for delightful shenanigans. Read in both audio & text bc I was enjoying it so much.
😊👂 Death at the Deep Dive (Secrets and Scrabble #7) (Josh Lanyon, author; Matt Haynes, narrator) - Ellery finds some doubloons in the office storage closet and gets tasked to solve a 60 year old disappearance? murder? (aided by the Silver Sleuths, whether he wants the help or not)
💖💖 +216K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
ar lan y môr (rain_sleet_snow) - Why Didn't They Ask Evans?: Frankie/Bobby; 12K - wonderful post-show epilogue fic
Air Buds for Life (Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)) - HR/GC: Hollanov, Roy/Jamie; 25K - "A one-night stand leads to an exchange of numbers that becomes six years of a life-changing friendship." - fun as hell crossover idea - of course ilya and jamie tartt would have a hot hook up in ibiza!
Montreal Metros Go Broke For Woke (409_conflict) - HR/GC: Hollanov; 16K - "They may not have any idea how to do it, but there’s no way in hell the Montreal Metros are going to risk losing their Captain to a more accepting team. Full of determination, grit, open hearts, and absolutely no savvy, this team is going to learn how to be allies, come hell or high water." very funny, cracky premise, skillfully executed
Call and Response (Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)) - HR/GC: Hollanov; 3K - lovely domestic 'married life convos' fic
all my perversions series (probablylily) - HR/GC: Hollanov; 26K - series with 3 fics, all very delicious and 🔥🥵🔥🥵 - fic #1: A sex tape of Ilya with a girl leaks. Shane reacts normally. Fic #2: Shane and Ilya watch the tapes. Fic #3: Shane finds another video.
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Celebrity IOU - s9, e4
Enola Holmes 3 (2026)
Parlor Room - s2, e9
The Brokenwood Mysteries - s12, e1-2
Mythical Kitchen | We Teach Critical Role How To Cook
Beyond Paradise - s4, e5
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Interview with the Vampire - s1, e7; s2, e1-8
The Vampire Lestat - s1, e1 (+The Vampire Lestat: After Dark - s1, e1)
D20: City Council of Darkness - An Undead Denouement (s30, e14)
D20: Adventuring Party - "Off to the Clown Races" (s24, e14) Heated Rivalry - s1, e1-5
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
Pop Culture Happy Hour - A wacky merchandise quiz
Short History Of… - Ireland’s Easter Rising
No One Saw It Coming - An 11-year-old sent us on a mission…
⭐ What Went Wrong - Independence Day
Version History - Keurig: The K-Cup invasion
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Gen Z and the movies
99% Invisible - The Score
Shedunnit - Village Murder
Las Culturistas - "ALLEGEDLY" (w/ Joel Kim Booster)
Handsome - Kristen Kish asks about questionable food opinions
Short Wave - NASA's race against time to rescue a falling satellite
Vibe Check - Hot Girl (Socialism) Summer
Re: Dracula - July 8: Method in His Madness
⭐ Sidedoor - The Missing Bison
The Vergecast - The life-changing magic of touching stuff
Normal Gossip - Prank Sinatra with Jenée Desmond-Harris and Joel Anderson
Pop Culture Happy Hour - 2026 Emmy Nominations
Humans - Alexis Nikole Nelson: How Foraging Became Weird
Mind the Tags - V fast, E furious with This Week in Fandom History
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories - The Adventure of the Priory School (Part 3)
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Moana and What’s Making Us Happy
Endless Thread - Socials for Sale
99% Invisible - 100 Objects #8: Billy Possum
Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #99
What Next - Off-the-Record: Neil the Seal’s Whole Deal
ICYMI - Bonus: The Influencer And The Grocery Store
Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Love Island and Pre-Teen Punks with Jason Narducy
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
Rock Sugar
Journey
Acoustic Horizons and Golden Trails (My Mix 03)
The Best Of The EastWest Years [Bonnie Tyler] {2016}
The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler [Bonnie Tyler] {2009}
Happiest Songs Ever!
