NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we’re talking about LAVENDER HOUSE by Lev AC Rosen. A queer historical mystery with pitch perfect tone, a clever murder, & a charming detective, this book is a joy. Our drink, the Lamontaine Fizz, is a pale purple highball for spring.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera. Epic in the skin of a sci-fi novel, deeply weird & rewarding, a tide seizes you & bears you through whirling eddies to an ultimate end. Our drink, Red Web, is for sipping at the end of earth.

Hey, I made some charts over the weekend. Think I should make more?

New #danmei cover reveal! ✨ JOYFUL REUNION (NOVEL) Vol. 3 by Arise Zhang aka Fei Tian Ye Xiang (非天夜翔)—cover art by 水上行粥 + interior art by ruthie枫玉! #SevenSeasDanmei #JoyfulReunion Out in English print/digital January 2026—pre-order now: sevenseasentertainment.com/books/joyful-r…

Miriam Margolyes on describing herself as “unapologetically woke”: “I am! I’m a left wing d**e, and I love it. I love being a lesbian, I’m not gonna apologize for that! It’s great fun!”

We need to start treating people who are anti PrEP the same way we treat antivaxers cuz these comments are unbelievable

I’m sorry Abbott, but I simply cannot believe there’s a gay guy in Philly who can’t drink nine beers

I’m sorry, and I say this with all the love in my heart, but wanting subtlety from Wicked is like asking a dog to make profiteroles.

Hot Take: Instead of Central Park, New York City it should have been Central City, New York Park.

Splitting focus is the focus killer, the little death that brings only distraction.

You have to respect Andrew Lloyd Webber’s commitment to looking like a Michael Myers mask

a cool way to ruin your life is to get a job you find even marginally meaningful

Commuting through rain in near total darkness; I’ve seen enough! Standard time and transit forever!!

I’ve changed my mind, maybe we should leave the CIA in the hands of incompetent Mormons.

Stop being mean to John Gaius online!!!! I love himmmmmm

THE WORKS OF VERMIN by Hiron Ennes (2025)