Caleb Michael Sarvis
@cmsarvis.bsky.social
Author of Dead Aquarium. Owner of Bridge Eight Press.
www.calebmsarvis.com
www.calebmsarvis.com
I'm going to have read a 1200-page novel in 2026 before Framber Valdez signs with someone.
February 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I'm going to have read a 1200-page novel in 2026 before Framber Valdez signs with someone.
I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna... ah fuck.
January 30, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna cry during John Wall night. I'm not gonna... ah fuck.
Bumping this for the NBA fans.
January 23, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Bumping this for the NBA fans.
So far, Tom's Crossing isn't much like House of Leaves at all. It's more like a maximalist take on a Cormac McCarthy book (horses, guns, ghosts). No Country for Old Men extrapolated across the expansive horizon of the American West. #booksky
January 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
So far, Tom's Crossing isn't much like House of Leaves at all. It's more like a maximalist take on a Cormac McCarthy book (horses, guns, ghosts). No Country for Old Men extrapolated across the expansive horizon of the American West. #booksky
Looking at the TV landscape and I think it's officially time to rewatch Mad Men again.
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Looking at the TV landscape and I think it's officially time to rewatch Mad Men again.
Something's been bothering me (Stranger Things spoilers ahead):
The Duffer brothers said they wanted an A or B-side that starts with a bop and ends with something emotionally triumphant, that's how they landed on the B-side of Purple Rain (“When Doves Cry” → “Purple Rain”).
Which THRILLED me.
The Duffer brothers said they wanted an A or B-side that starts with a bop and ends with something emotionally triumphant, that's how they landed on the B-side of Purple Rain (“When Doves Cry” → “Purple Rain”).
Which THRILLED me.
January 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Something's been bothering me (Stranger Things spoilers ahead):
The Duffer brothers said they wanted an A or B-side that starts with a bop and ends with something emotionally triumphant, that's how they landed on the B-side of Purple Rain (“When Doves Cry” → “Purple Rain”).
Which THRILLED me.
The Duffer brothers said they wanted an A or B-side that starts with a bop and ends with something emotionally triumphant, that's how they landed on the B-side of Purple Rain (“When Doves Cry” → “Purple Rain”).
Which THRILLED me.
I wonder what Leona Lewis is doing right now.
January 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I wonder what Leona Lewis is doing right now.
I finished the year with just three books read in December, but that was fine by me.
On @saderotica.bsky.social, Joshua Cohen, and Nick Hornby.
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On @saderotica.bsky.social, Joshua Cohen, and Nick Hornby.
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Reading Roundup: December 2025
On Elle Nash, Joshua Cohen, and Nick Hornby
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January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I finished the year with just three books read in December, but that was fine by me.
On @saderotica.bsky.social, Joshua Cohen, and Nick Hornby.
open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
On @saderotica.bsky.social, Joshua Cohen, and Nick Hornby.
open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
Gonna mess around and write another novel in 2026.
January 2, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Gonna mess around and write another novel in 2026.
@legroff.bsky.social Spent my Christmas morning finished up The Nentanyahus. I ate it up. Thanks again for the rec!
And Merry Christmas to your family 🎄
And Merry Christmas to your family 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@legroff.bsky.social Spent my Christmas morning finished up The Nentanyahus. I ate it up. Thanks again for the rec!
And Merry Christmas to your family 🎄
And Merry Christmas to your family 🎄
the hardest part of the holidays is finding time to read
December 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
the hardest part of the holidays is finding time to read
Here are my 7 favorite reads in 2025 #booksky
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Bubblegum by Adam Levin
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Only Sun by Kevin Moffett
How to Behave in a Crowd by Camille Bordas
Lost in the Forest of Mechanical Birds by Christian Moody
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Bubblegum by Adam Levin
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Only Sun by Kevin Moffett
How to Behave in a Crowd by Camille Bordas
Lost in the Forest of Mechanical Birds by Christian Moody
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Here are my 7 favorite reads in 2025 #booksky
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Bubblegum by Adam Levin
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Only Sun by Kevin Moffett
How to Behave in a Crowd by Camille Bordas
Lost in the Forest of Mechanical Birds by Christian Moody
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Bubblegum by Adam Levin
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Only Sun by Kevin Moffett
How to Behave in a Crowd by Camille Bordas
Lost in the Forest of Mechanical Birds by Christian Moody
I don't know if it's a guilty pleasure, or just a regular pleasure, but I could watch a thousand hours of Keri Russell in The Diplomat.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I don't know if it's a guilty pleasure, or just a regular pleasure, but I could watch a thousand hours of Keri Russell in The Diplomat.
I really love doing line edits for someone else's work.
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I really love doing line edits for someone else's work.
I am sipping spiked eggnog while my kids read together in the other room. In the wise words of Boyz II Men, “Back in school we used to dream about these days.”
December 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I am sipping spiked eggnog while my kids read together in the other room. In the wise words of Boyz II Men, “Back in school we used to dream about these days.”
What's the perfect “Best” or “Top” number one should curate for a year?
Top TEN Books I Read?
Top FIVE Movies I Watched?
Top TEN Books I Read?
Top FIVE Movies I Watched?
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
What's the perfect “Best” or “Top” number one should curate for a year?
Top TEN Books I Read?
Top FIVE Movies I Watched?
Top TEN Books I Read?
Top FIVE Movies I Watched?
oh hell yeah.
BREAKING: The Baltimore Orioles and Pete Alonso have agreed to a five-year, $155M contract, a source confirms to @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social.
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
oh hell yeah.
Now reading @saderotica.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Now reading @saderotica.bsky.social
For the #booksky people
On George Saunders, Kevin Moffett, Marilynne Robinson, and Brock Clarke.
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Reading Roundup: November 2025
It was a month that made me nostalgic for grad school.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
For the #booksky people
On George Saunders, Kevin Moffett, Marilynne Robinson, and Brock Clarke.
open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
Reading Roundup: November 2025
It was a month that made me nostalgic for grad school.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
On George Saunders, Kevin Moffett, Marilynne Robinson, and Brock Clarke.
open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
My wrapped this year is on point for the first time since becoming Dad.
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My wrapped this year is on point for the first time since becoming Dad.
Working on a new novel. I call it a tiny novel. Not a novella. A tiny novel. If you call it a novella, you're sorely mistaken and I feel sorry for you.
Stay tuned for my tiny novel. Coming 2036.
Stay tuned for my tiny novel. Coming 2036.
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Working on a new novel. I call it a tiny novel. Not a novella. A tiny novel. If you call it a novella, you're sorely mistaken and I feel sorry for you.
Stay tuned for my tiny novel. Coming 2036.
Stay tuned for my tiny novel. Coming 2036.