Jessica Claus 🤶🏼🎄
@jessicajrossana.bsky.social
Editorial Assistant. Freelance editor. Former Bookseller. Writer. TBR pile is frankly out of control. Books, Broadway, Baking, and Bards. She/Her.
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Hi new Bluesky users! 👋 I’m Jess. I currently work in academic publishing, but have also been a bookseller, freelance editor, and comics editor.
Give me a follow if you want to hear rants re books and pop culture, see what I’m baking, and find out what I’m playing in my current ttrpg campaigns
Give me a follow if you want to hear rants re books and pop culture, see what I’m baking, and find out what I’m playing in my current ttrpg campaigns
I love when you meet a new person and you start talking books and you realize very quickly that you read the same kind of smut 🥰🥰
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I love when you meet a new person and you start talking books and you realize very quickly that you read the same kind of smut 🥰🥰
anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn’t he danced his did.
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn’t he danced his did.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn’t he danced his did.
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn’t he danced his did.
I notice it the most in modern songs. The oldies all pronounce it more like “Chris-más”
I’m resisting doing a deep dive on this. I’d have to find the IPA spelling for all of this and go more in depth, but i think you all know what I mean.
I’m resisting doing a deep dive on this. I’d have to find the IPA spelling for all of this and go more in depth, but i think you all know what I mean.
As someone who has sung in many choirs throughout the years, it’s always interesting to me to hear the difference in singers who pronounce it “Chris-muss” versus “Chris-miss”
December 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I notice it the most in modern songs. The oldies all pronounce it more like “Chris-más”
I’m resisting doing a deep dive on this. I’d have to find the IPA spelling for all of this and go more in depth, but i think you all know what I mean.
I’m resisting doing a deep dive on this. I’d have to find the IPA spelling for all of this and go more in depth, but i think you all know what I mean.
As someone who has sung in many choirs throughout the years, it’s always interesting to me to hear the difference in singers who pronounce it “Chris-muss” versus “Chris-miss”
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As someone who has sung in many choirs throughout the years, it’s always interesting to me to hear the difference in singers who pronounce it “Chris-muss” versus “Chris-miss”
Anybody else notice the Dropout Game Changer loop de loop in episode 3 of the gay hockey show…because the first book in the series that follows these characters is called…Game Changer? Surely it can’t be coincidence. Shout out to the set dressers.
December 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Anybody else notice the Dropout Game Changer loop de loop in episode 3 of the gay hockey show…because the first book in the series that follows these characters is called…Game Changer? Surely it can’t be coincidence. Shout out to the set dressers.
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Netflix? The company that cancelled Julie and the Phantoms, Kaos, and Girls5eva and so many other great shows that never got the room to breathe?? And now they’ll be in charge of everything???
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Netflix? The company that cancelled Julie and the Phantoms, Kaos, and Girls5eva and so many other great shows that never got the room to breathe?? And now they’ll be in charge of everything???
Netflix? The company that cancelled Julie and the Phantoms, Kaos, and Girls5eva and so many other great shows that never got the room to breathe?? And now they’ll be in charge of everything???
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Netflix? The company that cancelled Julie and the Phantoms, Kaos, and Girls5eva and so many other great shows that never got the room to breathe?? And now they’ll be in charge of everything???
Thread 🧵. Heaven forbid we have a romance adaptation that is both extremely yearning and extremely sexy.
Y'all this past week I've seen some baffling takes on Heated Rivalry by people who have zero knowledge or enjoyment of romance novels, romance narratives, or sex scenes as a storytelling device. "Uh where's the romance? Why are they boning so much???"
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Thread 🧵. Heaven forbid we have a romance adaptation that is both extremely yearning and extremely sexy.
Story time: I just want to see Wicked Part 2 with my friends next week. On Thursday specifically. We’ve been checking the local movie theater showtimes and they don’t have any Wicked showings at all next weekend. Only a few Christmas movies are up on their website. So I called them today. They said…
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Story time: I just want to see Wicked Part 2 with my friends next week. On Thursday specifically. We’ve been checking the local movie theater showtimes and they don’t have any Wicked showings at all next weekend. Only a few Christmas movies are up on their website. So I called them today. They said…
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Alright, I’ve got THRALL ARCs burning a hole in my living room floor. Who’s ready for a giveaway?
🩸RT to enter
🩸USA only (I’m so sorry! Tariffs ruin everything)
🩸I’ll pull 3 winners next Monday: one from Twitter, one from Bluesky, and one from Threads
🩸RT to enter
🩸USA only (I’m so sorry! Tariffs ruin everything)
🩸I’ll pull 3 winners next Monday: one from Twitter, one from Bluesky, and one from Threads
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Alright, I’ve got THRALL ARCs burning a hole in my living room floor. Who’s ready for a giveaway?
🩸RT to enter
🩸USA only (I’m so sorry! Tariffs ruin everything)
🩸I’ll pull 3 winners next Monday: one from Twitter, one from Bluesky, and one from Threads
🩸RT to enter
🩸USA only (I’m so sorry! Tariffs ruin everything)
🩸I’ll pull 3 winners next Monday: one from Twitter, one from Bluesky, and one from Threads
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I already posted about this but genuinely, this is why we don't back down. (And even if this hadn't happened, we'd have kept fighting.)
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I already posted about this but genuinely, this is why we don't back down. (And even if this hadn't happened, we'd have kept fighting.)
I’m starting 2 new ttrpgs in the new year, Monster of the Week and Daggerheart. We’re in the character creation phase for both and I’m getting excited to see what we come up with. As with all my characters, they will be chaotic bisexual. Moral alignment tbd but also probably chaotic.
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’m starting 2 new ttrpgs in the new year, Monster of the Week and Daggerheart. We’re in the character creation phase for both and I’m getting excited to see what we come up with. As with all my characters, they will be chaotic bisexual. Moral alignment tbd but also probably chaotic.
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Saw this and momentarily thought Rachel Brosnahan had gotten engaged to Ernie.
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Saw this and momentarily thought Rachel Brosnahan had gotten engaged to Ernie.
I started Heated Rivalry the show. Should I also read the book? If anyone’s read it, let me know!
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I started Heated Rivalry the show. Should I also read the book? If anyone’s read it, let me know!
Yet again I shan’t be posting my entire Spotify wrapped because all my musical theater listening and singing along has skewed my results. Top genres track though. Medieval I’m assuming comes from my Bardcore D&D playlist.
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Yet again I shan’t be posting my entire Spotify wrapped because all my musical theater listening and singing along has skewed my results. Top genres track though. Medieval I’m assuming comes from my Bardcore D&D playlist.
A conversation that happened this weekend
Husband, seeing me put a pot on the stove: Are you going to do one of your smelly pots?
Me: You mean a simmer pot?
Him: Yeah, those
Me: I’m heating apple cider…
I did a simmer pot for Samhain and will do another for Yule. At least he’s supportive 😆
Husband, seeing me put a pot on the stove: Are you going to do one of your smelly pots?
Me: You mean a simmer pot?
Him: Yeah, those
Me: I’m heating apple cider…
I did a simmer pot for Samhain and will do another for Yule. At least he’s supportive 😆
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A conversation that happened this weekend
Husband, seeing me put a pot on the stove: Are you going to do one of your smelly pots?
Me: You mean a simmer pot?
Him: Yeah, those
Me: I’m heating apple cider…
I did a simmer pot for Samhain and will do another for Yule. At least he’s supportive 😆
Husband, seeing me put a pot on the stove: Are you going to do one of your smelly pots?
Me: You mean a simmer pot?
Him: Yeah, those
Me: I’m heating apple cider…
I did a simmer pot for Samhain and will do another for Yule. At least he’s supportive 😆
My most boomer opinion (back in my day, etc) is that remote learning days are crap and kids should just be allowed to have snow days.
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My most boomer opinion (back in my day, etc) is that remote learning days are crap and kids should just be allowed to have snow days.
I’ve never done the NYT SuperMega crossword before. Let’s see how this goes.
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’ve never done the NYT SuperMega crossword before. Let’s see how this goes.
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While you're scooping up Black Friday sales, may we direct you towards our own year-long discount on ✨ALL 9✨ of our eBooks for just $25. In stores, these books sell for around $20 a pop, so you're basically getting 9 whole books (~2k pages) for about the price of 1.
www.patreon.com/c/ohjoysexto...
www.patreon.com/c/ohjoysexto...
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
While you're scooping up Black Friday sales, may we direct you towards our own year-long discount on ✨ALL 9✨ of our eBooks for just $25. In stores, these books sell for around $20 a pop, so you're basically getting 9 whole books (~2k pages) for about the price of 1.
www.patreon.com/c/ohjoysexto...
www.patreon.com/c/ohjoysexto...
Watching The Scorpion King for the first time in…idk 15 years? 20? I don’t expect it to be good but I hope it’s still entertaining.
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Watching The Scorpion King for the first time in…idk 15 years? 20? I don’t expect it to be good but I hope it’s still entertaining.
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Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
Cranberry sauce? Also potions
Soup is potions
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Cranberry sauce? Also potions
A nice unintended consequence of having to go to the grocery store is that I bought the things to make a nice charcuterie board to snack on just for us. Meats and cheeses continues to be my love language.
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A nice unintended consequence of having to go to the grocery store is that I bought the things to make a nice charcuterie board to snack on just for us. Meats and cheeses continues to be my love language.
Sometimes I yearn for the Beverages of Yore
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Sometimes I yearn for the Beverages of Yore
I need to make a ton of cranberry sauce today not for tomorrow but because I’m baking it into other things and I FORGOT THE ORANGE JUICE. I guess I’m running to the grocery store the day before Thanksgiving. Pray for me.
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I need to make a ton of cranberry sauce today not for tomorrow but because I’m baking it into other things and I FORGOT THE ORANGE JUICE. I guess I’m running to the grocery store the day before Thanksgiving. Pray for me.