My media this week (19-25 Jul 2026)
🥰👂 Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London #9) (Ben Aaronovitch, author; Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, narrator) - Been a hot minute (5 years) since I last checked in on Peter & Nightingale & the rest of the SAU gang and associates! Just as much fun as I remembered.
😊 used to be young (sparkagrace) - 81K shrunkyclunks WinterDad fic
🥰 this year's wine ([anonymous]) - 73K Hollanov canon-divergent AU where Boston, in a final 'fuck you', trades Ilya to LA and they have to navigate a REALLY long-distance relationship for two years
🥰👂 Stone and Sky (Rivers of London #10) (Ben Aaronovitch, author; Kobna Holdbrook-Smith & Shvorne Marks, narrators) - EVERYONE goes for a 'holiday' in Scotland that involves summoned eldritch beasts, evil oil company execs, selkies and mermaids
💖💖 +214K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
Influence series (409_conflict) - HR/GC: Yuna & Ilya, background Hollanov; 28K - canon-divergent AU where Ilya reaches out to Yuna & convinces her to be his brand manager & they develop a delightful friendship - very fun, 2 complete stories but with room for more if the author chooses
Outstanding (CoffeeDragon87) - HR/GC: Hollanov; 3K - "There are questions you simply don't ask Ilya Rozanov on live television." 🤣🤣
I did think, let's go about this slowly (emjee (MerryHeart)) - The Old Guard: Kaysanova; 10K - library AU that is super fluffy and indulgent and delicious
Decisions, Decisions (jewelledfoxes) - HR/GC: Hollanov; 22K - "Shane doesn't love making decisions. Ilya does. Isn't that convenient?"
The Cens Beat Reporter series (notlayingroses) - HR/GC: Hollanov; 33K - reread of one of my fave outsider POV/socmed series!
Mythical Kitchen | Surprising Jake Johnson With Nick Miller’s Favorite Food In New Girl
The Great Pottery Throw Down - s1, e2
Hot Ones - Jon Bernthal & Tom Holland
Midsomer Murders - s25, e1-4
Re: Dracula - July 19: Present Craving
⭐ This Week In Fandom History - July 1982: "July" Delights Harry/Johnny Fans (And Us)
Pop Culture Happy Hour - The Hawk
Re: Dracula - July 20: Most Difficult and Vital Aspect
Explain It to Me - What's in a name?
No One Saw It Coming - Escaped the Nazis and lost by Australia
The Sporkful - 2 Chefs And A Lie 2026 With NPR’s Rachel Martin
Short History Of… - Ned Kelly
Unexplainable - Dinosaur mysteries with Riley Black
What Went Wrong - The Dark Knight
Throughline - The Chinafication of Walmart
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Our rules for music festivals
99% Invisible - The Original 100 Objects
Switched on Pop - II. Justice for the verse (ft. Audrey Hobert)
Handsome - Michael Bublé hid from his kids to ask us a question
Re: Dracula - July 22: Rough Weather
It's Been a Minute - Are we fueling violence against women?
Vibe Check - Pete Hegseth Isn’t A Real Man
Vibe Check - Donald Trump Loves A Closet Queen
Unexplainable - What the Odyssey is hiding
Sidedoor - The Gunboat Philadelphia
Mind the Tags - "There's milk in this cookie!" with fic author and AI detective T
Decoder Ring - Decoder Rings Back | I Was a Fake Victim in a Mock Car Crash
Shedunnit - The Underrated Christies
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories - The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
Wild Card - Hrishikesh Hirway
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Hadestown and What’s Making Us Happy
Vibe Check - Who Are You When It Actually Matters?
Ologies - Emmenology (MENOPAUSE & PERIMENOPAUSE) Part 2 with Monica Christmas, Mary Claire Haver and Sarah Witkowski
Re: Dracula - July 24: There Will be Some Trouble
Code Switch - How the potato became an insult
Endless Thread - The Lost Loophole
Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #101
⭐ 99% Invisible - 100 Objects #10: Nunchaku
You're Dead to Me - The Iliad and Odyssey: heroic epics from ancient Greece
⭐ The Sam Sanders Show - Harvey Guillén Is Not An Overnight Success
Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - A tick-filled odyssey
What Went Wrong - Spaghetti Westerns! A Primer
my 'Liked Music' playlist
