Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social

SFF book blogger, sports pluralist (mostly Vols, Canes, and Courage, some USA, O’s, Dockers, Ravens, Valencia CF), Dad x3.

Eligibility post:

I’m Hugo-eligible for Best Fan Writer for my blogging at Tar Vol On and work facilitating discussion for the Hugo Readalong and Short Fiction Book Club

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Beautiful night for the baseball
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I joke about all the cheating recs (they are good stories though!), but this is truly one of my favorite days on the reading calendar. Love sharing non-cheating recs, and I’m open to yours!
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I joke about all the cheating recs (they are good stories though!), but this is truly one of my favorite days on the reading calendar. Love sharing non-cheating recs, and I’m open to yours!
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My favorite annual reading challenge is back, and I had a lot of fun previewing it! Did I use it as an excuse to recommend a bunch of short stories that actually only count for one square? No comment www.tarvolon.com/2026/04/07/planning-2026-fantasy-bingo/
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So excited for this! What a wonderful story that’s been flying under the radar!
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Well-deserved! Great story!
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(Also hell yeah Canes)
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Been watching NWSL, just turned on the Canes, and…that shot disparity is a misprint, right?
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Dawn 🤝 Pat
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Looking like the Canes also clinched first round home ice? Expected, but cool
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March miscellany ready to go! I read good things in March (I read good things every month) www.tarvolon.com/2026/04/02/march-2026-round-up-and-short-fiction-miscellany/
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Ugh, you’ve gotta have that one
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Read a lot of people’s childhood favorite. The reading level wasn’t quite what I expected, but there was a lot to like: www.tarvolon.com/2026/03/31/fantasy-series-review-protector-of-the-small-by-tamora-pierce/
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If I keep recommending horror, people will stop believing me when I say I don’t like horror. That said, this is good:
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My take on this book is a bit more in-the-middle (it had issues, but I had fun with it!), but this review is very good and the paragraph about Vivian is particularly excellent
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Sports are bad, kids
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#ExperienceCanesHockey
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Friday was wonderful but we are building to an all-time awful sports weekend for me personally
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Great job getting here. Sadly, this is bad
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Our Elite Eight Watchlist for Sunday is up. I covered Tennessee/Michigan, which is an 80/20 game to Michigan...but Tennessee does have a path www.basketunderreview.com/the-2026-ncaa-tournament-watchlist-elite-eight-sunday/
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Sports teams I like are 1-4 today and the sixth is down 3-0. Guess I’m glad I haven’t been able to watch any of them?
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Back to back to back for a program with one Elite Eight ever prior to 2024 is an unreal run. Rick Barnes.
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Foul calls in the last six possessions:

Tennessee: 7
Iowa State: 0

Usually I may say that’s because of UT’s style, but ISU has been just as physical, if not more so. This is absurd
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College hoops schedulers have zero respect for my old man sleep schedule
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Scrambling to fill out nominating ballots? I was too, and so I did lots of rereading and settled on my Top Ten SFF Short Fiction of 2025

(Also featuring: a Recommended Reading List update with my book of the year added)

www.tarvolon.com/2026/02/26/tar-vols-top-ten-2025-short-fiction-and-updated-recommended-reading-list/
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As well as one of my favorite novellas: The Chronolithographer’s Assistant by Suzanne Palmer asimovs.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Chronolithographers-Assistant-Suzanne-Palmer.pdf
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For those still scrambling to read before #HugoAwards nominations are due, note that @asimovssfmag.bsky.social has unlocked a few Locus Award nominees, including one of my favorite novelettes of the year: The Tin Man’s Ghost by Ray Nayler: asimovs.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Tin-Man_s-Ghost-Ray-Nayler.pdf
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