Comment by randycupertino
13 hours ago
The best thing for me for 2025 is a Costco heated blanket. It is so soft and cozy and rocks my world. We love it so much we got one for my partner, my mother in law and my mom and they all love it. Highly, HIGHLY recommend.
https://www.costco.com/p/-/berkshire-life-heated-throw/40001...
I was very skeptical until my partner plugged it in, turned it on and put it on me and was like holy cow this is amazing.
My best book of 2025 was Dungeon Crawler Carl, the entire serious.
If you liked dungeon crawler carl, and like dungeons and dragons (or just like the idea of it), I can highly recommend “worth the candle”. It has a surface level similarity as well as some thematic overlap with dungeon crawler carl. it’s one of the most interesting books I’ve read in a long time.
As far as I can tell you can't buy the ebooks for Dungeon Crawler Carl on Kobo, they seem to be exclusive to Kindle... unless anyone knows differently?
Otherwise I guess it'll be the seven seas for me which I really don't want to have to do
I second Dungeon Crawler Carl. I haven’t been this enthralled with a book series in decades. If you’re looking for a new series, I highly recommend it!
I was skeptical on Dungeon Crawler Carl and resisted reading it for so long and finally people on reddit constantly recommending it wore me down, even though it's not typically a genre I like I gave it a try and am SO GLAD I did, it is fantastic! I love how it looks like dumb, chaotic fun on the surface but the undercurrent and story steadily reveals something much smarter, angrier and emotionally brutal about resistance and survival in an oppressive system. It's a great series!!
Also checkout the Milwaukee heated hoodies!
The blanket seems to have been hugged-to-death (pun intended) and is now sold out in all colors.
Not sure if it’s exactly the same, but here is one on AliExpress for around $20:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EQ53PCs
No kidding, when did America actually start making original Korean light novels? I somehow entirely missed that trend.
I'm currently on audio book 4 of dungeon crawler carl. The narrator is amazing. The first time I heard Donut talk I searched for the name of the female narrator only to be surprised that the male narrator is just that good at female voices.