Welcome to Ryan's Book Club!

Hey Loons! In honor of our favorite tough guy, use this post to share what you are currently reading, rereading, or even something you wrote. It doesn't have to be MM, hockey, or Anne of Green Gables. Indie, audiobooks, blogspot, etc. all are welcome; share what you are loving and why!

A new post will go up on the first of every month.

Happy Reading 🤍

I can’t pipe to save my life so watercolor (food dye) on cookies has become my thing.

auroracratebookbox has announced their limited edition of Heated Rivalry and The Long Game see their instagram post for additional info. The art looks stunning.

Lego Ideas has a submission for a playable cottage!

For anyone who doesn’t know Lego ideas is a place where people can submit ideas for Lego to create buyable sets of and the original creator receive royalties.

You can support the idea at the link above and hopefully get these into production.

All credit to the creator cellardoor.

iOS app or desktop

My sub has users sharing instagram and YouTube links a lot, a lot of people don’t realize that copying share links from the apps automatically includes an embedded string to your profile name and prompts people to follow you. I wrote into automations a block to tell people how to remove the string. It has stoped working and I can’t figure out why. I would ideally not want to use automod as this gives them the option to make the change and post right then and there.

Imgur of what I have set up.

Not sure what happened and I can’t get it fixed.

Thanks!

sonymusicsoundtracks Will you... come to my #HeatedRivalry vinyl release party this summer?
This July, we're going back to the cottage to celebrate the release of the Heated Rivalry soundtrack on vinyl! Join us on July 10, 11 and 12th at listening parties hosted by indie record stores across the US & Canada.

Featuring freebie items, activities, exclusive merch, signed prizes, and the chance to celebrate with fans-check your local participating store for details, dates, and times. See you there!

Available to pre-order on vinyl & CD, the soundtrack includes songs & score from the series, collectible insert items, and a new bonus track, "One Soul (Cottage Mix)" - dropping in record stores July 10.

Direct link

Pic is a screenshot from threads that says: “Desperately need to know if Gritty still exists in the Game Changers universe”

I need any and all fics where gritty is mentioned.

Thank you for your time

Fun fact as much as I wish I just did Heated Rivalry stuff all day, I am actually a data scientist to fund my queer hockey story obsession. Put some data in front of me, I'm analyzing it and making cool charts, though I rarely get to have this much fun with it. Stats brought to you by pure vibes and iced coffee.

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Everything in the photos above is written here or in the link below.

First things first!

Z is for "ZzzzZzzzz" from u/fifthbeatleash with 77 upvotes!

User Winners

Heart Memorial Trophy for Most Total Upvotes: u/hella_hijinks with 3569 Total Upvotes

• Runner Ups:
  • u/daisyemeritus: 1801
  • u/Caro-reddit-all: 1003

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Most Submitted Quotes: u/hella_hijinks with 62 Submissions

• Runner Ups:
  • u/Caro-reddit-all: 23
  • u/daisyemeritus: 22

Calder Memorial Trophy For most Wins: u/hella_hijinks with 7 wins

• Runner Ups:
  • u/daisyemeritus: 6
  • u/Caro-reddit-all: 2

Art Ross Trophy for Most individual Upvotes on one quote: u/ok_wafer_6455 with 419 upvotes for "Gimme Kiss"

• Runner Ups:
  • u/hella_hijinks: 297 “Fucking make me!”
  • u/lvl-ixi-lvl: 247 “xo Lily”

Character, Quote, etc. Winners

Conn Smythe Trophy for most Quotable Character*: Ilya Rosanov

• Stats:
  • 160 Submitted Quotes (24 Shared with Shane)
  • 8647 Upvotes (817 shared with Shane)
  • 18 Wins (2 Shared with Shane)

Prince of Wales Trophy for most repeated Quote: “Cottage” with 12 submissions

• Runner Ups:
  • “Kip” - Scott: 11
  • “Boring” - Ilya: 10

Ted Lindsay Award for Most Quotes by Letter*: I with 42 Quotes

• Runner Ups:
  • T: 35
  • W: 34

Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy for Most Quotes by Scene*: The Cottage with 44 Quotes

• Runner Ups:
  • The Hollander's Cottage: 24
  • Tuna Melt: 22

Most Common Method of Communication*: Spoken with 242 Quotes

• Runner Ups:
  • Demanded & Texted: 9
  • Moaned & a Thing: 8

Other Fun Stuff

• Source*:
  • Book: 7
  • Both: 131
  • Show: 174
• Total number of quotes: 554
• Total number of unique quotes*: 327
• Total votes cast: 21,404
• Number of users who played: 210
• Number of characters quoted*: 25
• Total number of scenes: 26
• Count of method of communication: 28

Some notes:

• Anything with a * has been deduped, meaning the most upvoted comment was counted and duplicate quotes were not factored in
• All counts were taken when I posted the next letters post with the exception of a few days I was traveling, I collected them all when I got back
• Some numbers are off due to to the two ties for B and E, yes we technically have 28 winning quotes. M and P were counted as one quote each for counting purposes to make it easier on me, and because for M I just decided to make it four and P was one submission
• Some quotes changed between characters in the books vs show, they were attributed to both characters here
• I didn't count all the scenes because I would have driven myself crazy so it's really running on vibes. Details on what I count as each "scene" in the link below
• Some "quotes" are people, things, food, nouns again, running on vibes lol

More stats and details here

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More stats and details here.

Enjoy!

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many comments as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from BananasPineapple05
B is for "Bet-ter" from daisyemeritus and "Boring" from Birdie1698
C is for "Compatible" from hella_hijinks
D is for "Don't marry Svetlana" from hella_hijinks
E is for "Extra banana!" from snowbells98 and "English is too hard right now" from PsychologySpirited37
F is for "fucking make me" from hella_hijinks
G is for "Gimme Kiss" from Ok_Wafer_6455
H is for "Hollander" in a Russian accent from boopthecoop
I is for "I’m coming to the cottage" from Primary-Night5471
J  is for "Jeez Hayd, you want to get me pregnant too?" from daisyemeritus
K is for "[I] kinda prefer being the hole rather than the peg," from Spirited-Dance-284
L is for "Lover" from Ok_Cow8044
M is for "Mr. Businessman, Mr. Landlord," from hella_hijinks with the bonus of "Mr. Real Estate" and "Mr. Lots-of-Sex"
N is for "No, never in life have I blushed, Russians do not do this." from daisyemeritus
O is for "Oke" from caro-reddit-all
P is for "Probably, I don't know." "Probably, yes." from hella_hijinks
Q is for "Questions. You have too many of them" from daisyemeritus
R  is for "Remember when I made you come hands free?" from nolefandom
S is for "Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird" from hella_hijinks
T is for "This is such a bad Idea" from Atakamii11
U is for "Uggghhhhhhhh" from hella_hijinks
V is for "Vodka is for after, as your reward," from BananasPineapple05
W is for "Will you come to my cottage this summer?" from daisyemeritus
X is for "xo Lily" from lvl-ixi-lvl

Y is for "Ya tebya lyublyu" with 169 points from u/daisyemeritus

Today's letter is Z!

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many comments as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from BananasPineapple05
B is for "Bet-ter" from daisyemeritus and "Boring" from Birdie1698
C is for "Compatible" from hella_hijinks
D is for "Don't marry Svetlana" from hella_hijinks
E is for "Extra banana!" from snowbells98 and "English is too hard right now" from PsychologySpirited37
F is for "fucking make me" from hella_hijinks
G is for "Gimme Kiss" from Ok_Wafer_6455
H is for "Hollander" in a Russian accent from boopthecoop
I is for "I’m coming to the cottage" from Primary-Night5471
J  is for "Jeez Hayd, you want to get me pregnant too?" from daisyemeritus
K is for "[I] kinda prefer being the hole rather than the peg," from Spirited-Dance-284
L is for "Lover" from Ok_Cow8044
M is for "Mr. Businessman, Mr. Landlord," from hella_hijinks with the bonus of "Mr. Real Estate" and "Mr. Lots-of-Sex"
N is for "No, never in life have I blushed, Russians do not do this." from daisyemeritus
O is for "Oke" from caro-reddit-all
P is for "Probably, I don't know." "Probably, yes." from hella_hijinks
Q is for "Questions. You have too many of them" from daisyemeritus
R  is for "Remember when I made you come hands free?" from nolefandom
S is for "Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird" from hella_hijinks
T is for "This is such a bad Idea" from Atakamii11
U is for "Uggghhhhhhhh" from hella_hijinks
V is for "Vodka is for after, as your reward," from BananasPineapple05
W is for "Will you come to my cottage this summer?" from daisyemeritus

X is for "xo Lily" from u/lvl-ixi-lvl with 225 points

Today's letter is Y!

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many comments as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from BananasPineapple05
B is for "Bet-ter" from daisyemeritus and "Boring" from Birdie1698
C is for "Compatible" from hella_hijinks
D is for "Don't marry Svetlana" from hella_hijinks
E is for "Extra banana!" from snowbells98 and "English is too hard right now" from PsychologySpirited37
F is for "fucking make me" from hella_hijinks
G is for "Gimme Kiss" from Ok_Wafer_6455
H is for "Hollander" in a Russian accent from boopthecoop
I is for "I’m coming to the cottage" from Primary-Night5471
J  is for "Jeez Hayd, you want to get me pregnant too?" from daisyemeritus
K is for "[I] kinda prefer being the hole rather than the peg," from Spirited-Dance-284
L is for "Lover" from Ok_Cow8044
M is for "Mr. Businessman, Mr. Landlord," from hella_hijinks with the bonus of "Mr. Real Estate" and "Mr. Lots-of-Sex"
N is for "No, never in life have I blushed, Russians do not do this." from daisyemeritus
O is for "Oke" from caro-reddit-all
P is for "Probably, I don't know." "Probably, yes." from hella_hijinks
Q is for "Questions. You have too many of them" from daisyemeritus
R  is for "Remember when I made you come hands free?" from nolefandom
S is for "Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird" from hella_hijinks
T is for "This is such a bad Idea" from Atakamii11
U is for "Uggghhhhhhhh" from hella_hijinks
V is for "Vodka is for after, as your reward," from BananasPineapple05

W is for "Will you come to my cottage this summer?" from u/daisyemeritus with 174 points!

Today's letter is X!

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many comments as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from BananasPineapple05
B is for "Bet-ter" from daisyemeritus and "Boring" from Birdie1698
C is for "Compatible" from hella_hijinks
D is for "Don't marry Svetlana" from hella_hijinks
E is for "Extra banana!" from snowbells98 and "English is too hard right now" from PsychologySpirited37
F is for "fucking make me" from hella_hijinks
G is for "Gimme Kiss" from Ok_Wafer_6455
H is for "Hollander" in a Russian accent from boopthecoop
I is for "I’m coming to the cottage" from Primary-Night5471
J  is for "Jeez Hayd, you want to get me pregnant too?" from daisyemeritus
K is for "[I] kinda prefer being the hole rather than the peg," from Spirited-Dance-284
L is for "Lover" from Ok_Cow8044
M is for "Mr. Businessman, Mr. Landlord," from hella_hijinks with the bonus of "Mr. Real Estate" and "Mr. Lots-of-Sex"
N is for "No, never in life have I blushed, Russians do not do this." from daisyemeritus
O is for "Oke" from caro-reddit-all
P is for "Probably, I don't know." "Probably, yes." from hella_hijinks
Q is for "Questions. You have too many of them" from daisyemeritus
R  is for "Remember when I made you come hands free?" from nolefandom
S is for "Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird" from hella_hijinks
T is for "This is such a bad Idea" from Atakamii11
U is for "Uggghhhhhhhh" from hella_hijinks

V is for "Vodka is for after, as your reward," with 161 points and a glass of vodka for u/BananasPineapple05

Today's letter is W!

Please use this post to discuss Connor's appearance on Criminal Minds.

Episode 4: Thursday June 11 3:00 AM ET | Find in your time zone
Episode 5: Thursday June 18 3:00 AM ET | Find in your time zone
Episode 6: Thursday June 25 3:00 AM ET | Find in your time zone
Episode 7: Thursday July 2 3:00 AM ET | Find in your time zone

How to Watch: Paramount+

Director: Adam Rodriguez

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See the pinned comment for tonight’s episode discussion to fall under!

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