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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Current reading update: I finished The Unicorn Hunters and I ended up loving it! Now I’m reading Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Current reading update: I finished The Queerness of Home and now I’m reading The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden. I’m about 100 pages in and I’m mostly just confused so far #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A quick current read update: yesterday I started The Queerness of Home by Stephen Vider #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Book on my brain today: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, a childhood favorite that makes me cry every time #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Book on my brain today: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Truly a masterpiece and one of my all time favorite books. I have yet to read a comparable novel that lives up to the standard set by The Night Circus #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Book on my brain today: Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild, a unique and clever thriller about a woman who didn’t kill her husband, but maybe killed a few other people… #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’ve read both Verity Vox and Chronicle of a Death Foretold and enjoyed them! Now I’m reading A Bluestocking’s Guide to Decadence for book club Sunday #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hi! It’s been a minute. I’ve been reading a ton but mood reading so I’m posting books I currently have borrowed from the library and friends to hold myself accountable: Martyr! Chronicle of a Death Foretold Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire Requiem for Immortals The Road to Tender Hearts #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’m having a bookish crisis! I borrowed my mom’s copy of The Unknown by Riley Sager but she made me promise to return in September 1 and I haven’t even started it and time is very much not on my side #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

No reading update but I’m rewatching The Half of It and it is so good! One of my favorite movies

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I’ve managed to read Obstinate Headache Girl and Mother Daughter Sister Stranger. I am currently reading Call the Dark and What I Made for Dinner by Krys Malcolm Belc #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It’s somehow already the last week of August, and I’m pushing myself to read 4 whole books before September 1: Obstinate Headache Girl by Jade Hendren Call the Dark by J Todd Scott The Unknown by Riley Sager Mother Daughter Sister Stranger by Hank Phillippi Ryan Cross your fingers for me! #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Current reading update: I finished both A Complement of Scoundrels and Queen Mab and they were both amazing! Next up I’m starting Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A minor current reading update: I’m still reading both Queen Mab and A Complement of Scoundrels and I’m loving both of them! Truly the most difficult choice of my day is which one to read #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Current read update: I absolutely flew through Nemesis Mine and really enjoyed it. I am loving Queen Mab so far it has spectacular voice. I’m also starting A Complement of Scoundrels by S.V. Lockwood #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Current read update: I finished both Queenie and A Thousand Monstrous Forms. I unfortunately did not enjoy Queenie, so I got to make a trip to the bookstore to find a new read for Q. I picked up Queen Mab by Emily McBride. I also started Nemesis Mine by Amy Archer #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Current reading update: today I finished Return of the Sistah Samurai (loved it!) which means I have read a book for every letter except Q. I am currently reading Queenie to complete my challenge, though I’m struggling with it. Next up I have an arc of A Thousand Monstrous Forms #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Book (series) on my brain today: The Housewitch by Delemhach, a cute and cozy fantasy trilogy #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

After reading and loving Nettle & Bone I want to read more by T. Kingfisher. But I’m overwhelmed by the backlist so please help me out with recommendations! #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Current read update: today I started Return of the Sistah Samurai by Tatiana Obey and I’m loving it so much! I adored the first installment of the series last year (a novella titled Sistah Samurai) and I’m so happy to be back with these characters and meeting many more #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Current reading update: thanks to a very long bus ride yesterday I finished both Yours for the Season and We Already Dug the Grave. So today I am deviating from my tbr and starting Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Current reading update: I finished Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster and now I’m reading Yours for the Season by Uzma Jalaluddin and We Already Dug the Grave by Emma C Wells. I’m about 70 pages into both of them and hooked #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Current reading update: yesterday I started Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda. It’s good so far but also the main character is stressing me out with her choices #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Finished both these books over the weekend and loved them so much! Great start to the month #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Book on my brain today: Don’t Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKanna. One of the most unique and emotional thrillers I have read, reminding readers to center and honor the victims, not the killer #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Current reading update: today I started both Twig’s Traveling Tombs by Gryffin Murphy and Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher I have ambitious reading aspirations this month and I’m starting off strong with an arc and book club pick #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Happy Friday! I can’t believe it’s the last day of July already it felt like this month flew by. To end the month I want to shout out my two 5 star reads this month (1/3) #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Book on my brain today: Hombrecito by Santiago José Sánchez #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

An overdo reading update: On Saturday I finished Hekate by Nikita Gill. It was a powerfully retelling in beautiful verse and I loved it. Sunday I started the medieval horror anthology Of Plagues and Blasphemy and it’s been amazing so far Yesterday I started Girl’s Girl by Sonia Feldman #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Book on my brain this morning: Ring of Salt by Betsy Cornwell. One of my all time favorite memoirs #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Current read update: I’m still reading Zomromcom and Disability Visibility, but I also started Hekate by Nikita Gill for when Zomromcom is too spicy for me to comfortably read on the the T #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Good morning! Current reads update to start the week: Over the weekend I finished Eliza, From Scratch by Sophia Lee and Our History is the Future by Nick Estes I’m still reading Disability Visibility I’m starting Zomromcom by Olivia Dade #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Books on my brain today: The Great Gatsby, one of my favorite classics Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore, my favorite retelling of Gatsby #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Books on my brain today: Medusa of the Roses by Navid Sinaki (again, always) Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I finally found a book to read for the letter Z in my challenge! I was recommended Zomromcom and got it from the library. It’s a bit out of my comfort zone but also sounds super fun so I’m hopeful I’ll like it #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Major weekend reading update: I am still reading Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong I finished A Great and Powerful Tyranny by Victoria Carbol and Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham I dnf’d Last Day Alive by Jeneva Rose I am starting Our History is the Future by Nick Estes #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Book on my brain today: Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander. I first read this book in August 2024 and gave it 4/5 stars. Today I reskimmed it for book club and I found the main character even worse than I remembered, but I really want to make the acorn squash galette in it #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Book on my brain today: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. One of my all time favorite books and absolutely impossible to describe so just go read it for yourself #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Current read update: I flew through The Cat Who Saved Books yesterday and so this morning I started But I Hate Him by Page Powars #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Current read update: yesterday I finished This Princess Kills Monsters and it was absolutely amazing! This morning I am started The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Current read update: this morning I finished Bury Your Gays. I struggled to get through it a bit, but the ending tied everything together and it all made sense #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Current read update: yesterday I finished Left on Read by Marissa Eller and loved it! Now I’ve finally started Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle and also This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman because I can’t read horror before bed #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Book on my brain this morning: Medusa of the Roses by Navid Sinaki. This is a modern queer tragedy the weaves mystery, Persian mythology, and literary fiction together into a beautiful, haunting story #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Current read update: I managed to finish The Dragon Has Some Complaints during my lunch break to put it down for my last June read. And today my library hold on Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle came in so I will be starting that for book club next week #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Current read update: yesterday I finished both Bridget and Gabe and Marsha. So today I am starting The Dragon Has Some Complaints Also today is the anniversary of Stonewall so I’m still thinking about Marsha #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Book on my brain this evening: The Lilac People by Milo Todd. This book was one of my top reads of last year and probably of all time. It emotionally destroyed me and I tear up every time I think about it (like now). Everyone should read it! #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Current read update: today I started Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher I also got my Netgalley request for The Dragon Has Some Complaints approved and I can’t wait to start it #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Books on my brain today: Nymph by Sofia Montrone, a beautiful sapphic coming of age set in the Italian countryside summer and a five star read for me Hot Summer by Elle Everhart, a Love Island inspired bi4bi sapphic romance Both these books are amazing summer reads! #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Happy Monday! Current read update: today I started both Fate’s Bane by C. L. Clark and Marsha by Tourmaline #booksky

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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Book on my brain today: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. This is one of my all time favorite books! Reminding myself of my love of sci-fi today as I pick up The Obake Code for my flight home #booksky

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