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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Books for #BHM and beyond. Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #sciencefiction #BlackHistoryMonth

Illustration featuring a Brown person in silhouette with various graphics in yellow and orange surrounding them for cover of Octavia's Brood

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Books for #BHM and beyond. The Black Power Mixtape - 1967 - 1975 #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #BlackHistoryMonth

Photo of Angela Davis for cover of The Black Power Mixtape

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Books for #BHM and beyond. Black AF History - Michael Harriot #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #BlackHistoryMonth

Title of Black AF History in gold over black background for cover of book by Michael Harriot

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Books for #BHM and beyond. Assata - An Autobiography by Assata Shakur #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #BlackHistoryMonth

Photo of activist Assata Shakur looking at the camera for cover of her autobiography

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Octavia tried to tell y'all... "Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool..." #octaviabutler #quotes

Photo of half the face of author Octavia Butler with her quote about choosing your leaders on the right side of the picture.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Books for #BHM and beyond. A Black Women's History of the United States - Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky

Cover of A Black Women's History of the United States

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Books for #BHM and beyond. We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance - Kellie Carter Jackson #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #ToniMorrison

Illustration of a Black woman holding a weapon for the cover of We Refuse.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Books for #BHM and beyond. The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #ToniMorrison

Black and white photo of James Baldwin for the cover of The Fire Next Time.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Books for #BHM and beyond. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #ToniMorrison

illustration of a Black man in a French military uniform for cover of The Black Count.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Books for #BHM and beyond. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #ToniMorrison

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Currently reading: Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana #booksky #diversebooksky #romantasy

Illustration of two young boys and a young girl in the forest for cover of Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky

Flowers over a decoration with diamonds hanging down for cover of This Ravenous Fate.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. The Improvisers by Nicole Glover #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky

Illustration of a woman wearing a cap and goggles with an old fashioned plane.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Tom Reiss - The Black Count #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky

Illustration of a Black man on a horse wearing a French uniform for the cover of The Black Count.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Ayana Gray - I, Medusa #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky

Silhouette of a woman with dreadlocks for cover of I, Medusa.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Women of Afrofuturism Exhibit at the SFO Museum Afrofuturism, an artistic and sociopolitical liberation movement, examines the past, questions the present, and reimagines the futures of Black people. www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/...

Color illustration of SF Author Octavia Butler

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Octavia E. Butler - A Few Rules for Predicting the Future #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky

A Few Rules for Predicting the Future book title over a collage of colors.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

#20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky

Young woman wearing green blouse standing in front of a pink background for cover of The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Octavia E. Butler - The Last Interview and Other Conversations #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky #blackbooksky #OctaviaEButler

Illustration of author Octavia E Butler against a green background for cover of Octavia E. Butler - The Last Interview and Other Conversations.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I've reread I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings over the years. It's crazy that this book as been challenged for decades. But seeing the type of people who ban books, not surprising.

Cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. Aqua cover with cutout of birds, 2 green and brown trees, and a silhouette of a young girl.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jeree #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky

Illustration of two fantasy characters reaching out to each other in the sky for cover of The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jeree

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Finally accepting my TBR list will never get shorter. 🤨 #20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 1/20, Velvet is the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia #Booksky #bookchallenge #diversebooksky #readingchallenge #readersky

Woman wearing oversized square sunglasses holding a cigarette to her lips for cover of Velvet is the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Happy Birthday James Baldwin, born Aug. 2, 1924. The Fire Next Time: "At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice" #booksky #Blackbooksky #JamesBaldwin

Black and white photo of James Baldwin on top half of book cover of The Fire Next Time.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read shelf, pile, list... wherever! One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. #booksky #20TBRbookchallenge #diversebooksky

Illustration of a young woman floating in the water with two fantasy creatures rush to save her for cover of Lore of the Tides by Analeigh Sbrana

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Illustration of a woman wearing a red and black dress from the 1800's walking across a desert.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Red trees against a black background with a gold quarter moon for cover of Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Illustration of a Black woman's face, surrounded by flowers for cover of book Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Book cover with illustration of woman wearing a dark jacket surrounded by a bright circle. Above her an illustration of a dog. Cover of Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Cover of the Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope featuring illustration of Black woman in a 1920's blue hat with pink band. Behind her is a blue background with green swirls and red outline of a cityscape.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Cover for The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin shows grey background and a swirl design edged in stone.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

illustration of Black woman dressed in 19th century dress holding a lantern. Behind her is a white outline of a bird.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

cover of Fledgling by Octavia E Butler featuring a picture of a Black woman wearing an elaborate gold mask and carrying a green fan, flanked by 2 large white circles.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Cover of book, Lone Women featuring a Black woman wearing a long skirt, apron and white shirt standing on the prairie.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Cover of Ring Shout featuring a red background, KKK hood in the foreground and two illustrated black hands framing the title.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style by Shantrelle P. Lewis #booksky #blackbooksky #metgala #fashion

Blck man wearing a hat and multicolored suit, green socks with white stripes and pink loafers for the Dandy Lion book cover

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style by Monica L. Miller #metgala #booksky #blackbooksky #fashion

Illustration of a young Black man wearing a black jacket with a brown and beige belt and a white high-neck shirt.

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History by Robin Givhan #booksky #blackbooksky #metgala #fashion

Black and white photo of high fashion model wearing a shiny lame dress on book cover.

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