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A book club dedicated to intersectionality and BIPOC authors. Run by @menage-a-livre

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy Holidays, Bluesky! We know it’s a little late but holidays caught us by surprise. Our picks for this month will be a readathon instead. We’ll be reading the Halfling Saga by Melissa Blair since book 4 releases January 4th!

The Halfling Saga Readathon hosted by @diabo_lique and @menage_a_livre

Week 1: Jan 1-8th, A Broken Blade
Week 2: Jan 8-15th, A Shadow Crown
Week 3: Jan 15-22nd, A Vicious Game
Week 4: Jan 22-31st, An Honored Vow

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Votes are in and tallied and we will be reading Beloved by Toni Morrison and Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews! To facilitate easier discussions, we've also created a Discord server and we will be hosting these events throughout December!

December Events:

December 1st: Book Club Begins
Dec. 8th: The Others Screening
Dec. 15th: The Woman in Black Screening
December 25th: January Theme Announcement

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

It's time to meet the Librarians! Our first librarian is Peach (@menagealivre.bsky.social). Peach is a 30 y/o PhD student living in the DMV area. They love horror, video games, and making things, be it poetry or cross stitch.

Meet the admins: Peach
@diabo_lique

Picrew created by ummmandy depicting a light brown skinned person with long, black hair and black lipstick. They are wearing a knit cardigan and a white crop top with a bandana around their neck.

Fun facts about Peach:
1) they are nehiyawewin (Cree)
2) English PhD student
3) they are a poet
4) they are a horror afficionado.

You can find them on Bluesky @menagealivre

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Reminder to vote! Google form is linked and will be counted with Twitter’s votes 💕

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Library is excited to announce our theme for the month of December! We were inspired by A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and a such, our theme will be haunting and ghosts. Details⬇️

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

It’s been a minute since our book announcement! How are yall finding Empire of Wild and Future Home? Is there one you’re preferring over the other? Why do you think that is?

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Here is our calendar of events that we'll be hosting this month! Because it's Indigenous History Month, we'll be hosting two screenings of movies that center Indigenous history, characters, and stories. We hope you'll join! #Booktwt #Filmtwt #Indigenous

November Events:

November 1st: Book club begins
future home of the living god // empire of wild

November 3rd, 4:30 PM EST: Night Raiders screening
https://hyperbeam.com/v/the-peach-pit

November 17th, 4:30 PM EST: Killers of the Flower Moon screening
https://hyperbeam.com/v/the-peach-pit

November 23rd: Book Club Discussion
hosted on Twitter // time tba

November 25th: December Theme Announcement

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

We will be reading Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich and Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline this month! If you're able to, please find a copy of the books at an Indigenous bookstore! Links will be retweeted down below.

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

Science Fiction & Dystopian

Trigger warnings: pregnancy, miscarriage, murder, kidnapping, torture, suicidality, forced institutionalization.

Louise Erdrich paints a startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a cataclysmic event in this dystopian novel. Twenty-six-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, adopted daughter of a pair of Minneapolis liberals, is as disturbed and uncertain as the rest of America around her. But for Cedar, this change is profound and deeply personal. She is four months pregnant.

Though she wants to tell the adoptive parents who raised her from infancy, Cedar first feels compelled to find her birth mother, Mary Potts, an Ojibwe to understand both her and her baby’s origins. As Cedar goes back to her own biological beginnings, society around her begins to disintegrate, fueled by a swelling panic about the end of humanity.

Broken-hearted Joan has been searching for her husband, Victor, for almost a year--ever since he went missing on the night they had their first serious argument. One terrible, hungover morning in a Walmart parking lot in a little town near Georgian Bay, she is drawn to a revival tent where the local Métis have been flocking to hear a charismatic preacher named Eugene Wolff. By the time she staggers into the tent, the service is over. But as she is about to leave, she hears an unmistakable voice.

She turns, and there Victor is. The same face, the same eyes, the same hands. But his hair is short and he's wearing a suit and he doesn't recognize her at all. No, he insists, she's the one suffering a delusion: he's the Reverend Wolff and his only mission is to bring his people to Jesus. Except that, as Joan soon discovers, that's not all the enigmatic Wolff is doing.

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

The Library is excited to announce our book club options for November! Our picks this month are: 1) Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich 2) Thunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe 3) Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese 4) Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline Details ⬇️

November Book Picks:
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
Thunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Goals of the Library: 📚 To prioritize diversifying our bookshelves 📚 To solely platform queer and/or BIPOC authors 📚 To read challenging texts and engage with our community. The Librarians are in.

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Welcome to the Library! The Librarie Diabolique is a monthly book club hosted by @menagealivre.bsky.social and @dimples0.bsky.social that features books written solely by BIPOC, and queer authors. The book club will be starting November 1st & our poll for our first picks will be up tomorrow!

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Bluesky Bookclub @librariediabolique.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Hello Bluesky! Librarie Diabolique is a new book club centered on featuring stories and novels written by queer and BIPOC writers. If you’re interested in joining, follow us and we’ll have more information on November’s book club this coming week!

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