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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

currently reading: The Mortal Trials by Megan Shunmugam

Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Recent Book Reviews Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter How To Make a Love Potion by R.A. Moreau Both of these were amazing books that completely gripped me in! I loved the FMCs and banter in both! #booksky 📚💙🪐

Reading Review - Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter

- Duel of Heirs
- Politics
- Witches & Familiars
- Dragons
- Banter
- Dual PoV, FMCs

Reading Review - How to Make a Love Potion by R.A. Moreau

- Fake Dating
- Blackmail
- Dual PoV
- University
- Werewolf x Succubus
- Top Tier Banter!
- Black Romance

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

To Drown Among the Stars by L.K. Frost This was such a good read. The FMC won my heart, I love her so much. Ulla is amazing, she's a healer and aquatic folk! #booksky 📚💙🪐

Reading Review

- Slow burn
- Healing Magic
- Knights & Pirates
- Deaf FMC
- Semi-Aquatic Folk

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I started reading You’ve Reached Sam and went into it knowing nothing. OMG, this book had me in tears in under 50 pages #booksky

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Magicless Elf by K.J. Bradford This was such a good read, I ended up giving it 5 stars and it made it to my favorites list! FMC (elf) gets banished from her home for 300 years and this is how her banishment went.. #booksky 📚💙🪐

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Shades of Onyx by T.J. Williams Medusa has been reincarnated time and time again, but her thread gets cut and Athena is after her. This was an enjoyable read, interesting take on Medusa story. 🪴Medusa 🪴Reincarnation 🪴LGBTQIA+ Rep 🪴Sapphic 🪴Greek Gods #booksky 📚💙🪐

Reading Review of Shades of Onyx by T.J. Williams

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Upcoming Releases! What are you excited for? #booksky 📚💙🪐

Verity Guild by Mai Corland
The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee
Heir of Prophecy by Analeigh Sbrana
Earthbound by Saara El-Arifi
I Punched an Alien and Now We're In Couples Therapy by Kimberly Lemming
Alchemy of Souls by Adriana Mather

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

6 Sci-Fi Books to check out! I've been reading more sci-fi lately, tell me your recs! I need more. 📚💙🪐

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Currently Reading: I Am Alive by Jaz Pate 🤖 Android x Human 🌶 Sweet & Spicy Romance 💙 Becoming human through love 🔥 Forced proximity 🌈 25+ bisexual FMC #booksky 📚💙🪐

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

April Reading Recap This was a great reading month for me. I enjoyed all the books I read, so many of them gripped me in early on. #booksky 📚💙🪐

your sign to read the books I read in April

𝑨𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒑

This was a great reading month for me. I enjoyed all the books I read, so many of them gripped me in early on.

Outside of the books I read, April has been full of rain in Austin area. While I miss the sun, I'm happy it's preventing the 100F weather.

𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝙵𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍:
Celestial Bodies by R.A Moreau - 5 stars
Lore of the Tides by Analeigh Sbrana - 5 stars
Therapist to my Demon Boss by Elena H. Covens - 4 stars

your sign to read the books I read in April

The Devil of Arden by R.H. Linehan (ARC) - 5 stars
The Iron Hex by Victoria S. Walsh (ARC) - 4 stars
How To Make a Love Potion by R.A. Moreau (ARC) - 5 stars

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Currently Reading: How to Make a Love Potion by R.A. Moreau I’m loving this book so far!! Succubus FMC and Werewolf MMC #booksky 💙📚🪐

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Got my first Book of the Month box. It's been awhile since I read a book about dragons, so I'm excited for this one. #booksky 📚💙🪐

Book of the Month Box opened
Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter

Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter
Holding it up

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The Iron Hex by Victoria S. Walsh This was such a pleasure to read. I loved the bond between Hugo and Eira. Rhona's 3rd PoV ends up being so important for the insight happening in the Empire. #booksky 📚💙🪐

Plus Size FMC
3 PoV
Outlawed Magic
Memory Loss
LGBTAIQ+ Rep
Adventure

The relationship between hugo and eira was great to see progress and build as Eira had no memory of the past. The rabbit Eira has is freaking adorable and I loved those scenes so much!

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The Devil of Arden by R.H Linehan 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐔𝐏𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT JUST HAPPENED?!!?!?!?!? I DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING AT ALL.. I have no words. The ending is what made me go from 4stars to 5stars. #booksky 📚💙🪐

mini review

Fae Bargains
Banter
Various Fae Races
Romance
Twists and Turns

I enjoyed my entire journey through this story. I love the different side characters! The ending itself is what tipped me over. I didn't see that coming, it was shocking & definitely want book 2!

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

my current read: the devil of arden by R.H Linehan my current reading buddy: deckard #booksky 📚💙🪐

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

National Sibling Day If you like a story that has some sibling dynamics, please check these out! #booksky 📚💙🪐 📚🏳️‍🌈

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Mini Used Book Haul This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty #booksky 📚💙🪐

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Currently Reading: Lore of the Tides by Analeigh Sbrana #booksky 📚💙🪐

Lore of the tides on multiple blankets. Book open to page being read

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

This story hooked me in immediately. It was such a captivating read, that even in my down time at work I was picking up this book to continue reading and that rarely happens. - Fake Dating - Deaf Representation - Sign Language - Black Assassin Princess - Sun x Shadow magic #booksky 📚💙🪐

Celestial Bodies by R.A. Moreau
Special Edition by Satisfiction

Celestial Bodies by R.A. Moreau
Special Edition by Satisfiction

Back of the Book says "You Are the Sweetest Poison I have ever known"
Bookmark says "I love the night because that's where you are"

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

March Recap! There were some good reads last month! #booksky 📚💙🪐 📚🏳️‍🌈

March Recap
- Arc for Heir of Prophecy by Analeigh Sbrana
-- Academy Setting, Trials, High Stakes, Slow Burn, Secrets, Fae x Demons

- Lord of Ruin by K.M. Enright
--Politics, Poly Rep, Lies, Rebellion, Queer Rep, Vampires

March Reading Recap

- Arc for Alchemy of Souls by Adriana Mather
-- Secrets, Banter, Romance, Dual PoV, Supportive Friends, Queer Rep

- The Oracle Asylum by N. Sonia Nkera
-- Elemental Magic, Trials, Secrets, Dual PoV, African Mythology, Romance

March Reading Recap

- Arc for The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham
-- Dream World, Retelling, Sapphic, Dual PoV, Depression, Sisterly Bond

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham 100 years have passed since the last heir of Gyldan fell into eternal slumber and the kingdom now in poverty and invasion. Corin searching for her sister in Gyldan tunnels ends up in a portal to the dream world with Briar Rose. #booksky 📚💙🪐

My Review of - The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham -

Dream World
Sleeping Beauty Retelling
Sapphic Rep
Grief, Hardship
Sisterly bond
Faeries

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Thought I'd hop on this trend. I found it interesting #booksky

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New Books Acquired! What book have you recently purchased? #booksky 📚💙🪐

📖The Library of Amorlin by Kalyn Josephson

🗡Mayhem and the Mortal by Shanora Williams

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

🥺I'm going to be posting more on Instagram 📸 If that's your thing for book content, I would love it y'all checked out mine. I'm just getting started: www.instagram.com/logrellatx/ I posted my latest ARC review of Heir of Prophecy on there 👉👈 #booksky

My Review - Heir of Prophecy by Analeigh Sbrana

4 stars

- Academy
- High Stakes
- Slow Burn
- Trials
- Fae x Demons
- Secrets

*Arc acquired from NetGalley

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Kimberly Lemming is an autobuy author for me. The stories are entertaining filled with top-tier banter, adventure, romance & spice. If a reading slump is upon me, I know that her books will get me out of it. The worlds are filled with diverse characters; FMCs being black women. 📚💙🪐

Books by Kimberly Lemming

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf
That Time I got Drunk and Saved a Dhuman
I Got Abducted by Aliens and now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Trans Rights Readathon is starting shortly, March 17 and ends March 31st. Trans people are fighting to keep their rights everyday. Human rights are so important and something we all deserve to have. I would like to uplift some books I’ve really enjoyed that have trans representation. #booksky 📚🏳️‍🌈

🩸Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright is a vampire fantasy story that includes murder mystery, politics and a network of spies.

🚀Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto brings Oceans 8 vibes but in space.

✨Witchlore by Emma Hinds is full of adventure while Orlando an outcast who doesn’t have control over their magic while going on an adventure with a new student.

👻The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Joseph Andrew White brings you into London in 1883 where the Veil of the living and the dead has thinned.

🏫Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith takes you through the life of Pony who’s starting at a new High School while trying to hide who he is.

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

📖Currently Reading: Heir of Prophecy by Analeigh Sbrana Shocked I got my hands on this ARC. I’m excited for this book, so far I’m enjoying it. #booksky 📚💙🪐

Heir of prophecy by Analeigh Sbrana arc copy on kindle

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Happy International Women's Day Read more books by women and read diversely! 📚🏳️‍🌈 #booksky 📚💙🪐

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The Oracle Asylum by N. Sonia Nkera Ekara is prepping her dress for the prancing ceremony when a sound goes through the town and they find the Asylum is now open. The Trials will begin, the Oracle has arrived. #booksky 📚💙🪐

Reading Review - 4 stars out of 5
The Oracle Asylum by N. Sonia Nkera
Four Houses, One Seal

- Trials
- Dual PoV
- Romance
- Secrets
- Elemental Magic
- African Mythology

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Wow At least my pockets will keep their money.

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🧚Fae Recommendations🧚 This covers traditional Fae and non-traditional Fae. I have found I love the world of a traditional Fae story with bargains. It's adds such a nice layer to stories. What's one of your favorite recs? No SJM please. #booksky 📚💙🪐

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
A Dark and Lovely Devastation by J. Ann Curtis
Owned by Siren Crow
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
Frost by C.N. Crawford
Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
A Court of Honey and Ash by Shannon Mayer & Kelly St Clare
Promised in Fire by Jasmine Walt
Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawgett
The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair
Our Vicious Oaths by N. E. Davenport

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

📖Currently Reading: The Oracle Asylum by N. Sonia Nkera The madness is a game between gods and kings. But it is not the gods and kings who are mad. So, we play their games. #booksky 📚💙🪐

The Oracle Asylum by N. Sonia Nkera
- Four Houses, One Seal

Book Cover has a black women and black man on the front. She is on the left with a white cloth on her eyes so she can't see and he is holding a mask in his hands. The cover is full of beautiful color with reads, oranges, yellows and browns.

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

📖Alchemy of Souls by Adriana Mather I loved this book! Eloise & Gray are forced to live every moment together when their Academy exams don't go as planned & an ancient magic Key symbol appears for them. ✨Academy ✨Banter ✨Secrets ✨Romance ✨High Stakes ✨Dual PoV #booksky 📚💙🪐 #netgalley

Alchemy of Souls by Adriana Mather
Bookshelves with books and tons of plants, some books missing and you see a man and women face looking into each others eyes

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I forgot to post this when I finished it. 📖Dating Jessica Brown by T. Ashley I went into it knowing nothing and enjoyed this cute story about Jessica and the journey she takes once a cat follows her home. If you are looking for an FMC who is bisexual, this may be for you! 📚🏳️‍🌈 #booksky 📚💙🪐

Reading Review - 4 stars
Dating Jessica Brown by T. Ashley
- Black FMC
- Mid 30s
- Romance
- Cats
- Magic
- Supportive Friends

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

📖Soul of the Stone by Sharina Harris After Book 1, Texas (Raven) is working to get stronger and harness her new power to defeat a deadly enemy. When her ex ends up in Egypt trying to get a very power artifact for him, she ends up in the underworld trying to save him and the tablet. #booksky 📚💙🪐

Reading Review of Soul of the Stone by Sharina Harris
3 stars

- Black FMC & MC
- Egyptian Gods
- Slayer Academy
- Dual PoV
- Romance
- Underwold

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I truly love a duology. I don't have to wait for tons of books to get released, I get the full story typically in a shorter period of time and it's jam packed with a great story! Here's some recommendations if you are looking for one. 📚🏳️‍🌈 #booksky 📚💙🪐

The Blood Trials by N.E Davenport
Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan
A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I Lin
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Bones to the Wind by Tatiana Obey
Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun
The Sunbearer Trials by Adiden Thomas
Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

📖Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis This was such a good read! It's an enjoyable slow pace slice of life while Mira starts to put the pieces together after a random student tells her she needs to leave campus because she's not safe. 🌔University Setting 🩸Black FMC 🌔Werewolf Town Lore 🩸Romance #booksky

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Currently Reading: Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis So far I'm really enjoying this. It isn't a fast paced book if you prefer that, the beginning is giving me slice of life with Mira joining college and her experience there. #booksky 📚💙🪐

Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis held up in hardcover

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Reorganization of the office bookshelves has been completed. I like how it came out. I tried to put everything in alphabetical order. #booksky

2 Book cases side by side with wood shelves but metal hardware with no backing or sides.

Top row of both shelves is decor and all the remaining ones have books ranging from tideborn > legendborn > ami > dragonfruit > lore of the wilds > and more.

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Book Outlet Haul arrived! I’m excited to dive into these stories! #booksky 📚💙🪐

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
Black Sun and Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhouse
Guardians of Dawn, Ami by S. Jae-Jones
Bones at the Crossroads by LaDarrion Williams
The banned bookshop of Maggie banks by Shauna Robinson
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Boulley
Give me a reason by Jayci Lee

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

📖Currently Reading: Dating Jessica Brown by T. Ashley #booksky

Holding kindle up with plants behind it.
Kindle is showing cover of dating Jessica brown which is a black women holding a book with a three eyed orange cat

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Cleaned the bookcase! I also got some new plants for it 🥰 #booksky 📚💙🪐

2 bookcases with no backing that had a variety of books and have plants on the shelves

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The Blood Trials and The Blood Gift by N.E. Davenport This duology is so good! I love the twists and turns that took place. Ikenna is a badass FMC who has magic she's had to keep hidden her entire life. When her grandfather gets murdered, she decides to figure out who did it. #booksky 📚💙🪐

Paperback books
The Blood Trials
The Blood Gift
by N.E. Davenport

Reading Review - 5 stars
The Blood Trials by N.E Davenport
Sci-Fi
Black FMC
Murder Mystery
Deadly Trials
Romance
Blood Magic

Reading Review - 4 stars
The Blood Gift by N.E Davenport
Found Family
Black FMC
Romance
Gods
Assassination
Battle Scenes

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

As we are still in Black History Month, here's some more books I recommend by Black Authors to check out. If you aren't reading diversely year around you are doing it wrong. I'm always looking for more authors and books to read, so here's some for you! 📚🏳️‍🌈 #booksky 📚💙🪐

The Curse of Us by Monique Goode
Owned by Siren Crow
Love From The Cosmos by Mowa Badmos
Celestial Bodies by R.A Moreau
The Between: The Awakening of Renee Caldwell by Jeni Tholmer
Forever Is Now by Marima J. Lockington
Project Protections by Alyana McCoy
Livewire by Sarah Raughley
May A Divine Awaken by Michael Tinsley
The Devil's Angel by Margaret Bernard
Kuxtal Academy: The Beginning by Nelle Nikole & Mikayla D. Hornedo
Dating Jessica Brown by T. Ashley

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Read books by black authors year around, not just during Black History Month. If you are looking for more books and authors to check out, here's some great ones! #booksky 📚💙🪐

Black Authors

I Live to Serve the Witch by Jacque Aye
Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport
Outdrawn by Deanna Grey
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
A Blade so Blade by L.L McKinney
I Got Abduccted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming
Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
Bones to the Wind by Tatiana Obey
Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis
Sign of the Slayer by Sharina Harris

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

First 5 star of 2026 and it's been added to my favorites list! This was so freaking good and I'm happy I have Book 2 already because I'm diving right into it. #booksky 📚💙🪐

Reading Review
The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport
5 stars

Sci-Fi
Black FMC
Murder Mystery
Deadly Trials
Romance
Blood Magic

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Ash | Log 💙📚🪐 @logrella.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Satisfiction book arrived! It’s so pretty! 😍 📚💙🪐 #booksky 📚🏳️‍🌈

When Blood Meets Earth by E.A. Noble

Women jumping in the air with two handed axe and elements fire, water and air living around them

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